The Healing

Jim and his wife, Connie, were shocked by the loss of their four-month-old son—Joshua, whose life was taken by SIDS—sudden infant death syndrome.

      Thirty hours ago, Jim drove to the baby-sitter’s home to      Joshua. It was a     trip, like the one he made five days every week. He arrived, and little Joshua could not be        from his nap. The next few hours were a time of life and death: the racing ambulance, swift-moving doctors and nurse. But 12 hours later, at Children’s Hospital,      the doctors had exhausted（用盡） all     , little Joshua was gone. Yes, they wanted       of Joshua’s usable organs to be donated. That was not a      decision for Jim and Connie, a loving and       couple.

      The next morning dawned and many things had to be arranged. Telephone calls and funeral plans.       one point Jim realized he needed a     .When Jim settled into the chair      the barber’s, he began to        the past hours, trying to       some sense of it all.      had Joshua, their first-born, the child they had waited so long for, been taken so soon….He had     begun his life. The question kept coming, and the pain in Jim’s heart just       him.

      While talking with the barber, Jim mentioned the organ donations, looking at his watch, “They are transplanting one of his heart valves（瓣膜）right now.”

   The       stopped and stood motionless. Finally she spoke, but it was only a whisper. “You’re not going to believe this. But about an hour ago the customer sitting in this chair wanted me to hurry       she could get to Children’s Hospital. She       here so full of joy. Her prayers had been answered. Today her baby granddaughter is receiving a     needed transplant—a heart valve.”

   Jim’s healing began.

1.A. pick out               B. pick up           C. set out                             D. set up

2.A. routine                B. annual                     C. average                            D. difficult

3.A. called                            B. disturbed               C. awakened                        D. survived

4.A. though                 B. since                       C. because                           D. as

5.A. medicine             B. strength                  C. attempts                          D. spirits

6.A. part                      B. few                    C. some                       D. wise

7.A. giving                       B. tiring                         C. boring                    D. thinking

8.A. Of                    B. In                C. On                        D. At

9.A. haircut                     B. break                        C. donation                          D. decision

10.A. with                   B. at                   C. by                     D. near

11.A. decide on                  B. reflect on               C. keep on                           D. focus on

12.A. get                B. take                           C. hold                                  D. make

13.A. How                              B. Why           C. Whether                          D. If

14.A. barely                      B. nearly                   C. seldom                    D. almost

15.A. covered         B. drew            C. enveloped                       D. choked

16.A. hairdresser            B. customer           C. father               D. parent

17.A. since                  B. as                 C. so                          D. and

18.A. arrived           B. left              C. stayed               D. sat

19.A. desperately      B. deadly       C. clearly                D. obviously

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：當(dāng)吉姆開(kāi)車去保姆家接四個(gè)月大的孩子時(shí)，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子怎么也不能醒來(lái)，送到醫(yī)院十二個(gè)小時(shí)后，孩子就死于嬰兒猝死癥，過(guò)后他們同意捐獻(xiàn)了孩子的所有器官。但是在傷心的吉姆去理發(fā)時(shí)，卻無(wú)意中得知?jiǎng)倓傇谕粋�(gè)椅子上坐過(guò)的人的孫女恰好是接受心臟移植的人，由此他內(nèi)心的痛苦減輕了許多。

1.B動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。 A. 揀出；B.接人，取物；C. 出發(fā) ；D. 設(shè)置。根據(jù)下文可知他去保姆家接孩子，故答案選B。

2.A形容詞辨析。    A.慣常的；B. 一年一次的；C. 平均的；D. 困難的。由后句like the one he made five days every week可知他每周五次接送孩子，所以接孩子是慣常的事情，故答案選A。

3.C動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 被叫作；B. 打擾；C. 叫醒；D. 幸存。從空后面的from his nap可以推斷此處指叫不醒睡著的孩子，故選C。

4.A   連詞辨析。A. 雖然；B. 自從；C. 因?yàn)椋?D. 由于。由the doctors had exhausted（用盡）…..和little Joshua was gone可知前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故答案選A。

5.C名詞辨析。        A. 藥；    B. 力量     ；C.企圖  ；D. 精神。從情理可知醫(yī)生想盡方法，用盡全力，卻沒(méi)能留住孩子的性命，故答案選C。

6.D   代詞辨析。A. 部分；B. 幾乎沒(méi)有；C. 一些；D. 全部。由常識(shí)可知死于猝死綜合癥的嬰兒身體的所有器官都可以使用，所以答案選D。

7.B    形容詞辨析。A.好的； B. 難的；C. 愚蠢的；D. 明智的。由形容這對(duì)夫婦的詞loving，以及下文的講述可知這對(duì)夫婦有愛(ài)心，所以同意捐贈(zèng)孩子器官是不難做出的決定，故答案選B。

8.A形容詞詞辨析。         A. 給與的 ；B. 疲勞的；C. 無(wú)聊的         ；D. 思考的。根據(jù)a loving and…..可知and后面的詞應(yīng)該是和loving一樣形容人懂得愛(ài)和付出的詞，再由文章內(nèi)容可知他們同意捐贈(zèng)孩子器官這件事表明了他們是樂(lè)于給予的人，所以選A。

9.D   介詞辨析。A. 的；B.在里面； C.在上面         ；D. 在。固定短語(yǔ)：at one point “在某一時(shí)刻”，故答案選D。句意：在某一刻，吉姆想到了他需要去理理發(fā)。

10.A 名詞辨析。A. 理發(fā) ；B. 破壞；C. 捐贈(zèng)；      D. 決定。根據(jù)下文the barber’s可以推斷當(dāng)時(shí)吉姆認(rèn)為他應(yīng)該莊重的送孩子離去，所以去理發(fā)店理發(fā)，故答案選A。

11.B 介詞辨析。A. 帶；B. 在； C.被；D. 附近。固定短語(yǔ)：at the barber’s“在理發(fā)店”，故答案選B。句意：當(dāng)他坐在理發(fā)店的椅子上的時(shí)候，他開(kāi)始回想起了過(guò)去。

12.B動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。       A. 決定；B. 思考，回憶；      C. 繼續(xù)；D. 聚焦。根據(jù)the past hours,以及情理推測(cè)可知當(dāng)孩子去世后，吉姆在理發(fā)店坐著的時(shí)候回憶起了孩子過(guò)去的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴，故答案選B。

13.D動(dòng)詞辨析。      A. 得到；B. 帶走；C. 抓��； D. 制造；使。固定短語(yǔ)：make sense of “理解，弄懂”根據(jù)下文their first-born, the child they had waited so long for, been taken so soon…可知此時(shí)經(jīng)過(guò)喪子的痛苦，吉姆坐在理發(fā)店里回想發(fā)生的一切，想理清頭緒，答案選D。

14.B 連詞辨析。      A. 如何 ；B. 為何；C. 是否；D. 如果。由上下文可知這句話是Jim在悲痛中發(fā)出的質(zhì)問(wèn)，表示了他內(nèi)心的悲痛和對(duì)事實(shí)的難以置信，故答案選B。句意：為什么他們盼望已久的，生命才剛剛開(kāi)始的Joshua這么早就離開(kāi)了呢？

15.A副詞辨析。A. 僅僅；      B. 幾乎；C. 幾乎不；D. 幾乎。Almost 由上文可知Joshua才滿四個(gè)月，所以對(duì)于他來(lái)說(shuō)生活才剛剛開(kāi)始，答案選A。句意：他剛剛開(kāi)始他的生活。

16.C 動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 覆蓋；B. 畫；C. 裝信封；D. 賭塞。包裹，裹住 從情理可知吉姆越回憶，就越痛苦，內(nèi)心被傷痛包裹著，所以答案選C。

17.A名詞辨析。A. 美發(fā)師；B. 顧客；C. 父親；D. 父母之一。從上文可知吉姆來(lái)到理發(fā)店理發(fā)，再根據(jù)While talking with the barber可知答案選A。句意：理發(fā)師停住了，站著不動(dòng)。

18.C連詞辨析。A. 自從； B. 由于 ； C. 所以； D. 和。從語(yǔ)境the customer sitting in this chair wanted me to hurry  …….. 和she could get to Children’s Hospital.判斷前后是因果關(guān)系，故答案選C。

19.B 動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 到；B. 離開(kāi)；C. 停留；  D. 坐。從上下文可知顧客理發(fā)后離開(kāi)理發(fā)店，去兒童醫(yī)院，答案選B。

20.A 副詞辨析。A渴望地，迫切需要地；B. 致命地；C.清楚地；D. 明顯地。由情理可知心臟移植手術(shù)是在病人急需的情況下才進(jìn)行的，故答案選A。

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15.A．came            B．went           C． searched      D．reached

16.A．examining       B．covering       C． pressing      D．removing

17.A．watched         B．discovered     C． touched       D．unfolded

18.A．tough           B．soft           C． cold          D．strict

19.A．bandage         B．soul           C．pain           D．scar

20.A．until           B．a(chǎn)fter          C． since         D．when

 

 

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2012屆廣東省高三上學(xué)期摸底考試英語(yǔ)題 題型：閱讀理解

The research carried out by the University of Bad in Italy could help prove hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients ease discomfort and pain.

     A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology

Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered

most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as

Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to look at either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly painting, or a blank panel while the team zapped(????) a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been stuck by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were

viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when looking at the ugly paintings

or the blank panel. Electrodes measuring the brain's electrical activity also confirmed a reduced resoonse to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings.

      While distractions, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients,Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part.

      The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that

beaufiful surroundings could aid the healing process.

      "Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their artistic aspects should be taken into account too," said the neurologist."Beauty boyiously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into the field how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering."

      Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero." These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso.

1.The underlined word "alleviate" in the fifth paragraph probably means"______".

    A.cure                 B.ease             C.improve             D.kill

2.How many artists have been mentioned in the passage?                     

    A. 4.                  B. 5.              C. 6.                 D. 7.

3. Which of the following is TURE about the view of Prof de Tommaso's?

   A. Beautiful surroundings could help to heal sufferings completely.

   B. Hospitals must take their artistic aspects into consideration first.

   C. Ugly surroundings will surely make the pain worse.

   D. Both music and beauty can reduce pain in hospital patients.

4.From the last paragraph, we know that_______.

   A. some artists' paintings were beautiful, so they were masterpieces

   B. only art experts could judge they were masterpieces or not, though ugly

   C. the artists mentioned above were not really art masters.          

   D. some of them were art masters, while others were not.

5.Which of the following is the suitable title for the passage?

   A. Beautiful surroundings can ease pain.              

   B. Ugly paintings could be masterpieces.

   C. More research should be done in he field.             

   D. Latest environmental research.

 

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