Question

After the surgery, Sun suffered intense pain, but insisted that he didn‟t need any medication. One evening, he found Law, his wife, crying on the balcony of their apartment in a rare outburst of frustration. “If you won‟t help yourself, no one else can,” she said.

Sun started a list “How to Help Myself”, and on it he wrote, “Keep communicating with the doctors, even if they are darker thoughts.” On Oct. 20th, a few days before his 33 birthday, Sun wrote in a Facebook post, “It‟s been hard to get along with having aggressive and incurable Grade 4 brain cancer; it‟s been hard not to get angry and sad about it; it‟s been frustrating that every pathology(病理)test after my surgery came back with the worst possible result; and it‟s been hard to accept that modern medicine isn‟t able to fix me.” At the same time, he wrote, “Every day I wake up not-dead is a gift.”

Sun and Law had other lists, detailing the things that they hoped to accomplish in life, which included a trip to Wimbledon; climbing Mt. Snowdon in Wales; and a range of musical aspirations(愿望)----from learning the Bach sonatas(奏鸣曲)and partitas(变奏曲)to performing the first violin part in a concert. Sun started working on Bach‟s six sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin, the most difficult parts, which George Enescu, a world-famous violinist, once described as the Himalayas for violinists. Sun practiced every day, even if he could manage only fifteen minutes between medical treatments. As he mastered each piece, he posted his performances on Facebook. He finished on November 12th, then turned to the even more difficult Paganini caprices(随想曲), which he had often listened to in a recording by Itzhak Perlman. “It‟s something I always wanted to play when I grew up, like wanting to be great baseball player,” he said.

1.Law cried on the balcony because .

A. she suffered great pain from the Grade 4 brain cancer

B. Sun refused to get medical treatment after the surgery

C. nobody else wanted to help them out of the situation

D. no money was left to pay for Sun‟s the medical treatment

2.Which of the following can best describe Sun‟s feeling when he wrote “Every day I wake up not-dead is a gift.”?

A. grateful    B. sad    C. frustrated    D. determined

3.The couple‟s list of things they hoped to accomplish in life included .

A. playing tennis in Wimbledon    B. cycling in Mt. Snowdon in Wales

C. learning Mozart‟s sonatas and partitas    D. playing the first violin part in a concert

4.In the last paragraph, Bach‟s six sonatas and partitas is compared to the Himalayas for violinist to stress.

A. its popularity among people    B. its value for learners

C. its difficulty when being learned    D. its importance in violists‟ eyes

Answer

1. B

2. A

3. D

4. C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是Sun手术后遭受了剧烈的疼痛，但他坚持说自己不需要任何药物。在家人的劝说和医生的治疗下，他列出了一个“如何帮助自己”的清单，决定与医生继续沟通治疗。

1.B

细节理解题。根据第一段第一句After the surgery, Sun suffered intense pain, but insisted that he didn‟t need any medication.可知，Law在阳台上哭了，因为Sun手术后拒绝接受治疗。故选B。

2.A

推理判断题。根据第二段中“It‟s been hard to get along with having aggressive and incurable Grade 4 brain cancer; it‟s been hard not to get angry and sad about it; it‟s been frustrating that every pathology(病理)test after my surgery came back with the worst possible result; and it‟s been hard to accept that modern medicine isn‟t able to fix me.” At the same time, he wrote, “Every day I wake up not-dead is a gift.”（ “4级脑癌侵袭性和不可治愈的患者很难相处；很难不为此而生气和伤心；每次手术后的病理检查结果都是最糟糕的，这让我很沮丧；很难接受现代医学不能治好我的病。与此同时，他写道，“每天醒来，我发现自己并没有死，这是一份礼物。”）由此推知，“感激”最能描述Sun “每天醒来发现自己没死是一份礼物”时的感受。故选A。

3.D

细节理解题。根据第三段中and a range of musical aspirations(愿望)----from learning the Bach sonatas(奏鸣曲)and partitas(变奏曲)to performing the first violin part in a concert.可知，这对夫妇的人生目标包括在音乐会上演奏小提琴的第一部分。故选D。

4.C

推理判断题。根据第三段中Sun started working on Bach‟s six sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin, the most difficult parts, which George Enescu, a world-famous violinist, once described as the Himalayas for violinists.可知，在最后一段中，Bach的六首奏鸣曲和变奏曲被比作喜马拉雅山，让小提琴家在学习时强调它的困难。故选C。