海阔兲箜期末试卷
Harry, who is now back at school，described what happened to him．“When I began to hiccup，I drank a glass of water but that didn’t do any good．That evening I had hiccups every four seconds．We tried everything to stop them．I held my breath and drank cold drinks．My father even but that didn’t work, either．”
After a week of sleepless nights，he went to hospital．The doctors couldn't find anything wrong．
“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down，but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped．”
Harry was very lucky．The world record holder(保持者)is the American farmer Charles Osborne，who hiccupped for sixty—eight years．He stopped in 1990 at last，but nobody knows why．
41．Harry’s hiccups lasted _________．
A．a week B．fourteen days C．twenty-eight days D．one month
42．His hiccups started after he ________．
A．drank a glass of water B．went to hospital
C．ate a meal D．finished his homework
43．His parents decided to take him to hospital when he __________．
A．hiccupped for four seconds B．held his breath
C．hiccupped at night D．couldn’t stop hiccupping
44．His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor _________．
A．gave him some medicine B．found something wrong with him
C．gave him a shock D．let him drink cold drinks
45．What does “shock” in this passage mean?
A．震惊 B．休克 C．喷嚏 D．哈欠
(C)
Dick lived in England．One day in January he said to his wife．“I’m going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there．”“Where fire you going to stay there?”his wife asked．“I don’t know yet．”Dick answered．“Please send me your address from there in a telegram(电报)，”his wife said．“All right，”Dick answered．
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city．He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram．He put the address of his hotel in it．
