Question

【題目】A girl became a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from an incurable disease with days numbered.

The girl was assigned to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroad. Their living conditions were not satisfactory while the old man had a lot of savings. She was expected to comfort him and keep up his spirits.

Every Saturday the girl came on time to keep him company, telling him stories. When he was having an intravenous drip (靜脈滴注), she would help massage his arms. The doctor found the patient much improved mentally. The old man began to involve himself actively in the medical treatment and he seldom shouted at others.

But something that happened made the doctor uneasy and puzzled. Each time the girl left, the old man would give her some money. The doctor did nothing to interfere (干涉), unwilling to offend the old man. A month later the old man showed evident signs of decline after suffering coma (昏迷) a few times.

When rescued from the latest coma, the old man told the doctor his last wish, “I have deep sympathy for the girl. Will you be kind enough to help her finish her studies？”

But the doctor knew that her family was welloff and she had no difficulty pursuing her studies. Sometimes she even came to the hospital in her father's car.

When the girl came at the weekend after the death of the old man, the doctor told her the bad news. She was very sad and burst into tears. Then she handed $ 500 to the doctor, saying, “The old man had all along thought I came to do the job because of poverty. He gave me money so that I could continue my schooling.” Now he got the answer to the puzzle. In the last period of his life, the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl badly in need.

【1】If you're a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, what kind of people do you have to look after ?

A. The patients in need of help.

B. The people suffering from cancer.

C. The patients without many days left.

D. The people suffering from diseases.

【2】What can we infer about the old man?

A. He had a lot of savings.

B. He was suffering from cancer.

C. He often lost his temper before meeting the girl.

D. He asked the doctor to help the girl finish her study.

【3】What can we know from the passage?

A. The doctor told the old man the truth.

B. The old man's children were wealthy.

C. The girl's father encouraged her to accept the money.

D. The girl didn't accompany the old man when he died.

【4】What is the real reason resulting in the old man's mental improvement?

A. The girl's comfort and care.

B. The pleasure of being helpful to people in need.

C. People's understanding.

D. His children's progress.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】本文敘述了一個(gè)小女孩參加了一個(gè)Deathbed Care的活動(dòng)，去照顧那些彌留時(shí)期的病人。小女孩照顧的是一位很富有的老人，他的兒子都在國(guó)外，他一直有一個(gè)心愿想去幫助那些可以幫助的人，這個(gè)小女孩雖然家境很好，她為了完成老人的心愿，假裝自己很貧窮，無法上學(xué)。老人主動(dòng)提出要幫助她完成學(xué)業(yè)，老人從中得到了快樂。老人死后小女孩把錢給了那個(gè)醫(yī)生，說出了事情的原委。

【1】C

推理判斷題。從第一段中的“which meant visiting and...with days numbered”可知，這個(gè)志愿活動(dòng)主要是照顧那些患有不治之癥、時(shí)日不多的病人。

【2】C

推理判斷題。從文章第二段中的to comfort him and keep up his spirits和第三段中的seldom shouted at others我們不難推斷出，老人之前的脾氣好。A項(xiàng)和B項(xiàng)(第二段中)以及D項(xiàng)(第五段最后)在文中都有陳述，不用推斷。所以答案選C項(xiàng)。

【3】D

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章最后一段第一句“When the girl came at the weekend after the death of the old man, the doctor told her the bad news.”這個(gè)女孩是在周末這個(gè)老人去世后來的醫(yī)院，所以推出她在老人去世時(shí)，她沒有在他的身邊，故選D。其他選項(xiàng)都不符合文章內(nèi)容。

【4】B

推理判斷題。從全文最后一段中的“he got the answer to the puzzle. In the last period of his life, the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl badly in need.”可知，這位老人完成他的心愿去幫助需要幫助的人，所以他的精神好多了。所以答案選B項(xiàng)。