Question

    Five years ago, famous writer Mike became very ill. His body ached and he felt constantly tired. It was difficult for him to even move around. His doctor told him that he would lose the ability to move and _______ die from the disease. He was told he had only a 1 in 500 chance of survival.

Despite the diagnosis (诊断), Mike was _______ to overcome the disease and survive. He had always been interested in medicine and had read a book, which discussed the idea of how body chemistry and health can be damaged by emotional stress and negative _______. The book made Mike think about the possible _______ of positive attitudes and emotions. He thought, “Is it possible that love, hope, faith, laughter, confidence, and the _______ to live have positive treatment value?”

He decided to concentrate on positive emotions as a way to treat some of the symptoms of his disease. In addition to his traditional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations that would _______ positive emotions. “Laugh therapy” became part of his treatment. He _______ time each day for watching comedy films, reading humorous books, and doing other activities that would draw out _______ emotions. Within eight days of starting his “laugh therapy” program his pain began to _______ and he was able to sleep more easily. He was able to return to work in a few months’ time and actually __________ complete recovery after a few years.

1.A.hurriedly B.eventually C.gradually D.suddenly

2.A.able B.determined C.willing D.positive

3.A.attitudes B.beliefs C.goals D.positions

4.A.shortcoming B.benefit C.honor D.interest

5.A.emotion B.pain C.fear D.will

6.A.bring about B.set about C.put up D.make up

7.A.afforded B.appointed C.offered D.arranged

8.A.positive B.approving C.strong D.mixed

9.A.escape B.decrease C.shrink D.end

10.A.covered B.situated C.wanted D.reached

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了著名作家Mike病得很严重，被医生诊断只有五分之一的幸存机会，但是他没有放弃，而是通过乐观的态度、积极的情绪和笑声疗法治愈了自己的疾病。

1.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：他的医生告诉他，他可能丧失走路的能力并最终死于这个疾病。A. hurriedly匆忙地；B. eventually最终；C. gradually渐渐地；D. suddenly突然。根据die from the disease可知，丧失走路能力是过程中的一部分，死亡是最后的结果。故选B项。

2.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：尽管是这样的诊断结果，Mike决定战胜疾病，活下去。A. able能够的；B. determined下定决心的；C. willing乐意的；D. positive积极的。根据前面表示转折的despite可推断，尽管医生断定他只有五分之一的幸存机率，但是他没有放弃，决定要战胜疾病。故选B项。

3.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他一直对药物很感兴趣，并且读了一本书，那本书讨论了身体的化学物质和健康是怎样被情绪压力和消极的态度所破坏的。A. attitudes态度；B. beliefs信仰；C. goals目标；D. positions位置。根据后文的“The book made Mike think about the possible___4___of positive attitude and emotions.”可知，积极的态度和情绪可能对疾病有利，反推可知，消极的态度会破坏健康。故选A项。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：这本书使Mike 想到了积极态度和情绪可能带来的益处。A. shortcoming缺点；B. benefit益处；C. honor荣耀；D. interest兴趣。根据前文“which discussed the idea of how body chemistry and health can be damaged by emotional stress and negative(消极) ___3___.”可知，消极的态度会破坏健康，反过来可以推断积极的态度可能带来益处。故选B项。

5.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他想到，爱、希望、信仰、笑声、自信以及活下去的意志力是否可能有积极的治疗价值呢？A. emotion情绪；B. pain痛苦；C. fear恐惧；D. will意志力。根据句中表示并列的and可知，设空后需要填入与爱、希望、信仰、笑声、自信意思相近的褒义词，再结合设空后的限定词，可知设空处表达的是活下去的意志力。故选D项。

6.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：除了传统的医学治疗之外，他还努力让自己处于一种能引起自己产生积极情绪的情形里面。A. bring about导致，引起；B. set about出发；C. put up张贴，举起；D. make up组成，编造。根据后文“He ___7___ time each day for watching comedy films, reading humorous books, and doing other activities that would draw out ___8___ emotions.”可知，Mike通过看喜剧电影、读幽默的书籍等活动去激发积极的情绪，与draw out意思接近的为bring out。故选A项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他每天安排时间看喜剧电影、读幽默的书籍或者做其他可能带来积极情绪的活动。A. afforded负担得起；B. appointed约定，指定；C. offered提供；D. arranged安排。根据前文“He decided to concentrate on positive emotions as a way to treat some of the symptoms（症状）of his disease.”可知，他决定用积极的情绪作为治疗疾病的一种方式，而看喜剧电影、读幽默的书籍等是可以制造积极情绪的，可推断他每天都会安排时间去做这些事情。故选D项。

8.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他每天安排时间看喜剧电影、读幽默的书籍或者做其他可能带来积极情绪的活动。A. positive积极的；B. approving赞同的；C. strong强烈的；D. mixed混杂的。根据前文“He decided to concentrate on positive emotions as a way to treat some of the symptoms（症状）of his disease.”可知，Mike采取的行为都是为了使自己产生积极情绪以达到治疗目的。故选A项。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：在采取了微笑疗法的八天之内，他的痛苦开始减少了，他能够更加轻易入睡了。A. escape逃离；B. decrease减少；C. shrink收缩；D. end结束。根据后文“He was able to return to work in a few months’ time”可知，Mike采取的微笑疗法发挥了作用，可推断他的痛苦减少了。故选B项。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：在几个月的时间内他已经能够回去工作，几年之后实现了完全的康复。A. covered覆盖；B. situated使坐落于；C. wanted想要；D. reached到达。根据语境可知，Mike在八天内减少了痛苦，几个月内能够回去工作，可推断他最后实现了康复，此处用reach“到达”引申为“实现”。故选D项。