My wife passed away seven and a half years ago, and I went through a huge depression (消沉), the worst time in my life. I even wanted to end my life. I continued to work as a small-town doctor at my medical clinic in Kilauea, Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was alone. On a family trip, we turned on the TV and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. I said to my kids, “I’m going to Afghanistan.” International Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in some provinces where people had no health care. Eventually, the clinics were serving 27,000 patients a month. I had such a sense of accomplishment, a sense of purpose. My depression went completely away.
I go wherever disasters strike: Indonesia after the tsunami, Pakistan after the earthquake. I was just in Kenya. After their presidential election, at least a thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands were forced out. We set up mobile clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees (難民). Measles broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and medical equipment were also problems.
When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done. But really, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, my wife fell into a coma (昏迷). I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit, the exciting adventures we would have. I think about this moment many times during my “adventures”. I did not know then how prophetic (先知的) those words would be. She is with me still.
小題1:The first country where the author provided people with medical care is _____
A．IndonesiaB．PakistanC．KenyaD．Afghanistan
小題2:The underlined word “Measles” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ____
A．a(chǎn) kind of fireB．a(chǎn) kind of polluted waterC．a(chǎn) kind of medicineD．a(chǎn) kind of disease
小題3:The author and his wife ______.
A．experienced a lot of exciting adventures
B．loved each other very much
C．lived on the mainland
D．would travel to many places together
小題4:From this passage we know that the author _____
A．is a famous doctorB．got over his wife’s death
C．is always in depressionD．experienced many disasters
小題5:Which of the following word can best describe the story in this passage?
A．Sad.B．Exciting.C．Inspiring.D．Disastrous.

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：文章主要介紹了阿拉斯加成為美國(guó)一個(gè)州的過程。從美國(guó)人購(gòu)買該州到分析黃金和各種資源都有了清楚地介紹。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第一段種“I’m going to Afghanistan”我要去阿富汗。故選D。
小題2:推理題：根據(jù)第二段“one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps”食難民營(yíng)里的孩子最大殺手之一，可知這種東西可致命，根據(jù)常理可知難民營(yíng)里最怕的是傳染性的疾病。故選D。
小題3:推理題：根據(jù)第一段中“My wife passed away seven and a half years ago, and I went through a huge depression (消沉), the worst time in my life. I even wanted to end my life”可知作者在妻子過世后非常消沉，甚至一度想要自殺，由此可知作者非常愛他的妻子。故選B。
小題4:推理題：閱讀文章后可知作者在非常愛他的妻子，以至于在妻子過世后一度想自殺，但在參加國(guó)際醫(yī)療服務(wù)之后，在許多貧困落后或戰(zhàn)亂國(guó)家為難民們服務(wù)過程中實(shí)現(xiàn)了要和妻子一起到處旅行的探險(xiǎn)的諾言，感覺到時(shí)刻與妻子是在一起的，沒有分開過。由此可知作者已經(jīng)順利度過了妻子過世的悲傷期。故選B。
小題5:主旨題：閱讀文章可知作者度過失去妻子的悲傷期，找到人生新的意義，給人帶來積極向的感覺。故選C。
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Brown stood and watched. One of the men was tall and thin, and     _ was five inches shorter, about Brown’s      .
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When Brown got into the car, he had to adjust the rearview mirror. That meant the previous driver had been of a       height. Since the shorter man was close to Brown’s height, he knew the taller man must have been the     _. Therefore, the shorter man had done the      .
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小題2:
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A．putB．rushedC．jumpedD．threw
小題5:
A．bulletsB．shotsC．gunsD．shoots
小題6:
A．onB．a(chǎn)tC．overD．in
小題7:
A．spedB．rolledC．movedD．went
小題8:
A．damagedB．destroyedC．stuckD．injured
小題9:
A．cameB．hurriedC．walkedD．crawled
小題10:
A．suddenlyB．rightC．quicklyD．immediately
小題11:
A．clearB．rideC．carryD．push
小題12:
A．commonB．ordinaryC．usualD．normal
小題13:
A．upB．downC．inD．out
小題14:
A．whereB．thereC．whichD．what
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)notherB．otherC．the otherD．one
小題16:
A．sizeB．lengthC．a(chǎn)geD．height
小題17:
A．decidedB．refusedC．hadD．pretended
小題18:
A．sameB．largeC．differentD．small
小題19:
A．murdererB．shooterC．driverD．killer
小題20:
A．killingB．shootingC．drivingD．murdering

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