“I don’t think I can do this any more.” “Yes, you can. You only have five more radiation treatments to go. ” I held my wife Becky close.
Ever since the breast cancer diagnosis (診斷), she had tried hard to be strong for the kids and for me.   When her diagnosis came, my first thought was there was no way I could lose my wife. The doctors assured us the cancer was discovered early so we were feeling positive.
Becky had received an operation and was recovering from it. After six weeks of radiation therapy(治療), she was facing her final five treatments. She was weak and tired, in low spirits. Seeing her suffering, I felt so helpless and powerless.
As soon as I was outside, long-held frustration and anger erupted in me like a volcano. I took a hammer and suddenly was swinging as hard as I could, beating heavily on the front porch(門(mén)廊). While doing so, I imagined I was beating my wife’s cancer. With all my strength, I destroyed the porch.
During the treatment, my wife had been very brave. She said she had it easy, but I don’t think it was easy for her.
Seeing the porch gone, Becky shook her head at the window. I came into the room, not knowing how she would react to what I had done.
“Becky, are you mad at me?” She looked at me in surprise. “For what?” I pointed at the gate. “For tearing down the porch.” She laughed. “Look how sunny this room is now. I love that it’s bright in here.”
“You comforted me in my darker hour, Vince. You’ve found a way to deal with your own frustration. By destroying the porch, you let the sunshine in.”
As I looked around the brightened room, I realized the light that filled the space was the light of hope that shone so bright after the darkness. We never did re-build the porch.
【小題1】When the diagnosis came out, _______.

A．the author had little hope that his wife would survive 
B．the author was determined to save his wife’s life 
C．the author’s wife refused to receive radiation treatments 
D．the author felt lucky that his wife’s disease was not serious 
【小題2】The author went outside to destroy the porch because _______.
A．he wanted to release his frustration 
B．he was disappointed with his wife 
C．he intended to let sunshine in 
D．his wife didn’t like it at all 
【小題3】How did the author’s wife feel about him seeing the porch gone?
A．Sympathetic B．Angry 
C．Understanding D．Happy 
【小題4】What lesson can we learn from the passage?
A．Tragedy cannot separate loving couple 
B．A day without sunshine is like night 
C．True love is based on understanding 
D．Nothing is impossible for a willing heart 


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：作者的妻子被診斷得了癌癥，他一直陪在妻子的身邊，決心要治好他的病，他很理解妻子的痛苦，在壓抑很久后，用毀壞門(mén)廊發(fā)泄，而他的妻子也很理解他，兩人愛(ài)是建立在的相互的理解上的。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：When her diagnosis came, my first thought was there was no way I could lose my wife.可知當(dāng)診斷來(lái)的時(shí)候，作者決心要救妻子的命，選 B
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：As soon as I was outside, long-held frustration and anger erupted in me like a volcano. I took a hammer and suddenly was swinging as hard as I could, beating heavily on the front porch(門(mén)廊). 可知作者破壞門(mén)廊是因?yàn)樗脶尫砰L(zhǎng)期的壓抑和沮喪，選A
【小題3】推理題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：“You comforted me in my darker hour, Vince. You’ve found a way to deal with your own frustration. By destroying the porch, you let the sunshine in.”可知作者的妻子很理解他的這種做法，選C
【小題4】主旨題：從全篇文章可知作者的妻子被診斷得了癌癥，他一直陪在妻子的身邊，決心要治好他的病，他很理解妻子的痛苦，在壓抑很久后，用毀壞門(mén)廊發(fā)泄，而他的妻子也很理解他，兩人愛(ài)是建立在的相互的理解上，選C
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