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【题目】In my profession as an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.

Tyler was born infected with HIV: his mother was also infected. From the very beginning of his life, he was dependent on medications to enable him to survive. When he was five, he had a tube surgically inserted in a vein in his chest. This tube was connected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack on his back. Medications were hooked up to this pump and were continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream. At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his breathing.

Tyler wasn't willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease. It was not unusual to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicine-laden backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon. All of us who knew Tyler marveled at his pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him. Tyler's mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast that she needed to dress him in red. That way, when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly spot him.

This dreaded disease eventually wore down even the likes of a little dynamo like Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, so did his HIV-infected mother. When it became apparent that he wasn't going to survive, Tyler's mom talked to him about death. She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.

A few days before his death, Tyler beckoned me over to his hospital bed and whispered, "l might die soon. I'm not scared. When I die, please dress me in red. Mom promised she's coming to heaven, too. I'll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."

【1】 What is the boy Tyler's attitude towards death?

A. Pessimistic.

B. Optimistic.

C. Sorrowful.

D. Fearful.

【2】 Tyler requested the writer to dress him in red when he died simply because __________.

A. red is a lucky color

B. red might help to cure him

C. his mom could spot him easily

D. he could find more mates by wearing red

【3】 Which of the following might serve as a possible title for this passage?

A. My Unusual Profession

B. A Caring Mother

C. Mother and Son

D. Dying in Red

【4】 The underlined word "dynamo" in the fourth paragraph here means "__________".

A. a promising and helpful youth

B. an extremely energetic person

C. a rare and beautiful flower

D. a magic and understanding superstar

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 B

【2】 C

【3】 D

【4】 B

【解析】【1】考查推理判断。从文章的叙述可知，泰勒很乐观，面对死神从来不放弃治疗与抗争，特别从最后一段中他最后说的话可以看出，他不畏惧死亡，态度很乐观。

【2】考查细节理解。从最后一段可知，面对即将到来的死亡，泰勒很坦然，要作者在他死时给他穿上红衣眼，以便妈妈到天堂后能很快地找到他。

【3】考查主旨大意。全文介绍作者作为教育工作者和医疗保健提供者与艾滋病患者的接触，特别是那些小患者，他们与死神进行英勇斗争的精神让人感叹，D项最能概括他们这种勇气与美好愿望。

【4】考查猜测词义。结合文章关于泰勒的描述可以判断，其含义是“精力旺盛的人”。