Question

【题目】My husband Bill, was diagnosed with cancer(癌症）.Over the course of seven months. he went from beating me silly at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.

It was the best seven months of my life. Maybe I don't_________ mean that, but it was certainly the time when I felt most alive. I had become a respected professor, and a responsible wife. During those seven months, I came to understand that nothing would________ more than what I had done to my husband.

When I couldn't sleep at night, I prayed(析祷）to God. Then I began praying it daily even if I had no difficulty sleeping, which ________.my breathing and calmed my mind.

During his last week. a relative visited I noticed that she'd changed her appearance. but in a funny way. It was the kind of ________ I kept to myself. After she left .Bill voiced exactly what I'd been thinking, in that truthful way he bad and I found myself laughing out in my heart.

I could live with this man, even needing as much care as he does, for the next 40 years, I thought. ________,he would be dead very soon. I will never again have that high a purpose in my life. I will try to be a little less unhappy, and a little more _________for the small moments in life .I am a better person for caring for Bill. It was his last, best gift to me.

【1】A. completely B. hardly C. actually D. carefully

【2】A. care B. matter C. change D. cost

【3】A. slowed B. increased C. held D. took

【4】A. jokes B. friends C. work D. thought

【5】A. Luckily B. However C. Instead D. Finally

【6】A. sorry B. excited C. thankful D. worried

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【解析】文章介绍了作者在她丈夫得癌症的7个月里，对生活的感受。

【1】句意：也许我没有真正的意识到那。A. completely 完全地； B. hardly几乎不； C. actually 真正的，事实上； D. carefully仔细地；根据but it was certainly the time when I felt most alive. I had become a respected professor, and a responsible wife. 可知和以前相比，发生了变化，但是自己没有确切的意识到；故选C

【2】句意：我理解没有什么比我为我丈夫做的更要紧。A. care 关心； B. matter 要紧； C. change 改变； D. cost花费；根据 a responsible wife.和When I couldn't sleep at night, I prayed(析祷）to God. 可知为丈夫做事是第一位的；故选B

【3】句意：放慢呼吸平静思想。A. slowed放慢； B. increased 增长； C. held屏住； D. took带走；根据calmed my mind.可知应是放慢呼吸；故选A

【4】句意：它是我保守秘密的一种想法。A. jokes 玩笑； B. friends朋友； C. work 工作； D. thought想法；根据Bill voiced exactly what I'd been thinking,可知是想法；故选D

【5】句意：然而，他很快就死了。A. Luckily幸运的是； B. However然而； C. Instead 而不是； D. Finally最后；根据I could live with this man, even needing as much care as he does, for the next 40 years, I thought.和he would be dead very soon.之间是转折关系；故选B

【6】句意：在生活中的每一小会，我都尽量少的不开心，尽量多一点的感恩。 A. sorry 对不起； B. excited激动的； C. thankful 感恩的； D. worried担心的；根据I am a better person for caring for Bill可知是更多一点的感恩；故选C