Pa age 53 　　For many people the subject of hiccu (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different. 　　His hiccu began one Sunday lunchtime and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry's parents took him to ho ital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack. 　　Harry, who is now back at school, described what ha ened to him. 　　“When I began to hiccup, I drank a gla of water but that didn't do any good. That evening I had hiccu every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either.” 　　After a week of sleeple nights, he went to ho ital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn't find anything wrong. 　　“They gave me some medicine and my hiccu slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccu sto ed.” 　　Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles O orne, who hiccu ed for sixty-eight years. He sto ed in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why. 　　1.Harry's hiccu lasted ____. 　　A. a week B. fourteen days C. twenty-eight days D. one month 　　2.His hiccu started after he ____. 　　A. drank a gla of water B. went to ho ital 　　C. ate an Indian meal D. finished his homework 　　3.His parents decided to take him to ho ital when he ____. 　　A. hiccu ed for four seconds B. held his breath 　　C. hiccu ed at night D. couldn't stop hiccu ing 　　4.His hiccu completely sto ed one week after the doctor ____. 　　A. gave him some medicine B. took an X-ray of his chest 　　C. gave him a shock D. let him drink cold drinks 　　5.What does “shock” in this pa age mean？ 　　A. 震惊 B. 休克 C. 喷嚏 D. 哈欠