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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.
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
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
B. hard to believe
C. very risky
D. very important
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
B. other patients' moving stories
C. the help of a well-known doctor
D. his strong desire to live
yet I felt at home with them immediately. Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed
me like a long-lost cousin.
In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened.
"Who did this?" my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen.
"This is all your fault, Katharine," my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke.
From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other. We set a place for blame at the
dinner table.
But the Whites didn't worry about who had done what. They picked up the pieces and moved on with their
lives. The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died.
In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New York. The two
older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen. Proud
of having a new driver's license (驾照), Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip. She showed
off her license to everyone she met.
The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah's new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached
less crowded areas, they let Amy take over. Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat.
After lunch, Amy got behind the wheel. She came to a crossroads with a stop sign. Whether she was nervous
or just didn't see the sign no one would ever know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping.
The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car.
Jane was killed immediately.
I was slightly injured. The most difficult thing that I've ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about
the accident and that Jane had died. Painful as it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse
for them to lose a child.
When Mr. and Mrs. White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room. Sarah had
a few cuts on the head; Amy's leg was broken. They hugged us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at
seeing their daughters. They wiped away the girls' tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her
crutches (拐杖).
To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said, "We're so glad that you're
alive."
I was astonished. No blame. No accusations.
Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop
sign.
Mrs. White said, "Jane's gone, and we miss her terribly. Nothing we say or do will ever bring her back.
But Amy has her whole life ahead of her. How can she lead a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for
her sister's death?"
They were right. Amy graduated from the University of California and got married several years ago. She
works as a teacher of learning-disabled students. She's also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest
named Jane.
B. Jane's school friend
C. The Whites' cousin
D. Sarah's friend from college
B. Amy didn't know what to do when she saw the stop sign.
C. Amy didn't slow down so their car ran into a truck.
D. Amy didn't get off the highway at a crossroads.
B. Amy was badly injured herself and they didn't want to add to her pain
C. they didn't want to blame their children in front of others
D. Amy was their youngest daughter and they loved her best
B. Amy changed her job after the accident
C. Amy lost her memory after the accident
D. Amy has lived quite a normal life
My mom was one of those people.
My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen.
While I was growing up, we lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love.
Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life, "Kemmons, you are
certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it."
At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother
spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again
if I wanted to badly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year
later, I returned to school - walking on my own!
When the Great Depression (大萧条) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the both
of us. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point occurred on
a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available
for families and was angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for the
average American family. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel (汽车旅馆) for families that would
never charge extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Not surprisingly, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even
designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of challenges. But with my mother's
words deeply rooted in my soul, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest
hotel system in the world-Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries
with an income of $ 1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working for
and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
B. moving
C. encouraging
D. interesting
B. Nurses.
C. Friends.
D. Mom.
B. His previous business success of various levels.
C. His mom's support.
D. His wife's suggestion.
B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.
C. Careful, helpful and beautiful.
D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.
B. Mom's encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.
C. Clear goals, mom's encouragement, a poor family and higher education.
D. Mom's encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.
a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her
son from committing suicide. In closing she called me a hero.
That got me thinking about what a hero really is. Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car?
If so, how could I be a hero just because I wrote a story that saved someone's life?
Today I decided to look up the word "hero" in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant. It read "a person
who does something brave". As I read on, it also said "a person who is good and noble".
That statement impressed me more than the part about being brave. So I thought about something very
important. Say I was walking into the local Wal-Mart Store and I happened to open, and hold the door for
someone as a courtesy. As they passed me by, I say, "How are you today?" Most of the time that would be no
big deal, but this time let's say it was for someone who was deeply depressed and near the end of the rope.
That may have very well been the only kindness or courtesy shown to them in a very long time.
Having been near "the end of my rope", after my marriage of twenty years ended, I was in such a condition.
I was within hours trying to get up enough courage to end the pain and misery. When I returned home,
someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend. That
wonderful card probably saved my life. That person, without even knowing it, saved a life and became a hero.
The many stories I-kept writing in the following years saved the life of a teenage boy. In turn that makes
the person who sent me the card a double hero. I suppose that is why I fight so hard to help the children now
living in orphanages (孤儿院). Most children come out of these institutions with a very hard and bitter attitude
against the world. The gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten. Hopefully, most of
them will never hurt anyone because of the kindness shown to them by those of us who cared. If it works, we
will also become "heroes".
Gee, who would have ever thought that anyone can become a hero, and, possibly save a life, just by being
kind and courteous to others? The best part of all is that becoming a hero is free to all who wish to wear such
an honor.
B. What Exactly Is A Hero?
C. I Am A Hero
D. Everyone Is A Hero
B. both brave and fearless
C. both thoughtful and considerate
D. both cute and kind
B. the action of sending the card
C. the fact that the sender saved the writer
D. the fact that the sender was a true friend
B. Sending someone a wonderful card.
C. Keeping writing many stories for children.
D. Being kind to someone who has a hard time.
III 阅读 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.
My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”
At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to badly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school — walking on my own!
When the Great Depression (大萧条) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the both of us. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point occurred on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for the average American family. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel (汽车旅馆) for families that would never charge extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Not surprisingly, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of challenges. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my soul, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world — Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $ 1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situations. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
41. What Kemmons’ mom often told him during his childhood was _________.
A. caring B. moving C. encouraging D. interesting
42. According to the author, who played the most important role in making him walk back to
school again?
A. Doctors. B. Nurses. C. His friends. D. His mom。
43. What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself?
A. His terrible experience in the hotel.
B. His previous business success of various level.
C. His mom’s strongest support.
D. His wife’s valuable suggestion.
44. Which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?
A. Modest, helpful and hard-working. B. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.
C. Careful, helpful and beautiful. D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.
45. Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?
A. Self-confidence, hard work, higher education and a poor family.
B. Clear goals, mom’s encouragement, a poor family and higher education.
C. Mom’s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.
D. Mom’s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.
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