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    Laughter and tears are part of living. But do you find enough time for laughter? I am not asking if you   1lots of good times.   2we should laugh during the happy times. But do you also laugh during the   3times?

    Erma Bombeck is known for her humorous books, but she wrote one that   4a more serious topic：  5in children．Erma talks with many children with cancer and learns   6life lessons from them. She learns, for instance, that cancer survivors know how to   7.

    She   8the experience of 15--year--old Jessica from Burlinton．Jessica’s leg was cut off at the knee because of cancer. She was learning to   9a prosthesis(假肢)．Jessica tells about playing   10. She kicked the ball   11and it flew off in one   12while her artificial leg flew into another．She fell on the   13and laughed.

    Jessica may not have laughed about her cancer，but she laughed about handling the__ 14of it. And her laughter helped her a deal.

    There is the story of 17--year--old Betsy. She   15her way to the radiation room for her regular radiation therapy(化疗). As   16，she dropped her hospital gown and，wearing only her birthday suit，  17onto the table and waited．The extra people in the room were not the medical students she had thought，but   18painters giving an estimate on painting! Betsy laughed heartily about the incident．And like Jessica, her   19to laugh helped her to deal with one of the most difficult thing a young person can endure—cancer.

    Do you find plenty of   20for laughter? You can if you also find reasons to laugh during the especially difficult times.

Survivors know how to laugh．If you can laugh even when the going is rough，you’ll make it. And you’ll smile at the end.

1.A. lose   B. miss C. experience   D. laugh

2.A. Of course  B. In addition  C. At first D. First of all

3.A. ordinary       B. difficult    C. pleasant D. usual

4.A. connected  B. reported C. referred D. covered

5.A. cancer B. disability   C. illness  D. laughter

6.A. serious    B. important    C. careful  D. thoughtful

7.A. cry    B. shout    C. laugh    D. face

8.A. describes  B. learns   C. keeps    D. imagines

9.A. put    B. have C. wear D. make

10.A. basketball    B. badminton    C. volleyball   D. soccer

11.A. gently    B. hard C. slightly D. straightly

12.A. way   B. method   C. direction    D. point

13.A. floor B. table    C. chair    D. bed

14.A. causes    B. results  C. process  D. ends

15.A. fought    B. took C. made D. pushed

16.A. common    B. often    C. before   D. usual

17.A. climbed   B. lay      C. jumped   D. sat

18.A. also  B. rather   C. already  D. almost

19.A. strengh   B. willingness  C. ability  D. confidence

20.A. times B. places   C. days D. moments

 Helen devoted herself _______ to her research and became a top scientist in the field of applied physics. 

   A. seriously          B. extremely           C. entirely      D. strictly

 Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical，and this special chemical，

__________，affects our brains，making us feel happy.

   A. in turn            B. in particular         C. in advance    D. in short

 Everyone must have known the death of the waitress，________?

   A. must they          B. mustn't they        C. haven't they   D. have they

 ----Tony is such a selfish person.

   ----I agree. Never again _________ with him.

   A. 1 will deal         B. I do deal          C. will I deal      D. do I deal

 After driving for 20 miles，Jackson realized that he _______ in the wrong direction.

   A. was driving        B. drove           C. had been driving  D. had driven

 ---Do you think it wise for Chinese parents to try to do everything for their children?

   ---No, that’s ________ they are mistaken.

   A. when             B. where           C. what           D. how

 In a sport team each player has a clear role，and there are few ______when members are uncertain of their roles.

   A. occasions          B. positions          C. chances      D. situations

 There is no love like ______ of the parents for their child.

   A . that               B. those            C. the one       D. the ones

 In only 10 years，our province has been _____ into an advanced industrial province.

   A. transformed        B. entered           C. regarded      D. issued