Question

"Some secrets are hidden from health," wrote John Updike in his poem "Fever".

I have experienced the truth of Updike's observation. My excellent health kept me from seeing some things—things that became secrets of sort.

One relates to my son Chris. When I lost my health in March, I discovered something I had missed about him.

Christopher has been a scholar and athlete through high school. He has behaved responsibly, engaged in community service. He has had an impressive peer group of  serious students.

While I saw these things, I had missed before what I experienced while in hospital. Early on, Christopher offered the clearest and most forceful words about my need to be positive and to fight acute leukemia(急性白血病). He never left the room after a visit without making me promise that I would be mentally tough and positive.

During the first week, he showed his own mental toughness, researching leukemia and learning what the chances were. He even stopped my doctor outside the room, introduced himself and asked directly what he thought of my chances. He processed the answer without overreaction.

Christopher did admonish(劝告) me against my choice of words the first week at home. I had moved back into my room from weighing myself, discovering a thin figure I did not know. I announced to him and my wife, “dead man walking”. I thought it was a way to lighten the obvious. He saw it as negativity and was strongly against such thinking and talking.

When I resisted taking medicine sometimes, Christopher formed a “good-cop-bad-cop” team with his mother. Betsy gently and patiently encouraged. He directly and forcefully insisted. He always made the logical arguments for why I needed to take some awful pills.

My health had hidden something from me; my ill-health helped me to see it.

1.What did Christopher do when the author was in hospital?

A. He told the author not to say anything wrong.

B. He offered some suggestions to the doctor.

C. He always encouraged the author to be confident.

D. He tried to get help from community service.

2.What does “good-cop-bad-cop” in the text refer to?

A. A trick to force the author to obey.

B. A measure to keep the author happy.

C. A friendly way to make the author see what was good for him.

D. A joint effort to persuade the author both kindly and forcefully.

3.What may be the best title for the text?

A. Lessons from Ill-health    B. Unexpected Love

C. Secrets Hidden from Health    D. Discovery Made in Hospital

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

【解析】John Updike在他的诗《发烧》中写道“从健康中可以隐藏着一些秘密”，当作者切身感受到了John Updike诗中所写的真相时，他发现了他的健康使他无法看到一些事情——那些成为秘密的事情

1.细节理解题。根据文章中的“Christopher offered the clearest and most forceful words about my need to be positive and to fight acute leukemia(急性白血病)”可以得知，在作者住院的第一周，Christopher一直在鼓励作者要变得更加积极地与病魔作斗争。故选C

2.推理判断题。由文章后面的“Betsy gently and patiently encouraged. He directly and forcefully insisted. He always made the logical arguments for why I needed to take some awful pills.”可以得知，Betsy很温柔的鼓励着作者，而Christopher一直有力的坚持着，这是为了共同鼓励作者。故选D

3.主旨概括题。文章开头以"Some secrets are hidden from health"开始，后面的内容紧接着详细叙述了作者对于这句诗的亲身经历以及感悟。因此这篇文章的标题用“Secrets Hidden from Health”比较合适。故选C

【名师点睛】：

细节理解题:

细节题的发问具体，涉及内容五花八门，通常采用以疑问词开头的特殊疑问句或不完全句的形式，有时即便不是以what，which，how many (much，long，etc.)等疑问词引导的问句，也是以变相的问句对这类事实或细节进行提问。

解题方法： 

1、整体感知，确定文体，根据文体特点寻找主题句。 

2、如果文中没有现成的主题句，则需依靠衔接过度词、句际关系等把握文章逻辑结构，分辨主题与细节，总结段落大意。 

3、对比选项，谨防常见病症：以偏概全、所概括的内容与文章不相关、概括太笼统等

本文第一题就是以what开头的问句，对细节性的理解进行详细提问。需要我们理解Christopher的做法，那么我们从文章的第四段中可以找到“Christopher offered the clearest and most forceful words about my need to be positive and to fight acute leukemia(急性白血病)”，由此推断出Christopher一直在让作者变得积极去打败急性白血病。故选C