My wife passed away a few years ago, and I went through the worst time in my life. I even wanted to kill myself .Just for kids, I had to continue to live and work as small-town doctor at my medical clinic in Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was alone. Then they asked me to have a family trip. On our trip, we turned on the TV at the motel and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. Seeing it falling down, I said to my kids: “I’m going to Afghanistan”. And a few weeks later, international Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care. In these field clinics surrounded by frightening shoots or deadly bombs, we were eventually serving 27,000 patients a month in a very busy schedule. Tired and nervous, I gradually had a sense of achievement, a sense of purpose, and my depression went away.

In the years to follow, I went to Indonesia after the tsunami, Pakistan after the earthquakes, Sudan after the civil war and Iraq after more and more bombs. Each time after disasters one after another, hundreds of people were killed, wounded and many more had to flee. We once set up movable clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees, and it was supposed to hold 13,000 originally. Flu broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and food were also serious problems. “Adventures or not?” I often asked myself.

When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done. But in reality, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, she went unconscious. I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit and the exciting adventures we would have.

I think about the moment many times during my “adventures”. I didn’t know how predictive those words would be. But I know that she is still with me.

1.Where has the doctor been in the past few years?

A.Some countries where he could set up clinics.

B.Some African countries where flu broke out.

C.The places where the earthquakes happened.

D.The places that the horrible disasters struck.

2.How would the doctor describe his life after he had worked in Afghanistan?

A.Tired and troublesome. B.Busy and risky.

C.Meaningful and helpful D.Frightening and depressing.

3.The underlined word “refugees” means people_______________.

A.who are robbed, killed, or wounded

B.who suffer from flu in movable clinics

C.who like to take adventures

D.who have lost homes because of disasters.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.the doctor’s wife encouraged him to work in foreign countries

B.What the doctor said to his wife before her death became reality.

C.The doctor’s adventures made him understand the love of his wife.

D.With the true love of his wife, the doctor started to change his life.

Gabriel Garqacia Marquez , who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in

1982, passed away at the age of 86 on April 17, 2014. The world paused (停顿) to

remember the cultural giant.

Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City. As one of the most famous writers, he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th- century literature.” Garcia Marquez wrote in a style called “ magical realism(魔幻现实主义).” In such works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But meanwhile , magical things happen to them.

Garcia Marquez is best known for his 1967 novel, One hundred years of Solitude (《百年孤独》), which has sold about 50 million copies. It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world- of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years. The story is a metaphor(暗喻)for the development of Colombia since the 19 century. As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said, Garcia Marquez wrote about “the essence(本质) of the Latin American beings.”

1.Garcia Marquez was born in _________.

A. 1914 B.1928

C.1967 D.1982

2.We can know from paragraph 2 that Garcia Marquez __________.

A. was born in Mexico City.

B. spent most of his abult life in Colombia.

C. had a writing style called “magical realism.”

D. was famous but lived a simple daily life.

3. The underlined word “ isolated “ means _________.

A.隔绝的 B. 安逸的 C. 喧嚣的 D.繁华的

4. The writer quotes (引用)from the President to __________.

A. Praise Garcia Marquez for his achievement.

B. show the deep sadness of the President.

C. explain the writing style of Garcia Marquez.

D. describe the character of Garcia Marquez.

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