It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I approached her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an old woman, sitting at the edge of the bed, struggling to put socks on her swollen(肿胀的)feet. I entered, spoke quickly to the nurse and examined her chart. She was getting better.

    I looked down at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks. Instead, I said something like this:“ How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they’re better today. The nurse mentioned you were anxious to see your son who’s visiting you today. I bet you really look forward to seeing him.”

    She stopped me with a serious voice, as if she was giving an order. “ Sit down,Doctor.This is my story,not your story. ”

    I was surprised and embarrassed. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that her health problems really had something to do with it. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.

    Later on, I often thought of what that woman taught me. Everyone has a story and each story is different. Some have a beginning, middle and end. Others wander without a clear conclusion. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard—without interruption or judgment.

1. The writer went to visit the older woman to     .

 A. 1isten to her story        B.tell her good news

    C. help her put on her socks   D.see if she was getting better

2.What problem did the old woman have?

A. She ate too much sugar.

B. She had high blood pressure.

C. She had too many visits. 

D. She liked telling others stories.

3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to the older woman’s     .

A. not having seen her son for long       B. having no one to look after her

C. serious voice when giving orders       D. struggling to put socks on her feet

4.What does the story mainly tell us?

    A. Everyone should learn to listen to others.

    B. Children had better stay with their parents.

    C. We all have a story and each one is different.

    D. Older women are good at telling their stories.

 

 

 

I recently turned fifty,which is young for a tree,midlife for an elephant,and ancient for a sportsman.Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit,but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me.Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age,but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.

A few days ago,a friend tried to cheer me up by saying,“Fifty is what forty used to be.”He had made an inspirational point.Am I over the hill?People keep telling me that the hill has been moved,and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.

“You’re not getting older,you’re getting better,”says Dr.Joyce Brothers.This,however,is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.

And so,as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net,I am moved to share some thoughts on aging with you.I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally.Getting older,of course,is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼词).In fact,a poet named Robert Browning considered it the best change of all:

Grow old along with me!

The best is yet to be.

Whether or not Browning was right,most of my first fifty years have been golden ones,so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by.I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合)of both fighting and accepting my aging,hoping that the philosopher(哲学家)was right when he said.“Old is always fifteen years from now.”

1.The author seems to tell us in Paragraph 1 that         .

A.time alone will tell

B.time goes by quickly

C.time will show what is right

D.time makes one forget the past

2.When the author turned fifty,people around him         .

A.tried to comfort him

B.got inspirations from him

C.were friendlier with him

D.found him more talkative

3.The author considers his fifty years of life         .

A.peaceful          B.ordinary          C.satisfactory          D.regretful

4.We can infer from the passage that         .

A.the old should lead a simple life

B.the old should face the fact of aging

C.the old should take more exercise

D.the old should fill themselves with curiosity

 

 

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It’s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA.A month ago,while on summer vacation back in my motherland,I learned a lesson from mosquito(蚊子) bites.Right before   1Kennedy Airport in New York,my grandma   2me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   3like me.She said,“There’s an old saying—the   4you stay away from the motherland,the sweeter your blood   5to the mosquitoes.”Not   6it,I replied,“Grandmaaaa,that’s just an old wives’ tale!”

Well,less than a week   7my arrival in Manila,I was already carpeted with a   8of mosquito bites.I took many measures to keep myself from being   9,but they all proved useless.

Late one   10in my cousin’s home,I couldn’t bear the   11of the bites.Hoping to find some comfort,I   12my cousin,who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine.Unhappy for being   13she said,“There is nothing you can do.Go back to sleep.”With a few turns,she slept again.Enviously(妒忌地)   14her sleep,I hoped a big mosquito would

15on her face.However,the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly,never biting her.Amazed(惊奇的),I ran to others’   16,only to find they were all sleeping   17as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites,I came to   18my grandma’s silly tale.From then on,I’ve always tried to keep a(n)   19mind about those strange old wives’ tales   20they do have some truth to them.

1.A.leaving         B.passing           C.visiting              D.finding

2.A.persuaded       B.reminded      C.warned                D.informed

3.A.students            B.foreigners        C.passengers            D.visitors

4.A.earlier         B.longer            C.sooner                D.later

5.A.grows           B.goes          C.flows             D.remains

6.A.expecting       B.understanding C.recognizing           D.believing

7.A.after           B.before            C.when              D.as

8.A.shade           B.pile          C.cloud             D.blanket

9.A.touched         B.bitten            C.defeated          D.discovered

10.A.morning            B.afternoon     C.evening           D.night

11.A.noise          B.hit               C.pain              D.effect

12.A.woke up            B.shouted at        C.looked for            D.dropped on

13.A.blamed         B.interrupted       C.moved             D.frightened

14.A.having         B.watching      C.making                D.helping

15.A.land               B.fly           C.fall              D.wait

16.A.houses         B.flats         C.rooms             D.homes

17.A.joyfully           B.anxiously     C.soundlessly           D.worriedly

18.A.tell               B.know          C.remember          D.accept

19.A.open           B.active            C.clear             D.honest

20.A.and                B.so                C.because           D.until

 

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