Having experienced a shocking electrical accident, which caused him to become both blind and deaf, James Franco’s world became completely dark and quiet for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.
One hot summer afternoon, he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorms started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet, but he was struck by the lightning. Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up 20 minutes later, lying face down in muddy water. He was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he could hardly believe what he saw: a tree and muddy road. When Mrs. Franco came running up to him, shouting to their neighbors to call for help, he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.
The news of James regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sig
ht and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning. However, none of them could give a compellent answer as to why this should happen. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since James lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock, perh
aps, the only way for him to regain them was another sudden shock.
1. The reason why James attempted to kill himself was that _________.
A. a terrible electrical accident happened to him
B. nobody in the whole world cared about him
C. he was struck by the lightning once more
D. he had to live in a dark and silent world
2.What was James doing when he was struck by the lightning?
A. Taking a walk with a stick
B. Putting an end to his life
C. Sheltering from the rain under a tree
D. Lying on the ground
3.What does the underlined word “compellent” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Unexplained. B. Convincing.
C. Wrong D. True
4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. A Terrible Electrical Accident
B. What a Sudden Shock
C. An Unforgettable Experience
D. James Franco and His wife
When I had breast cancer I had to have chemotherapy (化疗). The hardest part of that entire experience was losing my hair. It was like having a tattoo(纹身) across my forehead that said “chemotherapy patient.” I am a very active and athletic person, so to have people looking at me with pity as if I was an invalid was very hard to take. Of course they never said anything, but if I got in an elevator. Everyone looked away because they didn’t know what to say. But I didn’t blame them.
The best compliment I ever received was when I was at work one day, wearing my scarf over my bald head, and a UPS guy came in to deliver a package. He looked me right in the eye and said, “So, are you on chemotherapy?” I said, “Yes, thank you for asking. You are the first person to actually acknowledge that fact.” It felt so good to be talked to like a “real” person, without any pity, just the facts. I asked him what made him decide to say something, and he told me that a woman he worked with had just gone through the same thing several months before.
I had some joke business cards that said my job title was “Supreme Commander of the Universe”, so whenever this same UPS guy came to deliver a package, he would also say, “Hey, Supreme Commander, how is it going?” Then my company moved to a new location, and since that time I hadn’t seen the UPS guy-Bryan- in probably two years.
I went to answer my door at home one day, and there was Bryan with a package. Small world. “Hey, Supreme Commander, long time no see!” he said. He sees so many people all day long, every day, delivering packages but he remembered me after two years. What a great compliment! Of course, I remembered him, too, because he was the only person who could see me during that time when I was “the invisible woman.”
1.Why did the author say “It felt so good to be talked to like “real” person”?
A. Because her friends didn’t realize the fact that she got sick before.
B. Because her friends didn’t want to talk with her since she had cancer.
C. Because her friends treated her as a patient.
D. Because her friends were afraid of infection.
2.What can be inferred from the third paragraph?
A. It was the author’s cancer that helped her to be remembered by a stranger.
B. The UPS guy had become a good friend of the author’s.
C. The guy was very polite.
D. The author didn’t want to be remembered for her cancer.
3.What was the author’s attitude towards her cancer?
A. Surprised. B. Regretful.
C. Positive. D. Depressed.
4. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The author experienced something miserable after she had cancer.
B. The author got a great compliment that a stranger remembered for her cancer.
C. the author became strong and 
positive after she was ill.
D. The author recognized that she was not a normal person any longer.
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Acceptance is not about liking a situation. It is about acknowledging all that has been lost and to live with that loss.
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In this movie going season, women are driving ticket sales to a degree ,if ever, seen before.
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