完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分．满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Laughter and tears are part of living．But do you find enough time for laughter? I am not
asking if you __21__ lots of good times．__22__ we should laugh during the happy times．But do you also laugh during the__23__times?
Erma Bombeek is known for her humorous books, but she wrote one that __24__ a more serious topic：__25__ in children．Erma talks with many children with cancer and learns __26__
life lessons from them．She learns, for instance, that cancer survivors know how to__27__.
She __28__ the experience of 15-year-old Jessica from Burlinton．Jessica’s leg was cut
off at the knee because of cancer．She was learning to __29__ a prosthesis(假肢)．Jessica tells
about playing __30__．She kicked the ball __31__ and it flew off in one __32__ while her artificial leg flew into another．She fell on the __33__ and laughed．
Jessica may not have laughed about her cancer，but she laughed about handling the__34__
of it．And her laughter helped her a deal．
There is the story of 17-year-old Betsy．She __35__her way to the radiation room for her regular radiation therapy(化疗)．As __36__，she dropped her hospital gown and，wearing only her birthday suit，__37__ onto the table and waited．The extra people in the room were not the medical students she had thought，but__38__painters giving an estimate on painting! Betsy laughed heartily about the incident．And like Jessica, her __39__ to laugh helped her to deal with one of the most difficult things a young person can endure — cancer．
Do you find plenty of__40__ for 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．
| 小题1: | | A．lose | B．miss | C．experience | D．laugh |
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| 小题2: | | A．Of course | B．In addition | C．At first | D．First of all |
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| 小题3: | | A．ordinary | B．difficult | C．pleasant | D．usual |
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| 小题4: | | A．connected | B．reported | C．referred | D．covered |
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| 小题5: | | A．cancer | B．disability | C．illness | D．laughter |
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| 小题6: | | A．serious | B．important | C．careful | D．thoughtful |
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| 小题7: | | A．cry | B．shout | C．laugh | D．face |
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| 小题8: | | A．describes | B．learns | C．keeps | D．imagines |
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| 小题10: | | A．basketball | B．badminton | C．volleyball | D．soccer |
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| 小题11: | | A．gently | B．hard | C．slightly | D．straightly |
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| 小题12: | | A．way | B．method | C．direction | D．point[ |
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| 小题13: | | A．floor | B．table | C．chair | D．bed |
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| 小题14: | | A．causes | B．results | C．process | D．ends |
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| 小题15: | | A．fought | B．took | C．made | D．pushed |
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| 小题16: | | A．common | B．often | C．before | D．usual |
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| 小题17: | | A．climbed | B．lay | C．jumped | D．sat |
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| 小题18: | | A．also | B．rather | C．already | D．almost |
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| 小题19: | | A．strength | B．willingness | C．ability | D．confidence |
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| 小题20: | | A．times | B．places | C．days | D．moments |
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