题目内容
For most seventh graders, life doesn't get much harder than a history test. But for Grant Reed of Beliville, Ohio, it's his own current events that are so painful. "Honestly, I don't want to die,"Grant says. Last year, doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus found a tumour(肿瘤)in Grant's brain. They cut it out, but the surgery left him with stroke-like symptoms. Plus, he had to go through months of radia?tion and chemotherapy to try to stop the spread of the disease.
Yet, through it all, Grant has shown remarkable determination, which he owes, partly, to Ohio State Football. His parents, Troy and Denise, were both in the OSU marching band and fell in love during half-time of the Michigan game. His cat is named after the team Buckeyes. His wardrobe is painted scarlet (the colour of the team's sportswear). The point is, almost nothing mattered more to Grant than Ohio State Football―until he got sick, of course.
"I didn't like the word cancer," Grant says. So he decided not to use the word. Instead, the kid named his cancer Michigan and insisted everyone in his life refer to it as such, because Ohio State always beats Michigan. That was something he could understand and make into a competition. He was going to beat this disease.
It's now been more than a year since Grant issued that announcement. "And if you look at his scans," Dr Randal Olshefski at Nationwide Children's Hospital says, "there's nothing there. There's a big space, but there's no tumour. w
"Grant is beating Michigan. And although much of it has to go to science, don't discount the semantics(语义学)，You have to do something to make it a disease you can fight. And for Grant, that was naming it Michi?gan ,"his parents say.
This weekend, Ohio State and Michigan will be battling like their lives depend on it. But in this house * the Reed family will be watching with a calm insight: it's just a game.
1. What's the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. The seventh grade is a hard time.
B. Grant suffered a serious disease.
C. The operation was successful.
D. The tumour has spread all over.
2. From the second paragraph, we can infer that .
A. Grant was a born football fan
B. football makes a true man
C. interest is the best teacher
D. God helps those who help themselves
3. Why did Grant name his cancer Michigan?
A. Because he dared not face the disease.
B. Because he didn't want to die so young.
C. Because Michigan was his favourite team.
D. Because Michigan was always beaten by his favourite team.
4. By saying that it's just a game, we can infer that the Reed family .
A. have lost interest in the match between Ohio State and Michigan
B. believe Michigan will surely beat Ohio State this weekend
C. have had a clearer and better understanding of life
D. view the match as a matter of life and death
【文章大意】本文主要讲述了一个七年级少年战胜肿瘤疾病的故事。Grant和他的家人在人生观和世界观方面的豁达令人敬佩。
B段落大意题。根据第一段的描述内容可知本段主要说的是Grant正遭受着疾病的折磨。
A 推理判断题。根据第二段中"…Gram has shown remark?able determination, which he owes, partly, to Ohio State Football.及"His cat is named after the team Buckeyes. His wardrobe is painted scarlet (the colour of the team's sports-wear)."可知他是个天生的足球爱好者。
D 细节理解题。根据第三段第三句"Instead, the kid named his cancer Michigan and insisted everyone in his life refer to it as such, because Ohio State always beats Michigan."可知D 项正确。
C推理判断题。他们一家人把一场比赛看作一场游戏，不在乎成败，而只是从中获得乐趣，说明他们一家人已经对人生有了更清楚的、更好的理解。故答案为C。
