Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water! This is

Bend over,take a deep breath and drink some wat
er for 15 seconds!This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups(打嗝).Hiccups
are so mysterious.We really don’t know why they start and why they stop.
Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups.Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well.Others eat a teaspoon of sugar.Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it.
An American man named Jack O'Leary claimed to have hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years.He tried 60,000 cures,but none of them worked.Finally he prayed to Saint Jude,the saint of hopeless cases,and his hiccupping stopped immediately.
It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups.People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well.He tried them all,but the hiccups continued.Finally,he drank a “secret”mixture someone had
sent him.By that evening his hiccups were gone.
Why did these cures work for these two men?No one really knows.But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea.Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.
1.What might be the best cure for hiccups?
A.special pills
B.cold water
C.whatever you think will work
D.a spoonful of salt
2.This story is mainly about _______.
A.how to get hiccups
B.what makes hiccups happen
C.Jack O’Leary's hiccups
D.different ways to stop hiccups
3.How long did it take the plumber to stop his hiccups?
A.8 years
B.2 days
C.8 months
D.4 hours
4.If something is mysterious,it _______.
A.is hard to stop
B.hurts
C.is hard to understand
D.is easy to take care of
5.A cure for hiccups will make them ________.
A.go away
B.worse
C.last longer
D.louder