“From the time I was little, I wanted to be a writer,” says author Elaine Jesmer．“Then I wrote a best-selling novel．I hated it, and even worse, I wasn’t comfortable with the process of writing．So I stopped．”
Elaine Jesmer later moved into publishing．Then she got cancer．It was advanced, requiring two rounds of chemo, surgery and radiation．"For all intents and purposes, the cancer was gone．And all of a sudden, I wanted to write again．"
"I'M HOT! AND I'M BALD!" CHEMOTHERAPY FOR WINNERS was written to help people going through chemo manage the side effects, and to address the fear．
Because of her knowledge of the publishing world, she chose to publish the book herself．"It's available on Amazon and Kindle, but I wanted people in treatment to get it free．The goal is to be able to pick up the book when they check in for treatment．Nobody on chemo wants to shop for information．" she explains．
"I wanted to create an absorbing, informative book that people could stuff into their purses or briefcases, and refer to if they wanted to know, say, where to go if they need free．transportation to see another doctor in another part of the country．There are a lot of small, but really helpful organizations like that, but they're off the beaten path．"
"I also wanted patients being treated with chemo for any reason, to add their voices, with suggestions about how to deal with the side effects and the fear．You always hear the horror stories, but there's very little about people who sail through treatment．New patients can use that kind of information．"
In addition to publishing and selling the book, Jesmer publishes a monthly newsletter called Chemotalk and has begun to speak publicly on topics ranging from handling specific side effects to "I'm finished with chemo…now what?"
(1)
Why did Elaine Jesmer write the book?
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A．
To make a profit．
B．
To make suggestions．
C．
To describe her experience．
D．
To offer helpful information．
(2)
From Paragraph 4 we can know that _________．
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A．
Elaine Jesmer knows the reader's well
B．
nobody wants to sell this kind of book
C．
everyone can get the book free
D．
the book is really difficult to buy
(3)
What does the underlined phrase "the beaten path" refer to?
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A．
The short cut．
B．
The common practice．
C．
The narrow road．
D．
The same direction．
(4)
What is the most difficult for people suffering from cancer?
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