Question

Jim suffered heart problems. In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing to a close.

When his heart problems led to operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recovery was expected. Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to operation, but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness. He died on the operating table on the day before his 48th birthday.

Dr. Bruce Smoller, a psychologist (心理学家), had had many conversations with him, and the more he learned, the stranger he realized Jim's case was. When Jim was a child, his father, a teacher, suffered a heart attack and stayed home to recover. One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework, promising to come home from school at noon to pick it up. His father agreed, but when Jim returned his father had died. Jim's father was 48.

"I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father," Dr. Smoller says. "He felt that if he had not asked him to look at his homework, his father would have lived. Jim had been troubled by the idea. The operation was the trial (判决) he had expected for forty years. " Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48.

Jim's case shows the powerful role that attitude (态度) plays in physical health, and that childhood experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups. Although most cases are less direct than Jim's, studies show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer, heart disease and mental illness.

1. Jim was sent back to operation because ________.

A. his heart didn't work well

B. he expected a full recovery

C. his life was drawing to a close

D. the first one wasn't well performed

2. What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim's case?

A. Jim died at a young age.

B. Jim died on the operating table.

C. Both Jim and his father died of the same disease.

D. Jim's death is closely connected with his father's.

3. From Smoller’s words, we can infer that ________.

A. Jim's father cared little about his study

B. Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father

C. Jim thought he would be punished some day

D. Smoller believed Jim wouldn't live to the age of 48

4. Which of the following could have strong effect on one's physical healthaccording to the text?

a. One’s genes.

b. One’s life in childhood.

c. One’s physical education.

d. The date of one’s birthday.

e. The opinions one has about something.

A. a, b, d          B. a, b, e

C. a, c, e          D. b, c, d

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文通过给我们讲述Jim因为心脏病而去世这一病例，告诉我们一个人的身体健康受到很多因素的影响，不光是遗传基因，还有一个人的童年经历和一个人对待事物的看法。

1.A 细节理解题。根据短文的第二段中Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to operation可知，Jim因为心脏问题接受了手术，然而几天后，他的心脏不能正常的跳动了，所以他被送回了医院。由此可知选A。

2.D细节理解题。根据短文第三段的内容可知，Jim在做了心脏手术之后，又出现了异常，去世了。医生也没有找到导致他疾病的原因。而且让医生感到奇怪的是Jim的父亲也是在48岁的时候，突发心脏病去世。由此可知选D。

3.C推理判断题。根据短文第四段中Dr. Smoller says. "He felt that if he had not asked him to look at his homework, his father would have lived. Jim had been troubled by the idea. The operation was the trial (判决) he had expected for forty years. "可知，Smoller 说Jim自从父亲去世之后，就一直觉得父亲的死是他的错，他一直背负着心理负担。由此可知选C。

4. 细节理解题。根据短文的最后一段Jim's case shows the powerful role that attitude (态度) plays in physical health, and that childhood experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups. Although most cases are less direct than Jim's, studies show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause...可知，基因、一个人的童年经历和对待事物的观点都可能对这个人的身体健康有影响。由此可知选B。

考点：保健类短文阅读。