全国中学生英语能力测评（NEPTS）
单选题Maybe it’s interesting to hear that ______ his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts.A whatB howC whenD why
题目
what
how
when
why
参考答案和解析
根据下文给出了它书的好处，所以该句为“你就是它的书为什么好的原因。”故选D。
相似问题和答案
第1题：
A、put; into
B、turned; into
C、wrote; as
D、set; as
第2题：
A certain lawyer lived in a city in the north of India.One day he had his photograph taken.In the photograph he appeared wearing English clothes, coat, waistcoat, trousers.boots collar and tie.And over them was his lawyer's gown.And his two hands were in his trouser pockets.
He was pleased with the photograph, and used to show it to his friends.All of them praised it, and said it was very good and very life-like.
One day he was showing the photograph to some of his friends in his office.As they were looking at it, a Pathan (帕坦人), who had just appeared in a case, came in.
He also looked at the photograph, and they asked him how he liked it.
“Not at all,” replied the Pathan.“It is not at all life-like.”
“Why? What is the matter?” they all cried.“We think it a very good likeness.What fault do you find with it?”
“Well, just look at it,” he replied.“Where are the man's hands?”
“They are in his pockets,” said they.
“In whose pockets?” asked the Pathan.
“In his own, of course,” replied they.
“Well, that is just where the picture is wrong.I know it to my cost.His hands should be in someone else's pockets.”
1.From the passage we may infer that().
A.the lawyer was good-looking but he didn't come out well in that photo
B.the lawyer was a good-natured gentleman who knew how to take a joke
C.the lawyer's greed led him to charge his client far too much
D.the lawyer was found to have stolen from people's pockets
C
2.The Pathan().
A.played a joke on the lawyer
B.found out what the lawyer was realy like
C.tried to turn the lawyer's friends against him
D.was always finding fault with lawyers
B
3.The Pathan learned where the picture was wrong from().
A.the lawyer's friends
B.his own experience
C.the lawyer's clients
D.the lawyer himself
B
4.The word "life-like" in the second paragraph means().
A.alike
B.living
C.like a good-looking person
D.very much like the person presented
第3题：
One day a customs officer managed to get some fresh mushrooms(磨菇). He was so __21__ what he had bought that he offered to share the mushrooms with his brother officers. When their breakfast arrived __22__, each officer found some mushrooms on his plate.
"Let the dog try a piece first." suggested one __23__ officer who was afraid that the mushrooms mightbe poisonous.
The dog seemed to __24__ his mushroom, and the officers then dared to eat their breakfast, saying that the mushrooms had a very strange but quite pleasant taste.
An hour later, however, they were all astonished __25__ the gardener came in and said seriously that the dog was dead. Immediately, the officers jumped into their cars and rushed to the nearest hospital. Pumps(清胃器) were used and the officers had a very hard time getting rid of the mushrooms that remained in their stomachs.
21.
A.careful
B.the next day
C.when
D.pleased with
E.enjoy
22.
A.careful
B.the next day
C.when
D.pleased with
E.enjoy
23.
A.careful
B.the next day
C.when
D.pleased with
E.enjoy
24.
A.careful
B.the next day
C.when
D.pleased with
E.enjoy
25.
A.careful
B.the next day
C.when
D.pleased with
E.enjoy
第4题：
The Mind-Body Connections
Norman Cousins was a famous American magazine editor. In 1964,he returned from an overseas trip
and then became very ill.In the hospital,he had a terrible pain and couldn't move his body.Doctors told
him he had a serious disease called ankylosing spondylitis（强直性脊柱炎）and said he had only 1 chance in
500 of surviving. They gave him powerful drugs,but his condition only got worse.
Cousins had read about a theory that negative emotions can harm your health.He believed that positive
emotions were good for one's health,and he decided to try an experiment.He would fill his days with good
feelings and laughter and see if that might improve his condition.
He left the hospital and moved into a hotel room.There,he got a large supply of funny TV programs and
copies of old Marx Brothers movies and cartoons.He also hired a nurse to read funny stories to him.His plan
was to spend the whole day laughing and thinking about happy things.On his first night in the hotel,Cousins
found that laughing at the movies helped his body produce chemicals that reduced pain.For the first time in
weeks,he could sleep comfortably for a few hours.Every time the pain came back,he watched another
funny movie and laughed until he felt better.
Over time,Cousins was able to measure changes in his body with blood tests.He found that the harmful
chemicals in his body decreased at least 5 percent every time he watched a funny movie.After a short time,
he was able to stop taking all of his medications.Finally his condition improved so much that he could go
back to work.
Cousins later wrote a book about how laughter and happiness helped him to survive a deadly illness.
Many people didn't believe his story and said that his doctors were wrong about his disease.But since then,
research has found that emotions do have a strong effect on physical health,and experiments found that
laughter can help to reduce pain.Scientists today are working to understand the ways that our minds affect
our bodies.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
由文章第一段倒数第二句中“Doctors told him…he had only 1 chance in 500 of survi-ving.”可知，医生告诉Norman Cousins，他只有1/500的可能生还，这也就意味着他极有可能会 死，故选A。
由文章第一段的最后一句话“They gave him powerful drugs , but his condition only got worse.”可知，医生开的药只让他的情况变得更加糟糕，通过下文的叙述可知，Norman Cousins 的病是经愉悦心情的影响而好转的，故选B。
由文章的第二、三段可知，Norman Cousins之所以看电影是因为他在读过一个消极情绪 影响健康的理论，他决定用切身的实践来验证愉悦的心情能改善健康状况。他看电影是让自 己发笑，保持好心情。
由文章第三段的内容可知，Norman Cousins的计划是花上一整天的时间大笑，想象愉快 的事情；他找很多有趣的电视节目和许多喜剧电影和卡通作品，甚至还请了一位护士给他读滑 稽故事。因此他一天中大部分时间在笑声中度过，故选A。
文中仅仅提及了Norman Cousins用电影和滑稽故事来使自己保持心情愉悦，并未提及 哪一种更为有效，故选C。
由文章最后一段第二句“Many people didn ' t believe his story and said that...”可知，许多 人都不相信Norman Cousins在自己所著的书中提到的经历，故选B。
第5题：
根据下列材料请回答 41～45 题：
C
Harry was a boy of fourteen years old．He was tall and stron9．And he ran the fastest in his class．So everyone was very proud of him in his class．A new student came to his class a month ago．His name was Mike．He was thin and short．But his classmates found that he ran very fast while they were playing football．They wanted to know if Mike could run faster than Harry．Jack，one of
Harry’S friends，told Harry about it．Of course，Harry didn’t believe it．
“Why not have a race with him?”said Jack．“That’s a good idea l'，said Harry．“Go to tell the unlucky boy．I'll have a race with him tomorrow morning．”
Early the next morning，Harry got ready for the race．He was sure that he could be first．Jack didn’t wake up on time and couldn’t go with him．That evening Jack went to see Harry．They began to talk about the race．Harry’S grandma heard them in the next room．She came in and asked，“What’S the result，Harry?”
“I was the second．Grandma．”answered Harry．
“Congratulations to you!”the old woman said happily．“And how was Mike?”
“He was the last but one．”
第 41 题 Harry”classmates were proud of him because______.
A．he was tall
B．he was the top student in his school
C．he ran fastest in his class
D．he was strong
根据第一段可以知道，Harry的同班同学因为他跑得最快而很自豪。所以答案选C。
第6题：
A、Oh, it’s such a pity!
B、Oh, it sounds interesting!
C、I’m glad to hear that.
参考答案：A
第7题：
I was always fascinated _______ to his interesting stories.
A、 to listen to
B、 listening to
C、listened to
D、 listen to
第8题：
Passage Two
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837. That year, Daguere, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual' because they were very lifelike.
Photographs also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed feelings like other kinds of art.
36. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of______.
A. his business
B. his house
C. his garden
D. his window
36．答案为C 根据第一段可知第一张照片是法国人Niepce的花园，选C。
第9题：
His legs were so weak that he could h _______ stand．
9．hardly【解析】由题意“他的腿如此虚弱以至于他几乎不能站立．”知填hardly．
第10题：
The Mind-Body Connections
Norman Cousins was a famous American magazine editor. In 1964,he returned from an overseas trip
and then became very ill.In the hospital,he had a terrible pain and couldn't move his body.Doctors told
him he had a serious disease called ankylosing spondylitis（强直性脊柱炎）and said he had only 1 chance in
500 of surviving. They gave him powerful drugs,but his condition only got worse.
Cousins had read about a theory that negative emotions can harm your health.He believed that positive
emotions were good for one's health,and he decided to try an experiment.He would fill his days with good
feelings and laughter and see if that might improve his condition.
He left the hospital and moved into a hotel room.There,he got a large supply of funny TV programs and
copies of old Marx Brothers movies and cartoons.He also hired a nurse to read funny stories to him.His plan
was to spend the whole day laughing and thinking about happy things.On his first night in the hotel,Cousins
found that laughing at the movies helped his body produce chemicals that reduced pain.For the first time in
weeks,he could sleep comfortably for a few hours.Every time the pain came back,he watched another
funny movie and laughed until he felt better.
Over time,Cousins was able to measure changes in his body with blood tests.He found that the harmful
chemicals in his body decreased at least 5 percent every time he watched a funny movie.After a short time,
he was able to stop taking all of his medications.Finally his condition improved so much that he could go
back to work.
Cousins later wrote a book about how laughter and happiness helped him to survive a deadly illness.
Many people didn't believe his story and said that his doctors were wrong about his disease.But since then,
research has found that emotions do have a strong effect on physical health,and experiments found that
laughter can help to reduce pain.Scientists today are working to understand the ways that our minds affect
our bodies.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned
由文章第一段倒数第二句中“Doctors told him…he had only 1 chance in 500 of survi-ving.”可知，医生告诉Norman Cousins，他只有1/500的可能生还，这也就意味着他极有可能会 死，故选A。
由文章第一段的最后一句话“They gave him powerful drugs , but his condition only got worse.”可知，医生开的药只让他的情况变得更加糟糕，通过下文的叙述可知，Norman Cousins 的病是经愉悦心情的影响而好转的，故选B。
由文章的第二、三段可知，Norman Cousins之所以看电影是因为他在读过一个消极情绪 影响健康的理论，他决定用切身的实践来验证愉悦的心情能改善健康状况。他看电影是让自 己发笑，保持好心情。
由文章第三段的内容可知，Norman Cousins的计划是花上一整天的时间大笑，想象愉快 的事情；他找很多有趣的电视节目和许多喜剧电影和卡通作品，甚至还请了一位护士给他读滑 稽故事。因此他一天中大部分时间在笑声中度过，故选A。
文中仅仅提及了Norman Cousins用电影和滑稽故事来使自己保持心情愉悦，并未提及 哪一种更为有效，故选C。
由文章最后一段第二句“Many people didn ' t believe his story and said that...”可知，许多 人都不相信Norman Cousins在自己所著的书中提到的经历，故选B。