Question

【题目】 At a young age, Patti Wilson was told by her doctor that she was an epileptic (癫痫病患者). Her father, Jim Wilson, is a morning jogger. She ran with her father every day. After a few weeks, she told her father, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is to break the world’s long-distance running record for women.” Her father checked the Guinness World Records and found that the farthest any woman had run was 80 miles.

As a freshman in high school, Patti announced, “I’m going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco.”(A distance of 400 miles.) “As a sophomore (二年级学生),” she went on, “I’m going to run to Portland, Oregon.”(Over 1,500-miles.) “As a junior, I’ll run to St. Louis.”(About 2,000 miles.) “As a senior, I’ll run to the White House.”(More than 3,000 miles away.)

In view of her handicap (缺陷), Patti was as ambitious as she was enthusiastic, but she said she looked at the handicap of being an epileptic as simply “an inconvenience”. She focused not on what she had lost, but on what she had left.

That year she completed her run to San Francisco wearing a T-shirt that read, “I Love Epileptics.” In her sophomore year, Patti’s classmates got behind her. They built a large poster that read — “Run, Patti, Run!”

On her second marathon (马拉松), a doctor told her she had to stop. “Doctor, you don’t understand,” she said. “I’m doing it to break the chains on the brains that limit so many others.”

She finished the run to Portland, completing her last mile with the governor of Oregon. After four months of almost continuous running from the West Coast to the East Coast, Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the then President of the United States. She told him, “I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with normal lives.”

Because of Patti’s efforts, enough money had been raised to open up 19 multi-million-dollar epileptic centers around the country. If Patti Wilson can do so much with so little, what can you do to outperform (超越) yourself in a state of total wellness?

【1】How did Patti look at her illness?

A.She thought of it as a gift.

B.She devoted all her attention to it.

C.She faced it with discouragement.

D.She considered it a small difficulty.

【2】What did Patti do when a doctor asked her to stop her run?

A.She continued without quitting.

B.She focused on her treatment.

C.She followed his advice.

D.She asked for her classmates’ assistance.

【3】Why did the author ask the question in the last paragraph?

A.To ask readers to answer it.

B.To get inactive people to run.

C.To encourage deep thinking.

D.To show his view on success.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了患有癫痫病的Patti Wilson，她用她的雄心壮志、热情和坚忍不拔的毅力，克服疾病所带来的种种痛苦。通过跑步证明癫痫病人是正常的人，做好自己，超越自己。

【1】

细节理解题。根据第三段中的In view of her handicap (缺陷), Patti was as ambitious as she was enthusiastic, but she said she looked at the handicap of being an epileptic as simply “an inconvenience”.可知，鉴于她的残疾，Patti雄心勃勃，但她说，她把癫痫病带来的残疾仅仅看作是“一种不便”。由此可知，Patti认为她的病是个小麻烦，并不是太大的问题。故选D。

【2】

推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中的“Doctor, you don’t understand,” she said. “I’m doing it to break the chains on the brains that limit so many others.”可知，“医生，你不明白，”她说。“我这样做是为了打破限制许多人大脑的锁链。”由此推知，当医生要求Patti停止跑步时，她没有放弃，而是继续跑步。故选A。

【3】

推理判断题。根据最后一段中的问题If Patti Wilson can do so much with so little, what can you do to outperform (超越) yourself in a state of total wellness?可知，如果Patti Wilson这么小能做这么多事情，那么在完全健康的状态下，你又能做什么来超越自己呢？由此判断出，这是一个值得深思的问题，作者在最后一段问这个问题是为了鼓励深入思考。故选C。