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20.When Breath Becomes Air gives an autobiography about Paul Kalanithi's experiences as a doctor and as a terminally ill patient.The book discusses Kalanithi's longtime fascination with questions of human biology,mortality (生命的有限),and meaning.It then examines how these questions are heightened by the author's own confrontation (冲突) with lung cancer,sickness,and death.
Kalanithi's father was a doctor from New York City.The family moved to Kingman,Arizona,so that his father could pursue his medical career when Paul was young.His father worked long hours and was rarely home,which convinced young Paul that the last thing he wanted to do was to become a doctor himself.Paul's mother was concerned about the weak school system in Kingman,and so e a long list of literary classics which she made Paul and his brothers read.As a result,Paul became fascinated by literature.He attended Stanford University,from which he graduated in 2000 with a B.A.and M.A.in English Literature and a B.A.in Human Biology.He earned an M.Phil in History Philosophy of Science and Medicine from the University of Cambridge.In 2007,Paul graduated from the Yale School of Medicine with the highest honors.He returned to Stanford for residency training (住院医生实习) in Neurological Surgery.As he neared the end of his 7-year residency he was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer.The hopes and dreams he and Lucy,his wife,have held to are dramatically changed.
When Breath Becomes Air gives an account of Kalanithi's transformation from an innocent medical student troubled by the question of"what,given that all organisms die,makes a virtuous and meaningful life"into a young neurosurgeon (神经外科医生) at Stanford,guiding patients toward a deeper understanding of death and illness,and finally into a patient and a new father to a baby girl,confronting his own mortality.What makes life worth living in the face of death?What do you do when the future,no longer a ladder toward your goals in life,flattens out into a continuous present?What does it mean to have a child,to care for a new life as another fades away?These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this deeply moving,delicately observed autobiography.
Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015,while working on this book,yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all."I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality,in a sense,had changed nothing and everything,"he wrote."Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head:'I can't go on.I'll go on.'"When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable,life-confirming reflection on the challenge of facing mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient,from a gifted writer who became both.

58.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?D
A.What led to the diagnosis of Kalanithi's lung cancer.
B.Why Kalanithi changed his mind to become a doctor.
C.When Kalanithi decided to follow in his father's footsteps.
D.How Kalanithi developed his interest in English literature.
59.Which of the following words can be used to describe the book?B
A.Discouraging.
B.Reflective.
C.Delightful.
D.Controversial.
60.Kalanithi began to seek the meaning of lifeA.
A.when he was a medical student
B.when he became a neurosurgeon
C.when he studied English literature
D.when he was diagnosed with cancer.

分析 本文讲述了Kalanithi在其母亲的影响下对文学产生兴趣,并且在做医学学生的时候开始对生命产生思考,最后写出了具有很大影响的自传.

解答 58-60 DBA
58.D 细节理解题.根据第二段第四句至第五句 Paul's mother was concerned about the weak school system in Kingman,and so made a long list literary classics which she made Paul and his brothers read.As a result,Paul became fascinated by literature.可知 Kalanithi 的母亲让他读文学经典著作,他最终对文学产生了兴趣,D 正确;选项 AB 的内容在第二段中未提到,而文中第二段第三句 His father worked long hours…which convinced young Paul that the last thing he wanted to do was to become a doctor himself.中说的是 the last thing"最不想要的事"是成为医生,与选项 C 说他想步自己父亲的后尘成为医生不符,不能选 C,故选 D.
59、B 推理判断题.根据最后一段最后一句 When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable,life-confirming reflection on the challenge of facing mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient,from a gifted writer who became both.可知这本书是 Kalanithi 对其一生面对死亡的挑战和同时作为医生和病人探讨两者关系的反映(reflection),所以选 B.
60、A  细节理解题.根据第三段第一句 When Breath Becomes Air gives an account of Kalanithi's transformation from an innocent medical student troubled by the question of"what,given that all organism die,makes a virtuous and meaningful life"into a young neurosurgeon at Stanford,guiding patients toward a deeper understanding of death and illness…可知 Kalanithi 开始寻找人生的意义是在他还是一个医学学生的时候,故 A 对.

点评 本篇难度中等偏低,题量较少.主要考察在文中定位关键句之后,对长难句和句中关键词的理解,需要考生把握好关键词的意思并结合上下句来分析得出答案.

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