Question

When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.

     The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom," I don't know how to use a computer," she admits.

     Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an　award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says. "I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."

     But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up--again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.

     Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."

1.Why did Mary feel regretful?

A. She didn't achieve her ambition.

B. She didn't take care of her mother.

C. She didn't complete her high school.

D. She didn't follow her mother's advice.

2.We can know that before 1995 Mary         。

A. had two books published                         B. received many career awards

C. knew how to use a computer                  D. supported the JDRF by writing

3.Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her ________.

A. living with diabetes                                    B. successful show business

C. service for an organization                       D. remembrance of her mother

4.When Mary received the life-changing news, she __.

A. lost control of herself                               B. began a balanced diet

C. tired to get a treatment                           D. behaved in an adult way

5.What can we know from the last paragraph?

A. Mary feels pity for herself.   

B. Mary has recovered from her disease.

C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.Ｄ

2.Ｂ

3.Ａ

4.Ａ

5.Ｃ

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了身患糖尿病的病人勵志的故事。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一自然段可知，主人公沒有采納母親的建議。（由Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.可知）

2.推理判斷題。由第三自然段第一句話可得出答案。句意為，不像她的１９９５年的自傳，畢竟，她的第二本書很少的再反映作為一個獲獎演員的生活，而是更多寫了有關(guān)忍受糖尿病的事情。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三自然段第一句話的后半句可知。（her second book is less about life as an　award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病)）句意同上。

4.推理判斷題。由第四自然段中后來意識到他要學(xué)會自己掌控生命，不能讓疾命控制自己可知，剛收到改變自己命運的消息時她不能自控。（Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up--again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her.）等到她意識到，自己必須要成長起來，去控制糖尿病，而不能讓他控制自己。

5.由最后Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."可知，答案應(yīng)為Ｃ。

句意為：有時，通過幫助其他人我們能使事情好起來，我已經(jīng)意識到它的重要性，我第二次“長大”了，我要盡力的去幫助別人。

考點：考查人生百味類文章的閱讀理解。