题目内容
Last year, my mom found out that she had stomach cancer. I thought she’d be fine after she got 36 as she was diagnosed(诊断)early. She had an operation to 37 a third of her stomach to stop the cancer from spreading. And for two months she went back and forth to the 38 . But I never visited her because I was 39 with school abroad and didn’t fully know what was 40 . After her treatment, she 41 working because of her poor health and ate a(n) 42 diet. I visited her in the summer holiday. She seemed better, so I forgot that there was a possibility of cancer 43 .
When school 44 , I said goodbye to my family. My mom called me from home every day. 45 in early November, my dad called instead. He sounded 46 .
“What’s wrong? How come Mom’s not calling me today?” I asked. After a few seconds, he said my mom’s cancer had returned and spread throughout her 47 . Her survival rate was less than 30%.
After I put down the phone, I 48 . Tears kept coming out. I didn’t want to 49 it. I couldn’t accept the 50 that my mom might not have much time left. I cried and cried and at last, I stopped crying. I thought I should stop acting like a 51 and pull myself together.
Looking back to when my mom first got cancer, I 52 how stupid I was for not appreciating her. I feel bad that I didn’t visit her in the hospital. I should have cared. She’s my mom. 53 , it’s not too late. She recovered. I’ll try to spend more time with my mom 54 . I hope you will do the same for your mom. Spend some time with your loved ones 55 it is too late.
36. A. medicine B. attention C. care D. treatment
37. A. remove B. rescue C. check D. protect
38. A. school B. house C. hospital D. office
39. A. content B. careful C. popular D. busy
40. A. going up B. going on C. taking on D. showing up
41. A. continued B. hated
C. considered D. stopped
42. A. special B. delicious
C. normal D. interesting
43. A. changing B. returning
C. destroying D. appearing
44. A. ended B. required
C. responded D. started
45. A. Since B. Although C. But D. So
46. A. bored B. sad C. excited D. angry
47. A. back B. skin C. body D. head
48. A. went through B. looked down
C. broke up D. broke down
49. A. say B. answer C. believe D. remember
50. A. report B. fact C. message D. lie
51. A. stranger B. doctor C. man D. child
52. A. realize B. pretend C. imagine D. ask
53. A. Luckily B. Unfortunately
C. Surprisingly D. Strangely
54. A. in the past B. from now on
C. at times D. in the future
55. A. if B. as C. before D. when
36.解析：选D。作者的妈妈得了胃癌，应该接受治疗才有可能好转，故选D项。下文的After her treatment也是提示。
37.解析：选A。根据to stop the cancer from spreading可知，应该是“切除了(remove)”三分之一的胃，这样做是为了阻止癌细胞扩散。
38.解析：选C。作者的妈妈需要接受治疗，所以接下来的两个月，她需要经常去“医院(hospital)”。
39.解析：选D。根据with school的语境可知，作者“忙于(busy)”学习。
40.解析：选B。作者没去医院看妈妈，一是因为学习忙，二是因为作者不是很清楚事情到底“进展(going on)”如何，即以为妈妈接受完治疗之后就会好的。
41.解析：选D。根据because of her poor health可知，作者的妈妈没去工作，故选D项。
42.解析：选A。作者的妈妈接受完治疗后，饮食应该很注意，故应该是吃“特别的(special)”食物。
43.解析：选B。根据She seemed better及第三段的my mom’s cancer had returned可知，作者没有想到妈妈的癌症还有可能复发。
44.解析：选D。根据I said goodbye to my family可知，这里是指学校开学了。
45.解析：选C。根据my dad called instead 可知，这里需要一个表示转折关系的连词，与My mom called形成转折。
46.解析：选B。根据下文妈妈胃癌复发的语境可推知，作者的爸爸打电话时应该听起来很“伤心(sad)”。
47.解析：选C。根据spread throughout 可知，妈妈的癌细胞扩散到了全身。
48.解析：选D。根据下文中对作者状态的描述可知，这里是指作者放下电话后就“情不自禁地哭起来了(broke down)”。
49.解析：选C。这么大一个噩耗，作者很难接受，不愿“相信(believe)”这是真的。
50.解析：选B。作者无法接受妈妈可能时日不多的“事实(fact)”。
51.解析：选D。作者一开始只是哭，这是小孩的行为，故选D项。
52.解析：选A。这里是指作者“意识到(realize)”以前没珍惜妈妈是多么愚蠢的行为。
53.解析：选A。根据It’s not too late. She recovered的语境可知应选A项，表示“幸运的是”。
54.解析：选B。作者决定“从现在开始(from now on)”，多找些时间陪妈妈。
55.解析：选C。作者建议我们，在还来得及的时候，多找些时间陪我们所爱的人，before表示“在太晚之前”，故选C项。
As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.
Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long hours work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them.
Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year. One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs (郊区), leaving their two children with a nanny (保姆). Most evenings Daniel wouldn’t get home until eight or nine o’clock, and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life
was passing them by.
Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have a farm here,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It’s taken some getting used to, but it has been worthy of. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it’s made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.”
Liz, however, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I’m not really a country girl, but I suppose I’m gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”
【小题1】What do the first two paragraphs tell us?
| A．People seldom work long hours to make money. |
| B．People hardly buy more things than necessary. |
| C．People are sure everything they own is in the right place. |
| D．People realize there is more to life than just making money. |
| A．lived in central London | B．disliked his job |
| C．missed his children | D．was well paid |
A．was easy to organize | B．has improved family life |
| C．was extremely expensive | D．has been a total success |
| A．Child-caring. | B．Liz’s advice. | C．Downshifting. | D．Liz’s job. |
hers worry it will encourage superstitious(迷信的) beliefs.
Catherine Destivelle is a rock star. She loves rock, but she can’t sing or play the guitar! She is a rock climber and a big star in France and Italy. She is the most famous woman climber in the world because she often climbs without ropes. She climbs in many countries but most often in the French Alps near Chamonix, where she lives. She started climbing near her home in Paris when she was five. Then, at fourteen, she joined the French Alpine Club to learn more, but immediately she climbed better and more quickly than the older members of the club. She won her first competition in Italy in 1995.
Three years ago she found a new route up the Dru Mountain near Chamonix. The climb took eleven days and for four days the snow was so heavy that she could not move. Last year other climbers tried to follow the new Destivelle Route, but they failed. They are going to try again this year.
People always ask her about her climbing. She says, “I climb because I’m in love with mountains. I like touching the rock and reading the face of the rock. I like it a lot. I felt at home on the side of a mountain. I prepare well before I go, so I’m never worried.”
Catherine chooses new mountains from books—like buying from a shopping catalogue(目录)! “I see a nice mountain and I go to climb it!” Her next mountain is in Pakistan. She is going there next month. “It’s much bigger than the Dru, so it’s going to take longer to climb. An American climber, Jeff Lowe, is coming with me to help.”
【小题1】Catherine Destivelle is called ‘a star’ because ________.
| A．she won a competition in 1995 | B．she loves rocks |
| C．she’s a famous woman climber | D．she found a new route up to the Dru Mountain |
| A．she lost her way | B．the climb took 11 days |
| C．she needed help from an American climber | D．there was heavy snow |
【小题3】On the side of a mountain she feels _______.| A．independent | B．easy and happy | C．energetic and challenged | D．nervous |
| A．Why do you like climbing? | B．Are you in love with an American climber? |
| C．Do you enjoy reading books on mountains? | D．What do you do before you go climbing? |