1．Just 10years ago，I sat across the desk from a doctor．"Yes，"he said，"there is something wrong with the left，upper lobe（肺叶）．You have a moderately advanced case…You'll have to give up work at once and go to bed．Later on，we'll see．"
Feeling like a man who is in midcareer has suddenly been placed under sentence of death，I left the doctor's office，walked over to the park，and sat down on a bench．I needed to think．In the next 3days，I cleared up my affairs，then I went home，got into bed，and set my watch to tick off not the minutes，but the months．Two years later，I left my bed and began the long climb back．It was another year before I made it．
I speak of this experience because these years that passed so slowly taught me what to value and what to believe．I realise now that this world I'm living in is not my oyster（牡蛎） to be opened but my opportunity to be grasped．Each day，to me，is a precious thing．The sun comes up and presents me with 24brandnew，wonderful hours-not to pass，but to fill．
I've learned to appreciate those little，allimportant things I never thought I had the time to notice before：the play of light on running water，the music of the wind in my favourite pine tree．I seem now to see and hear and feel with some of the recovered freshness of childhood．How well，for instance，I recall the touch of the springy earth under my feet the day I first stepped upon it after the years in bed．
Frequently，I sit back and say to myself，"Let me make note of this moment I'm living right now，because in it I'm well，happy and hard at work doing what I like best to do．It won't always be like this，so while it is，I'll make the most of it-and afterwards，I remember-and be grateful．All this，I owe to that long time spent on the sidelines of life．"
21．Which word can best describe the author's feeling after visiting the doctor？A
A．Hopeless．B．Curious．C．Confused．D．Energetic．
22．How long did it take the author to recover from his disease？B
A．Two years and a half．
B．Three years．
C．Three years and a half．
D．Four years．
23．The underlined words"these years"in Paragraph 3refer to the years when the authorA．
A．was ill
B．started his career
C．cleared up his affairs
D．struggled to go back to his work
24．By fighting with his disease，the author realisedD．
A．patients should know how to get on with doctors
B．doctors should treat patients more carefully
C．we should pay enough attention to diets
D．we should value and appreciate life．
分析 文章大意：本文主要讲述作者与癌症顽强抗争的故事．作者尽管被诊断出肺癌中晚期，但是但是作者没有被动等死，而是积极乐观地生活，享受生活，与病魔斗争，最终战胜病魔．
解答 21．A 细节理解题．根据文章第二段第一句话Feeling like a man who is in midcareer has suddenly been placed under sentence of death…可知作者作者被诊断出得肺癌后感到很无助，绝望（hopeless），因此答案选A．
22．B 细节理解题．根据文章第二段最后一句Two years later，I left my bed and began the long climb back．It was another year before I made it．可知作者经过三年最终战胜了病魔，因此答案选B．
23．A 推理判断题．根据文章第二段末尾可知作者经过三年终于战胜了病魔，第三段开头又说这几年过得很缓慢，因此"these years"指的是与肺癌斗争的痊愈前的这几年，即生病的这几年，因此答案选A．
24．D 细节理解题．根据文章第三、第四段的第一句I speak of this experience because these years that passed so slowly taught me what to value and what to believe；I've learned to appreciate those little，allimportant things I never thought I had the time to notice before：the play of light on running water，the music of the wind in my favourite pine tree．可知作者通过与病魔作斗争，作者意识到必须珍视和过好每一天，因为生命是美好的，因此答案选D．
点评 点评：本题考查人生感悟类阅读理解．这类题材的阅读理解是高考常考的内容，难度适中，考生可以通读全文，了解大意，在此基础上再根据问题结合选项及语境做出正确的选择．
