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小初高K12学习教材 阅读理解专练（1）

阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

I once had a friend who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the news that

he might only live up to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his

friends. However, in spite of the serious illness, he was initially determined to

look into all available treatments that might cure or extend his life. I think that

when you find yourself in such situations, you tend to look up every possible way

for hope of saving your life.

As months went on and his health grew worse, I noticed an unexpected change in

attitude that came over him. He had also been a happy person with a cheerful personality,

but rather than give in to discouragement and self－pity, he took comfort in God and

humanity. His talks focused on others rather than himself, and he spoke of the

afterlife as something he was prepared for, believing that his concerned ancestors,

including his mother and father, were there waiting for him.

During the last few months, weeks, and days of his life, he was kindly cared for

by family, friends, his loving wife, who looked after both his physical and emotional

needs, and workers from a local hospice (安养院) came to the home to regulate his

medication and provide any other needed support. He didn’t complain about his fate,

and he willingly allowed others to serve him.

Indeed, one might think why God allows death and suffering in our world, but for

me, such experiences taught me to value family more and kindness for others. You often

can’t learn these important attributes in the lap of luxury, and perhaps, such an

experience is the greatest and final gift the illness can give those left behind.

1. Which word can best describe the man’s initial reaction as soon as he was

diagnosed with cancer?

A．Satisfied. B．Surprised.

C．Terrified. D．Confused.

2. What did the man do after he first learned of his illness?

A．He was operated on immediately. 小初高K12学习教材

小初高K12学习教材 B．He retired from his job.

C．He researched cancer treatments.

D．He felt sad, doing nothing.

3. What was the man’s main source of comfort after several months with the

disease?

A．His family and friends.

B．His belief in humanity.

C．His doctors’ encouragement.

D．The care from others.

4. What did the author learn from his friend’s story?

A．Giving more respect to friends.

B．Extending life as possible.

C．Caring for yourself and enjoying luxury.

D．Getting comfort from God.

[解题导语] 本文主要讲述作者的朋友得了癌症，但是仍以一种乐观的心态对待自己的疾病，从最初的震惊到后来的积极面对人生的故事。

1. 解析：选B。细节理解题。由文章第一段．..the news that he might only live up

to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his friends. 可知，他最初的反应是“震惊”，故选surprised。

2. 解析：选C。细节理解题。由文章第一段．..he was initially determined to look

into all available treatments that might cure or extend his life. 可知，他去寻找所有能够治疗疾病或延续他生命的方法。look into的意思是“调查”。

3. 解析：选B。细节理解题。由文章第二段第二句．.. rather than give in to

discouragement and self­pity, he took comfort in God and humanity. 及整个第二段可知，他主要的安慰是对上帝及人性的信仰。

4. 解析：选A。推理判断题。由最后一段．..but for me, such experiences taught me

to value family more and kindness for others. 可以推断出，A项正确。

A 小初高K12学习教材

小初高K12学习教材 When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter

(炼铜厂), and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used

to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called

it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.

Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked

if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer

from that big industry was “No”.

Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers

said there weren’t any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste

of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was

knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn’t get his idea accepted.

Paul later got married but his dream would not die. And then one night he did what

he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, “It is common to overlook what

is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored

by minds busied in wide ranges.” Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into

the wasteland and started planting.

And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and

grass. For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense. Slowly rabbits

appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company