Question

Eating the Cookie

One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. _______ was “having the cookie”. If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life was _______.

Unfortunately, the cookie kept _______. Some of the time it was money, and sometimes power. At_______time, it was the new car, the biggest contract. A year and a half after his diagnosis(诊断) of prostate cancer, he sits_______his head regretfully. “It seems that I stopped learning how to_______ after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it _______, he is unhappy. But he is two and a half and I am forty three. It’s taken me this long to understand that the _______ will never make me happy for long.

The_______you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces or you start to ________about it crumbling (弄碎) or about someone trying to take it away from you. You know, you have to________a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be________that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it ________ you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ________ the cookie is not what life is about.”

My patient laughs and says________has changed him. For the first time he is________. No matter if his________is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer________me, ‘What is really important?’ Well, life is important. Live any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to________with the cookie: it has to do with being ________.”

1.A. Happiness    B. Success    C. Business    D. Love

2.A. normal    B. common    C. worthless    D. useless

3.A. increasing    B. changing    C. decreasing    D. recovering

4.A. one    B. a    C. no    D. other

5.A. shaking    B. nodding    C. knocking    D. raising

6.A. grow    B. learn    C. live    D. work

7.A. burns    B. breaks    C. shares    D. throws

8.A. disease    B. change    C. kid    D. cookie

9.A. hour    B. time    C. second    D. minute

10.A. think    B. come    C. worry    D. doubt

11.A. give up    B. add up    C. use up    D. call up

12.A. brave    B. curious    C. aware    D. sure

13.A. unless    B. because    C. though    D. until

14.A. Eating    B. Protecting    C. Having    D. Making

15.A. death    B. energy    C. life    D. cancer

16.A. happy    B. weak    C. upset    D. sad

17.A. result    B. fortunate    C. business    D. behavior

18.A. asked    B. left    C. deserted    D. recognized

19.A. deal    B. do    C. connect    D. link

20.A. alone    B. alive    C. ambitious    D. active

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.B

【解析】作者是一名医生，他的一位病人是一位成功的商人，在被确诊患癌症之前，他对生活的理解就像孩子那样，得到了“饼干”，就开心，失去了就不开心，只不过这里的“饼干”对他来说，有时是金钱，有时是权利，有时也可能是一份大合同，从得到这些的那一刻起，就一直在担心会失去以至于连享受这些的时间都没有，被诊断患癌症之后，他想明白了，生活的真谛和人生的幸福从来与这些无关，活着本身就是一种幸福。

1.A. Happiness幸福；B. Success成功；C. Business商业；D. Love爱；根据“When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it _____, he is unhappy”可知，“饼干问题”是关于幸福的一个问题，故选A。

2.A. normal正常的；B. common常见的；C. worthless一文不值的；D. useless没用的；根据“If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn’t have the cookie, life was______.”，如果你拥有了“饼干”，生活就是美好的；如果你没能得到这块“饼干”，生活就是一文不值，毫无意义的。故选C。

3.A. increasing增加；B. changing改变；C. decreasing下降；D. recovering恢复；根据“Some of the time it was money, and sometimes power. At time, it was the new car, the biggest contract.”（有时这个“饼干”是钱，有时它又是权利，在其他时间，它也可能是一辆新车或是一份大项目。）所以可知这个“饼干”是一直在改变的，故选B。

4.A. at one time曾经；B.at a time一次；C. at no time在任何时候；D. at other time在其他时候；句意：有时这个“饼干“是钱，有时它又是权利，在其他时间，它也可能是一辆新车或是一份大项目。故选D。

5.A. shaking head摇头；B. nodding head点头；C. knocking敲；D. raising提高；“he sits____his head regretfully”，这句话的意思是“他坐下来，懊悔地摇着头。”故选A。

6.A. grow成长；B. learn学习；C. live生活；D. work工作；根据上下文推断，“It seems that I stopped learning how to_____ after I was a kid”的意思是“当我还是个孩子的时候，我就已经停止学习怎样去生活了。”即“我现在对怎样生活的理解还是停留在孩童时期”，后面提到了他给自己儿子饼干的事情，儿子对于得失饼干的反应与他对幸福的理解在本质上是相同的，故选C。

7.A. burns燃烧；B. breaks破碎；C. shares分享；D. throws投，抛，掷；根据“When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it _____, he is unhappy.”当我给我的儿子一块饼干时，他非常开心，但是如果我把饼干拿走或者是饼干 ，他就不开心了。结合选项，这里应该是饼干碎掉，会让人感觉不开心，故选B。

8.A. disease疾病；B. change改变；C. kid儿童；D. cookie饼干；根据“It’s taken me this long to understand that the  _____ will never make me happy for long.”可知，他花了很长时间才明白，“饼干”并不能让自己一直幸福下去。选D。

9.A. hour小时；B. time时间；C. the second第二；D. the minute……的那一刻；根据“The_____you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces”可知，应该是“在你得到饼干的那一刻，它开始摔成碎片”。故选D。

10.A. think思考；B. come来到；C. worry担心；D. doubt怀疑；根据“it starts to fall to pieces or you start to ____about it crumbling (弄碎) or about someone trying to take it away from you.”可知，一旦你得到了这块饼干，你就会开始担心它被弄碎或者被其他人拿走。故选C。

11.A. give up放弃；B. add up合计；C. use up用完，耗尽；D. call up打电话给；根据“you have to _____a lot of things to take care of the cookie”可知，为了保护好这块“饼干”，我们不得不放弃很多事情。故选A。

12.A. brave勇敢的；B. curious好奇的；C. aware意识到；D. sure确保；根据“you have to give up a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be _____that no one takes it away from you.”可知，你必须放弃很多事情来保护这块饼干，保护它不会破碎，确保没有人可以从你这里拿走它。故选D。

13.A. unless除非；B. because因为；C. though尽管；D. until直到；根据“You may not even get a chance to eat it _____ you are so busy just trying not to lose it.”你甚至可能连尝到它的机会都没有，因为你一直都在忙着保护它。故选B。

14.A. Eating吃；B. Protecting保护；C. Having拥有；D. Making使；根据“_____ the cookie is not what life is about.”可知，应该是“拥有‘饼干’并不是生活的真谛”，故选C。

15.A. death死亡；B. energy能量；C. life生活；D. cancer癌症；根据“A year and a half after his diagnosis(诊断) of prostate cancer, he sits_____his head regretfully…”可知，在被诊断出癌症一年半后，他感到后悔了，说明癌症改变了他的想法。故选D。

16.A. happy幸福的；B. weak虚弱的；C. upset沮丧的；D. sad悲伤的；根据“For the first time he is______. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf.”结合上下文分析可知，这是他第一次感到开心，与自己的生意好坏无关，与自己是不是赢了高尔夫无关，故选A。

17.A. result结果；B. fortunate幸运的；C. business生意；D. behavior行为；根据开头提到的“a successful businessman”可知，他是一个成功的商人，所以这里应该是“business”，即这一次他感到的幸福与生意是否成功无关。故选C。

18.A. asked问；B. left离开；C. deserted抛弃；D. recognized意识到；根据后面是一个问句“‘What is really important?’” “究竟什么才是最重要的？”，所以应该用“ask”，故选A。

19.A. deal处理；B. do做；C. connect连接；D. link联系；根据“Happiness does not have anything to ____with the cookie” “have +不定代词+ to do with”构成词组“与……有关”，这里的意思是“幸福与‘饼干’无关”。故选B。

20.A. alone单独；B. alive活着；C. ambitious有志向的；D. active积极地；根据“Happiness does not have anything to do with the cookie: it has to do with being _____.”可知，幸福与是否拥有“饼干”没有任何关系，活着本身就是一种幸福。故选B。