I have been a nurse for seven years. I love my work. Now, my is quite ill. He is 71 and has heart failure, and a lot of other medical . Up until April of this year, he was able to alone, drive, and take care of himself. His health has down swiftly. I’m the only girl out of five children. Being the only girl and a put me at the top of the caregiver(照料者) list. Taking care of a sick parent is very difficult, not at all like taking care of other patients. I have to abandon(離開) my own to be here with Dad. I know this is what I need to do but it is still . I spend about 12-15 hours a day taking care of him. I want to spend all of the time that I can with him because I know that our left together is short..

At the same time, I felt that my brothers don’t help more. Sometimes, it is days between their . They have separate families and busy life...So do I. My eldest brother does some. He stays at night. He comes in at 8: 00 or 9: 00 p.m. and lets me go home. My other pop in for 10-15 minutes visits. It is really annoying. They say they can’t seeing Daddy this way, which I . It hurts me to see him so sick and , too. But he’s our Dad. He has taken care of us all his life. I just feel that we should do our part to take care of him now.

1. A. fatherB. motherC. grandpaD. grandma

2. A. puzzlesB. difficultiesC. mattersD. problems

3. A. sitB. liveC. standD. stay

4. A. goneB. burntC. comeD. broken

5. A. nurseB. doctorC. daughterD. child

6. A. hobbyB. majorC. familyD. hope

7. A. easyB. hardC. badD. bitter

8. A. moneyB. pleasureC. emotionD. time

9. A. angryB. calmC. excitedD. anxious

10.A. tripsB. visitsC. callsD. meals

11.A. needB. haveC. helpD. want

12.A. brothersB. relativesC. sistersD. uncles

13.A. suggestB. stopC. standD. help

14.A. misunderstandB. understandC. shareD. appreciate

15.A. tiredB. exhaustedC. weakD. dirty

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講述了作者的父親病重，照顧父親的重?fù)?dān)落到了作者身上。除了作者的哥哥，其他的兄弟照顧父親的時間很少，這讓作者很生氣。作者覺得在父親的晚年，作為子女，他們應(yīng)該盡最大的努力去照顧他。

1.

2. puzzles困惑；B. difficulties 困難；C. matters事態(tài)，狀況；D. problems問題。由本句可知父親患有心臟病，還有其他的內(nèi)科問題。故選D。

3.

4. down倒下，下沉，落下，下降；burn down（火勢）減弱，燒毀；come down坍塌，降落，下降；break down（機(jī)器、車輛等）出故障，壞掉，失敗，（身體）垮掉。由上文可知父親不能獨(dú)自生活，不能照顧自己可知父親的身體垮掉了。故選D。

5.

6. hobby愛好；B. major專業(yè)；C. family家庭；D. hope希望。根據(jù)第二段第三句話They have separate families and busy life...So do I.他們有各自的家庭和忙碌的生活，我也是�？芍颂幾髡唠x開了自己的家庭去照顧自己的父親。故選C。

7. easy容易的；B. hard 艱難的；C. bad壞的，不好的； D. bitter苦澀的。根據(jù)句意可知，雖然作者知道這是她需要做的但是這對她來說仍然很艱難。故選B。

8. money金錢； B. pleasure快樂，樂趣；C. emotion情緒；D. time時間。句意：我盡可能花最多的時間來陪伴父親，因?yàn)槲抑牢覀冊谝黄鸬臅r間不多了。故選D。

9. angry生氣的；B. calm平靜的；C. excited興奮的；D. anxious著急的。根據(jù)句意，作者的兄弟們幫忙照顧父親很少，作者應(yīng)該是感到“生氣”。故選A。

10.

11.

12.

13. suggest建議，表明；B. stop停止；C. stand忍受；D. help幫助。根據(jù)句意可知，作者的兄弟們給出的理由是他們不能忍受看到父親病重的樣子。故選C。

14. misunderstand誤解；B. understand理解；C. share分享；D. appreciate欣賞，感激。作者的哥哥們說不能忍受看到父親病重的樣子，作者是理解的。故選B。

15. tired疲勞的；B. exhausted筋疲力盡的；C. weak虛弱的；D. dirty臟的。句意：看到父親生病和虛弱的樣子，我也很傷心。故選C。

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