题目内容
I asked Jackie a lot of questions. I asked if she became close to her patients. She said, “Some I do, especially if I have become their close friends and they tell me things they wouldn’t tell anyone else. I’ve found it harder for the patient’s family to accept what’s happening. In most cases, the dying person has accepted the truth.”
I asked her how she could do this work for so long. She said, “I have taken care of 3,000people over 37years. I consider dying to be a very important part of life. I feel good because I can make these people’s journey easier.”
Jackie was the mother I have never had. My own mother, Helen, was taken away from me right after I was born. I never knew her. And I had a strange relationship with my father. He was a Sunday father. Since my sister and I lived in foster homes, he came to visit only on Sundays.
But at the hospice(临终安养院), nurse Jackie gave me hope, love and encouragement. She listened to all my stories, and I listened to hers. It was a comfort. The nurses had told my family that death was coming near. As time went on, I became the star patient at the hospice, because I didn’t go according to plans. My kidneys started working again and could function without dialysis(透析). It was a mystery to my doctors. My friends said It was a miracle. But I knew what actually cured me.
The employees showed me off to other patients and being the ham I was, I enjoyed.
62.According to the second paragraph, the reason why Jackie feels happy is that .
A. She can have a trip with the patient.
B. She knows dying is very important
C. She can reduce patients’ pain during their last days
D. She can arrange a journey for the patients before they die
63. They author mentioned his parents in the third paragraph in order to tell us
A. he wants parents to love their own children
B.Jackie cares for him more than his parents do
C.he loves Jackie more than he loves his patients
D.he had a very unhappy childhood
64. The underlined word “miracle” in the fourth paragraph means something that is .
A. very exciting B. hard to believe C. very risky D. very important
65. we can learn from the passage that .
A. Jackie worked in the hospice as a volunteer.
B. the author’s mother left him when he was two
C. the author was the youngest child in his family
D.the author didn’t like being the hospice poster boy
66. According to the author, actually cured him.
A. Jackie’s love and encouragement B other patients’ moving stories
C. the help of a well-known doctor D. his strong desire to live
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。
We were standing on the bridge, 1 to some fish 2 a small red plane flew almost directly 3 our heads. We could 4 see the pilot's face. "What 5 is he up to?" I asked, feeling 6 annoyed.
"I think he's in trouble," Jack said. "His engine is making a strange noise." "Well, we can't do anything, can we?" I said. "We can't even phone from here." We were on a 7 holiday and we were miles from 8 town. "We can 9 the plane down the river." Jack said. " 10 !Let's go!" I must admit I liked the 11 . There were not many fish in that part of the river and I was 12 . We 13 our fishing lines and ran towards our boat. It 14 under some bushes about a hundred yards down the river. 15 the engine started almost at once and soon we were roaring down the river.
"But can the pilot 16 here?" I asked Jack. He said if 17 was really in trouble, he'll probably try to land there, 18 there was a lake about fifteen miles down the river.Soon we came to the lake. I looked across it and found the small red plane 19 the water, near that island in the middle. We raced across the lake. By the time we 20 the island, the pilot-a very young woman-was sitting 21 the plane."Hi!" she 22 us. "Thanks for coming to help me. 23 I interrupted you while you were fishing. 24 , would you like some fish for supper?"
She reached into the plane and 25 a large fish. "There is plenty more in here!" she said, laughing.
(1) | A. tried | B. trying | C. to try | D. were trying | [ ] |
(2) | A. while | B. as | C. when | D. as soon as | [ ] |
(3) | A. on | B. over | C. below | D. above | [ ] |
(4) | A. just | B. even | C. still | D. already | [ ] |
(5) | A. on earth | B.on the earth | C. in the earth | D. in the world | [ ] |
(6) | A. quite | B. fairly | C. very | D. rather | [ ] |
(7) | A. boat | B. boat's | C. boating | D. boats' | [ ] |
(8) | A. near | B.the nearest | C. the farthest | D.the nearer | [ ] |
(9) | A. follow | B. see | C. watch | D. look at | [ ] |
(10) | A. Come up | B.Come forward | C. Come here | D. Come on | [ ] |
(11) | A. thought | B. idea | C. mind | D. suggestion | [ ] |
(12) | A. interested | B. excited | C. tired | D. bored | [ ] |
(13) | A. took | B. dropped | C. fell | D. brought | [ ] |
(14) | A. laid | B. stood | C. lay | D. appeared | [ ] |
(15) | A. Obviously | B. Eagerly | C. Luckily | D. Suddenly | [ ] |
(16) | A. land | B. fall | C. stop | D. stay | [ ] |
(17) | A. the plane | B. the pilot | C. the boat | D. a pilot | [ ] |
(18) | A. as | B. since | C. because | D. for | [ ] |
(19) | A. on | B. in | C. below | D. above | [ ] |
(20) | A. had reached | B. got | C. had got | D. reached | [ ] |
(21) | A. in the middle of | B. on top of | C. on | D. in | [ ] |
(22) | A. called in | B. called on | C. called for | D. called out to | [ ] |
(23) | A. I'm sorry | B. Excuse me | C. I apologized | D. I beg pardon | [ ] |
(24) | A. In a way | B. By the way | C. Anyway | D. On the way | [ ] |
(25) | A. look | B.pulled out | C. brought | D. fetched out | [ ] |
It must have been around nine o’clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark. As I came near to the gates I turned off the head lights of the car so as to prevent the beam from swinging (摆动) through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me. But I needn’t have done so. I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway—unless he had fallen asleep while reading. I put the car away and went up the steps.
Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack’s room. He was in bed awake, but he didn’t even turn towards me.
“What’s up, Jack﹖” I asked.
“For God’s sake, don’t make a noise,” he said.
The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself serious injury.
“Take your shoes off, Neville,” Jack said.
I thought that he must be ill and that I had better give way to him to keep him happy. “There is a snake here,” he explained. “It’s asleep between the sheets. I was lying on my back reading when I saw it.I knew that moving was out of the question. I could not have moved even I’d wanted to.” I realized that he was serious. “I was depending on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home,” Jack went on. “It has not bitten me yet but I dare not do anything to upset it. It might wake up. I’m sick of this,” he said.“I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago.”
There was no time to argue or apologize for being late.I looked at him as encouraging as I could and went to telephone the doctor.
【小题1】When he got home, Neville found that _____.
A.Jack had fallen asleep while reading | B.Jack had been reading for some time |
C.Jack’s light was not turned off | D.Jack was ready to answer the doctor |
A.impossible | B.no problem | C.no doubt | D.without difficulty |
A.Neville and Jack lived in the same house. |
B.Neville thought that Jack had fallen ill. |
C.Neville really believed that Jack was not making a joke. |
D.Neville refused to argue or to make an apology for being late. |
A.asked Neville to take off his shoes |
B.made a gesture to show the presence of the snake |
C.was afraid to upset the snake sleeping between the sheets |
D.behaved strangely as if he were badly hurt |
A.7 p.m. | B.8 p.m. | C.9 p.m. | D.6 p.m. |
I still clearly remember that day. I was on the side of the road for close to four hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the windows that said, “NEED A JACK(千斤顶)”.
Right as I was about to give up, a truck stopped and a man got off. He sized up the situation and went back to take a jack. After about two hours, we finished the job with sweats. We were both dirty. His wife produced a large water jug for us to wash our hands in.
I tried to put $20 in the man’s hand, but he wouldn’t take it, so instead I went up and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I thanked them up one side and down the other. I asked the little girl, their daughter, where they lived, thinking maybe I’d send them a gift. She said they lived in Mexico. They were in Oregon now so Mommy and Daddy could pick cherries for the next few weeks. After that, they were going to pick peaches, and then go back home.
After I said my goodbyes and started walking back to the Jeep, the girl called out and asked if I’d had lunch. When I told her no, she ran up and handed me a tamale(玉米粽子). I thanked them again and walked back to my car. When I opened the tamale, what did I find inside? My $20 bill! I ran to the van and the guy rolled down his window. He saw the $20 in my hand, started shaking his head smiling, and with what looked like great concentration said in English: “Today you, tomorrow me.” Then he rolled up his window and drove away, with his daughter waving to me from the back.
This family, working on a seasonal basis where time is money, took a couple of hours to help a stranger while others passed by quietly.
Since then I’ve helped many people like the Mexican family. I didn’t accept money. But every time I was able to help, I felt as if I was putting something in the bank.
【小题1】From the passage we know that __________.
A.the Mexican man couldn’t speak English |
B.the author’s car broke down on the road |
C.the Mexican family came to Oregon for a visit |
D.$20 was a small amount for the Mexican family |
A.Because the man had refused to accept it. |
B.Because the man’s wife needn’t wash her hands. |
C.Because the author thought the Mexican family was poor. |
D.Because the author thought the man’s wife would take it. |
A.it was completely wrong for others to pass by quietly |
B.it was quite easy to help the author mend the jeep |
C.it was possible that everyone might get into trouble |
D.the author was a polite stranger and deserved the help |
A.He hated those who didn’t offer help. |
B.He would send a present to the family soon. |
C.He wondered why they didn’t take the money. |
D.He considered helping others as saving money in the bank. |
A.The Mexican family lived a richer life than the author. |
B.The Mexican family did seasonal work in Oregon each year. |
C.The author was inspired to help others by the Mexican family. |
D.What made the writer moved was the tamale given by the girl. |
第二节 根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
--Hi, Mike! How are you feeling?
--Hi, Jack ! 61
--I was talking with Donna yesterday and she told me you had an accident. 62
--A drunk driver. He ran into my car from the rear.
--He must have hit you hard. Terrible! 63
--I was pretty shaken up at the time. Anyway, they brought me here. 64 I asked the doctor
whether there were any internal injuries. He said he didn' t think so, and that i needed to stay
here for a couple of days for observation.
--Well, Mike. 65 Let us know if there is something we can do for you,
--I'll do that. Thank you for your coming. And thanks for the flowers.
A.Don't worry about me! |
B.Something wrong, I' m afraid. |
C.Take it easy. |
D.Nothing serious, I hope. |
E. But you don' t look too bad.
F. How did it happen?
G. How did you know?