题目内容
8.It was shortly before midnight,and Dr Patricia was getting ready for bed.The phone rang on the end of the line was a woman about to break a promise.The woman was her mother's neighbour.Flora Harris had made the neighbour swear she wouldn't tell her daughter she'd a heart attack and was in the hospital,for fear her daughter would worry.The neighbour wisely decided to disobey orders.
Harris desperately wanted to get to the hospital immediately,but she couldn't.She lives in Washington,D.C,and her mother lives in California.
For the past year a half,Harris has gone to Los Angeles every other month to take care of her mother.Flora Harris takes care of her husband,James,who's 91and has Alzheimer's disease.They live in their own home,and a caregiver comes to help them a few hours a day.
Harris is one of many Americans facing the heartache of how to take care of aging parents from afar.She's often worried,not to mention extremely busy with a demanding job,two teenage daughters and the frequent trips to California.
In some ways,Harris is lucky.She has the resources to make the trips to Los Angeles.Plus,Harris is a doctor who treats the elderly.
"But it's still tough,"she said."I can foresee what the next few years are going to look like,and it's not a pretty picture.My father's going to need diapers (尿布).There will come a time when he won't recognize me and he's easily excited.I worry he's going to be violent and hurt my mother."
So what do you do when you live a continent away for your aging,sick parents?There are no magic answers.You can hire someone to help,but you can't outsource it completely.
28.Why was the woman thought to have broken a promise?D
A.She failed to take care of Flora.
B.She was not supposed to call Harris at midnight.
C.She couldn't go to hospital on time.
D.She told Harris about her mother's illness.
29.What can we learn about Patricia Harris from the passage?A
A.She thinks it harder to look after her parents the next few years.
B.He parents cannot take themselves at all.
C.She cannot do a demanding job.
D.She cannot afford to go to California often.
30.What does the underlined word"outsource"in the last paragraph mean?A
Arrange somebody outside to do a job.
B.Work something out by oneself.
C.Speak something out for help.
D.Understand something.
31.What's the main idea of this passage?C
A.Aging people in the USA are increasing.
B.The rate of heart disease is high in America.
C.It is difficult to tend aging parents from afar.
D.Harris advises on tending aging parents from afar.
分析 本文属于记叙文阅读,作者首先举出了Flora Harris为了不让女儿担心而向她隐瞒病情,而她的邻居因为关心而将此事告诉了她的女儿,但她的女儿此时却生活在离加利福尼亚很远的华盛顿,作者用这个事例来告诉我们当你身在远方的时候照顾父母是困难的.
解答 28.D 细节理解题,根据第二段Flora Harris had made the neighbour swear she wouldn't tell her daughter she'd a heart attack and was in the hospital,for fear her daughter would worry.The neighbour wisely decided to disobey orders.可知这个女人被认为打破了誓言是因为她告诉了Harris有关她母亲的病情,故选D
29.A 推理判断题,根据倒数第二段But it's still tough,"she said."I can foresee what the next few years are going to look like,and it's not a pretty picture.可知Harris认为在接下来的几年里照顾她的父母很难的,故选A.
30.A 词义猜测题,根据最后一段So what do you do when you live a continent away for your aging,sick parents?There are no magic answers.You can hire someone to help,but you can't outsource it completely.可知当你的父母衰老生病的时候你可以请人照顾他们,但是不能把他们完全推给别人,故选A.
31.C 主旨大意题,通读全文可知本文主要向我们讲述了当你身在远方的时候照顾父母是困难的,故选C.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
One rainy day,while this man was(8)A,he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain,walking to somewhere.He(9)B that they were his ex-girlfriend's (前女友)parents,so he drove slowly beside the couple,wanting them to find him in his expensive car and to know that he had his own company,car,etc.
To the man's surprise,the couple were walking towards a cemetery (墓地).He got out of his car and followed them.And there he saw his ex-girlfriend-a photograph of her(10)Das sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone,and those precious paper cranes in a glass bottle!He walked over and asked the couple why this had happened.They explained that(11)C she did not leave for France at all.She fell ill with cancer.In her heart,she had believed that he would(12)Csome day.She didn't want her(13)Bto be his barrier.Therefore,she chose to leave him.She asked her(14)Ato put his paper cranes beside her,because if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him.
The man just cried(15)D.He was heartbroken once again.
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3.A.futures | B.goals | C.courses | D.ways |
4.A.excited | B.mad | C.puzzling | D.heartbroken |
5.A.confidence | B.position | C.independence | D.freedom |
6.A.main | B.beautiful | C.heavy | D.hard |
7.A.office | B.family | C.company | D.studio |
8.A.driving | B.running | C.walking | D.wandering |
9.A.noticed | B.recognized | C.understood | D.memorized |
10.A.glaring | B.talking | C.crying | D.smiling |
11.A.fortunately | B.recently | C.actually | D.difficultly |
12.A.come | B.go | C.succeed | D.suffer |
13.A.heart | B.illness | C.cranes | D.sadness |
14.A.parents | B.husband | C.friends | D.son |
15.A.heatedly | B.hardly | C.excitedly | D.sadly |
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A. | Although | B. | Unless | C. | Where | D. | Until |
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