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【题目】Steve Sparks was a young successful lawyer when a bruise （挫伤） on one of the legs of his 3-year-old daughter changed his life. The bruise led to a doctor’s visit. The doctor said his daughter was suffering from leukemia (白血病).

Steve said that in a moment his life changed from what restaurant he was going to take his clients (客户) to lunch to whether his daughter Katie was ever going to see her fourth birthday.

For three years Katie received a lot of treatment at the Nemours Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and with the help of wonderful doctors, kind nurses, whom Steve and his wife Michelle called heroes, Katie’s leukemia was cured (治愈).

Forever changed by the experience and encouraged by the heroes at Nemours who saved his daughter’s life, Steve felt he couldn’t go back to business as usual. He felt there was something else he was meant to do and that something else led him to join the Nemours Foundation（基金会）at the age of 28. The job change came with a 65% pay cut from what he was making as a lawyer, but Steve thought he was right and it was more important to help those who need help. Steve is glad to have made such a choice.

Katie is now a healthy 20-year-old college student and Steve is one of the leaders of the Nemours Foundation. In three weeks Steve will have a party for Katie’s 21st birthday, and give big thanks to the Nemours by riding his bicycle from Nemours in Jack-sonville, Florida to Wilmington, Delaware. He’ll ride 900 miles in 9 days and raise $100,000 for the Nemours Foundation with the hope of saving more children’s lives.

【1】From the text we can learn that _____.

A. Steve hated being a lawyer

B. Katie’s bruise caused leukemia

C. Katie suffered from leukemia at four

D. Steve had ever doubted whether Katie could survive

【2】What did Steve and his wife think of the doctors and nurses?

A. They were unfriendly.

B. They were great.

C. They were inexperienced.

D. They were clever.

【3】Which of the following is TRUE about Steve’s becoming a member of the Nemours Foundation?

A. He felt sorry about his decision.

B. He didn’t get even half the pay he used to.

C. His daughter gave him much encouragement.

D. He was advised to do so by the doctors.

【4】Steve will ride 900 miles in 9 days to _____.

A. show he is strong enough

B. celebrate his daughter’s birthday

C. raise money to save more children’s lives

D. advise people to do more exercise

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇叙事文，讲述的是一名成功的律师Steve Sparks的女儿Katie在她三岁时得了白血病，经过三年在Nemours 医院接受的治疗，Katie的病治愈了。在这之后Steve Sparks决定加入Nemours 基金会，挽救更多孩子的生命。

【1】D细节理解题。根据第二段Steve said that in a moment his life changed from what restaurant he was going to take his clients to lunch to whether his daughter Katie was ever going to see her fourth birthday.可知Steve也不确定女儿是否能活到她四岁生日的时候，故选D。

【2】B细节理解题。根据第三段Delaware and with the help of wonderful doctors, kind nurses, Whom

Steve and his wife Michelle called heroes.可知Steve和他的妻子认为医生和护士们都是英雄，他们是伟大的，故选B。

【3】B细节理解题。根据第四段The job change came with a 65% pay cut from what he was making

as a lawyer,but Steve thought he was right and it was more important to help those who need help. Steve is glad to have made such a choice. 可知Steve现在的工资比他当律师时要少65%，但他认为应该帮助那些需要帮助的人，他很高兴做出这个决定，故选B。

【4】C细节理解题。根据最后一段He’ll ride 900 miles in 9 days and raise $100,000 for the Nemours

Foundation with the hope of saving more children’s lives.可知Steve参加了九天骑车九百英里的公益活动为孩子们募捐，故选C。