Question

Dear Cary,

I’m writing because I’ve understood you’ve struggled with alcoholism(酗酒)．I’ve been fighting mine ever since I went through 9-11．After that，I’ve been more or less useless professionally –I’m a lawyer–and have had to resign from my job because I was discovered passed-out drunk in front of my computer. I’ve taken some medicine and it has helped somewhat. I can manage about a month without drinking，but after that I end up having a crazy stage where nothing matters except drinking．After a week or so of heavy drinking，I start having nightmares of people jumping. After that，it’s a week of not being able to get out of bed.

   I was supposed to travel to a conference but didn’t make it because I got so drunk at the airport that I fell down on my face and spent the rest of the day in the emergency room. I have been hiding from my family since then．Fortunately they won’t be expecting me to come back for a week or so. Otherwise, they would notice the bump on my forehead and two black eyes．

I don’t really know what I’m asking you．Cary, I need a way out that doesn’t involve causing pain to my family．I’m taking medicine，but I still have these attacks every few months．If there’s alcohol in the house，I can’t stay away from it．It seems that this will never end. I’m afraid of what will happen if something bad happens，like a family member dying, or getting fired again．

  Thanks for reading．

  Yours T

1.The underlined sentence shows us all the following EXCEPT____________．

A．that the author is a lawyer by profession

B．that the author is a lawyer and he seldom gets drunk

C．the reason why the author had to resign

D．that the author was once discovered drunk as a fish

2.The author writes to Cary in order to____________．

A．offer advice                                                       B．tell a story

C．a(chǎn)void nightmares                                               D．a(chǎn)sk for help

3.What is the author worried about?

A．Losing his job                                                     B．Missing the conference

C．Bring pain to his family                                     D．Giving up drinking

4.What do we learn from the passage?

A．T’s family members don’t want to see him because of his alcoholism．

B．Getting drunk once prevented T from attending a conference．

C．T will have nightmares when he stops drinking．

D．T never attempted to give up his alcoholism．

5.We know from the passage that Cary____________．

A．likes to talk about the details of his life．

B．is an expert on treating alcoholism

C．is probably a recovered alcoholic

D．never suffered from alcoholism

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者寫信給Cary，讓他幫著像一個辦法改掉酗酒的毛病。作者是一名職業(yè)律師，自從9-11事件以后一直酗酒。因為醉倒在電腦前，不得不辭職了。作者和想戒掉酗酒，但是戒不掉。他不想給家人帶來痛苦，因此想讓已經(jīng)戒酒成功的Cary幫助他。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的I’ve been fighting mine ever since I went through 9-11．After that，I’ve been more or less useless professionally –I’m a lawyer–and have had to resign from my job because I was discovered passed-out drunk in front of my computer. 作者是一名職業(yè)律師，一直與酗酒作斗爭。因為醉倒在電腦前，不得不辭職了。因此B項說他很少喝醉是不符合文章的意思。D項drunk as a fish“爛醉如泥”。

故選B。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的Cary, I need a way out that doesn’t involve causing pain to my family．可知作者寫信給Cary，是想讓他來幫他想一個辦法戒酒。故選D。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的 that doesn’t involve causing pain to my family和I’m afraid of what will happen if something bad happens，like a family member dying, or getting fired again．可知作者擔心給家人帶來痛苦。故選C。

4. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的I was supposed to travel to a conference but didn’t make it because I got so drunk at the airport可知作者喝醉了沒能去參加一個會議。故選B。

5.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的I’m writing because I’ve understood you’ve struggled with alcoholism和第三段的Cary, I need a way out that doesn’t involve causing pain to my family可知Cary已經(jīng)與酗酒做斗爭成功了，從酗酒中恢復過來了，現(xiàn)在作者正讓他幫著想個辦法戒酒。故選C

考點：故事類短文閱讀。