When Bill Geske was diagnosed with cancer six...

When Bill Geske was diagnosed with cancer six years ago, his life was turned upside down.

After being ______ to the emergency room with severe stomach pain, doctors found a tumor in his left kidney and ______ spots on his lungs. For treatment, Geske had the kidney removed and at the time the spots were ______. However, a few months later, he learned from doctors that the cancer had indeed ______.

The situation wasn’t good, and doctors estimated his ______ to be no more than two years. ______ the emotional and physical pains, his personal and family life suffered.

“We have a family business. We have two children who were thrown into the middle of this chaos ______, and they’ve had to grow up very fast and handle the business, which they knew ______ about.” he said.

But ______ all the chaos, there has been one constant: his wife Diane.

Whether it was accompanying him to every doctor’s ______ or cooking his favorite meal, Diane always made sure her husband knew he had her full ______.

“I really see what love is. My wife ______ so much suffering. I’m so ______ to have her fight with me and not against me.” Geske said.

The Geskes ______ that their road has been far from easy—they call it “cruel” in fact—and sometimes they ______ to the stresses of the illness.

But Diane has ______ to learn how to cope with the more difficult times. “If he’s in a mood or having a ______ day, I just leave him alone for a while’’ she said. She also said making time to focus on herself and a life outside of their relationship help keep their ______ strong.

While too many couples grow ______ when one of the partners suffers from a serious illness like cancer, the Geskes grow together. The people that are there for you on your ______ nights are the ones worth spending your brightest days with.

1.A.limited B.rushed C.followed D.invited

2.A.similar B.common C.unusual D.soft

3.A.recognized B.rejected C.distributed D.dismissed

4.A.spread B.arisen C.declined D.disappeared

5.A.interval B.survival C.tolerance D.reservation

6.A.Free from B.Apart from C.Other than D.Rather than

7.A.intentionally B.temporarily C.unexpectedly D.willingly

8.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything

9.A.through B.beneath C.toward s D.beside

10.A.amusement B.adjustment C.arrangement D.appointment

11.A.support B.anxiety C.envy D.complaint

12.A.bears B.escapes C.sacrifices D.possesses

13.A.regretful B.lucky C.desperate D.determined

14.A.deny B.predict C.advocate D.admit

15.A.look up B.give in C.come over D.hold on

16.A.failed B.offered C.grown D.intended

17.A.successful B.normal C.special D.terrible

18.A.bond B.mind C.demand D.position

19.A.firm B.apart C.united D.together

20.A.coldest B.loneliest C.darkest D.longest

高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析

Father was diagnosed with brain cancer during the second half of my senior year. It is a time when all the big events in a girl’s life are happening. However, though in poor condition, father managed to be present at every occasion. His doctor said that by focusing on all my future events, it helped my dad live longer. I guess so because nine days after my high school graduation, my father died.

For the next week after his funeral, I didn’t leave my room or even to shower. Finally, my mom stormed in and said, “Megan, get up. I have something for you to read.” My father’s doctor had sent my mother a letter. It contained the typical “I am sorry for your loss” sentences. But this letter was far from typical. I could physically see the pain this loss had caused him. In his letter, he wrote about how my father inspired him to change his life and the way he worked. He expressed his desire to become a person like my father, who cared more for the people around him and put everyone else first.

After I finished reading it, I decided to live my life. I went outside and got a job as a summer camp advisor. I worked from dawn to dark every day that summer. I gave everything I had to the kids and slowly they helped to heal(治愈) me without even realizing what they were doing.

My summer mirrored parts of the life my father led in his last few days. I had spent the summer months giving myself to children. It was not the senior summer I had always imagined. It wasn’t all about me. I had learned the final lesson my father was teaching me, that in order to lead a rich and happy life, you must learn how to give yourself to others. By helping them you really are helping yourself.

1.The doctor sent the author’s mother a letter mainly to ________.

A.encourage the author’s mother to live a happy life

B.appreciate the author’s father’s influence on him

C.mourn the author’s father’s death

D.show typical concern for the family

2.What do we know about the author’s senior summer?

A.She got a job as her father had expected.

B.She gained quite a lot while helping the kids.

C.She worked hard every day to forget her father.

D.She spent it the way she had always wanted.

3.Which word can best describe the author’s father?

A.Fearless. B.Generous C.Cautious. D.Selfless.

4.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A.Dad's Final Lesson B.My Senior Summer

C.My Father's Death D.An Important Letter

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

When I was struggling with cancer a few years ago，my wife and I formed our own “couple caution circle”．Anytime a doctor came with news of my progress，my wife would give me a big hug. The reports were seldom good during the early stages of my illness，and one day a doctor brought particularly frightening news.Staring at my reports，he said in a low voice，“It doesn’t look like you’re going to make it.”

Before I could ask him a question，my wife stood up，handed me my clothes，adjusted the tubes fastened to my body and said，“Let’s get out of here.This man is a risk to your health.” As she helped me struggle to the door，the doctor came near us.“Stay back，” demanded my wife.“Stay away from us.”

As we walked together down the hall，the doctor attempted to catch up with us.“Keep going，” said my wife，pushing the intravenous (静脉注射的) stand.“We’re going to talk to someone who really knows what is going on.” Then she held up her hand to the doctor.“Don’t come any closer to us.”

The two of us moved as one.We escaped to the safety and hope of a doctor who did not confuse diagnosis with conclusion. I could never have made that walk toward wellness alone.

1.From the passage we know ________.

A．hearing that the husband was not going to make it，the wife went out of her mind

B．the wife’s decision in crisis (危机) contributed to the husband’s wellness

C．the husband was diagnosed with cancer by mistake

D．the husband became weaker and weaker as a result of the treatment conducted by the doctor

2.What’s the author’s feeling when writing the passage?

A．Angry.            B．Thankful.          C．Excited.           D．Sad.

3.What can be inferred from the passage ?

A．The wife was a woman hard to get along with.

B．The doctor was a dangerous man.

C．The wife loved her husband very much.

D．The husband was a man who believed everything would be OK.

4.What would be the best title for the passage ?

A．A Happy Couple In Crisis                  B．Struggle With Cancer

C．In Crisis，Become As One                 D．Don’t Believe The Doctor

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

When my friend Lesa was diagnosed(诊断) with cancer, another friend and I went to the hospital to spend some time with her. We bought her a small toy and　 named him Lemon－Aide. We gave Lemon－Aide to Lesa and told her he was to go with her to all of her treatments to remind her that we were thinking of her and caring about her even though we could not always be with her. When the treatments were completed, she said when someone else needed him she would pass him along.

A few months later，much to my surprise, it was me that she passed him to. Lemon－Aide went with me to all of my treatments.

One day while waiting for my doctor I decided we could market the idea to fight cancer. Lesa thought it was a great idea so we founded the organization that came to be known as Lemon－Aide' s Friends, Inc. We designed our organization to remind people fighting cancer that there are people who love and care about them all the time. Today we have totally 5013 volunteers. The money raised is donated to cancer patients who do not have insurance. The physicians on our Board of Advisors determine how and where our money is donated.

Lemon－Aide is for men, women, and children of all ages and to date has been sent to 34 states and 33 countries to provide smiling support for people fighting cancer. When life gave us lemons we made Lemon－Aide, a soft smiling toy that represents love, support, and encouragement.

1.The author went to the hospital with her friend ________．

A．to operate on Lesa

B．to treat her disease

C．to accompany Lesa

D．to look after Lemon－Aide

2.Lesa was given a small toy because ________．

A．he represented her organization

B．he could help weaken her pain

C．she would think of her friends

D．her friends tried to comfort her

3.It can be inferred that ________．

A．the author had suffered from cancer

B．Lemon－Aide had suffered from cancer

C．Lesa had recovered from cancer

D．Lemon－Aide learned to look after the author

4.Lesa and the author formed an organization to ________．

A．cure cancer

B．raise money　

C．help cancer patients

D．help their friend

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Several weeks ago I got a call from a good friend whose husband had just been diagnosed with cancer. “Do we tell the kids?” she asked. “_______.” I answered “The boys deserve to know the_______,however heartbreaking it is,” I continued. Adults always insist that children be honest, _______ how many of us are honest with our kids, particularly about the_______ stuff: death, disease, corruption, our own failings?

I believe in telling children the truth. I believe this is vital for their understanding of the world, their confidence, and the _______ of their morals and values. This doesn’t mean kids need to be unnecessarily frightened or told more than they can_______.

Many people think they’re protecting children when they spare them the truth. I _______. I believe children _______ an enviable ability to cope with and _______ what even adults find annoying; they can accept the unacceptable in a way that __________ me. Kids also have an unusual sense when something is __________. They know a fake smile when they see one, they realize when we’re uneasy, and they can __________ when we’re lying.

One night I was in the car with our two oldest daughters. It was dark and cozy — the __________ time for a heart-to-heart conversation. One of our girls said, “Mom, have you ever smoked cigarettes?” I stalled (故意拖延) a little, but the girls __________. They had me and they knew it .　 __________ I told them the truth. What happened next was an honest and direct__________ about the lure and danger of cigarettes, well worth any discomfort. I believe my honesty was much more__________ than warnings or platitudes (老生常谈).

Time marches on, and so do__________. While I’ve made mistakes as a parent, I do have clear and__________ relationships with each of our children. I believe my being truthful with our children has__________, because I’m pretty sure that now they are honest with me.

1.A.Quickly B.Especially C.Finally D.Absolutely

2.A.truth B.answer C.way D.cause

3.A.and B.but C.or D.for

4.A.new B.dangerous C.tough D.original

5.A.arrangement B.development C.commitment D.assessment

6.A.prevent B.enjoy C.handle D.skip

7.A.survive B.hesitate C.admit D.disagree

8.A.possess B.seek C.balance D.skip

9.A.make notes of B.make use of C.make sense of D.make mention of

10.A.scares B.astonishes C.discourages D.embarrasses

11.A.over B.important C.wrong D.impossible

12.A.tell B.pretend C.monitor D.interrupt

13.A.local B.perfect C.long D.last

14.A.quarreled B.laughed C.insisted D.sighed

15.A.Again B.Instead C.Otherwise D.Therefore

16.A.concern B.discussion C.defense D.complaint

17.A.effective B.careful C.emotional D.gentle

18.A.parents B.dreams C.grades D.children

19.A.special B.proper C.open D.personal

20.A.fell off B.went off C.set off D.paid off

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

When I was two years old, I was diagnosed with a sensorineural (感觉神经) hearing loss. My mother cried when she found out—she wanted her son to be happy and able to experience everything life had to offer. I went to a special playgroup twice a week where a nurse discovered I had taught myself to read. I then attended a school for the deaf from age three to six.

I remember looking around the room there. People talked and signed to each other. I had a best friend and I did very well in class. But I told my mother that I wanted to go to the regular school with hearing people, because I felt more like a hearing person than a hearing-impaired (听力受损) one. I didn’t even use sign language! I lip-read and listened with my hearing aids. After visiting a public school for a day, my mother agreed to let me go. Needless to say, I have functioned very well.

Many people don’t even know I am hearing-impaired until they see my hearing aids. My girlfriend often forgets that I have any problem, and I feel fortunate that she does not look down upon people like me. The only problem I have with this hearing loss is that some people discriminate against me. The fact is that I am just as normal as anyone else. The only differences are that others need to speak up, and I have some help from my hearing aids.

The next time you see hearing-impaired people, don’t feel sorry for them—that just gives them an excuse to victimize themselves and hurt their own potential. Instead, encourage them and tell them that a handicap（缺陷）only hurts a person if he or she lets it.

1.Which is TRUE about the author when he was 5?

A. He was diagnosed with hearing loss.

B. He stayed at home with his mother.

C. He attended a school for the deaf.

D. He went to a special playgroup.

2.Why did the author want to attend the regular school？

A. He had few friends at the school.

B. He even didn’t know sign language.

C. He found it hard to fit in with his classmates.

D. He didn’t believe his handicap was a big problem.

3.What was the author’s problem at the regular school?

A. He couldn’t catch up with others.

B. Some people looked down upon him.

C. His girlfriend discriminated against him.

D. He performed poorly with hearing aids.

4.What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?

A. The disabled should regard themselves as normal.

B. If a person is handicapped, he will hurt himself.

C. A normal person shouldn’t hurt the handicapped.

D. A disabled person should be well treated.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I keep a two dollar bill in my wallet that was given to me by my mother when I was six years old.

The 31  goes with me wherever I go. My mother gave it to me so that 32  would follow me. She looked at me and said, “I want you to carry this two dollar bill for extra good luck.”

“Thanks, mom,” I replied, “I will keep it 33  to me always.”

My mother passed away when I was seven years old. I remember I took out my two dollar bill and held it in my hand for the longest time, knowing that she would 34  me the rest of my life.

Each time I felt I had a crisis, I would 35  for my two dollar bill and set it on the table. I would 36  at it for several hours and could always 37  a solution. When I applied for my first job, I was thirty years old and very shy. The thought of being interviewed for a job was  38  but I had to work. I saw one of the interviewers well dressed with 39  purse and shoes. I also knew the chance of being chosen was 40  when looking at the length of others’ resumes.

“What makes you feel you are 41  for this job?” The well－dressed woman asked. “I really need this job and there is nothing I can not do” I responded. She then asked me a series of questions and the interview was over. As I left, I 42  and said “Please give me a chance. I learn quickly and can be a very 43  member of your team.”

I went home, 44 . That evening I received a phone call. “Gina” she said, “we decided to give you a chance to 45  yourself.” “Thank you, you will not regret this decision.” I 46  the phone and yelled. At that instant, I remember my mom once said to us “You are 47  in my mind. Don’t  48  failure. It is a way to get us to try harder.”

How 49  this gift from Mom! It had built up 50  in me.

1.                A．money         B．check          C．bill  D．paper

2.                A．luck           B．happiness       C．wealth   D．wisdom

3.                A．close          B．near           C．hard D．firm

4.                A．look out for     B．watch over      C．see to    D．come across

5.                A．get            B．stretch         C．hold D．reach

6.                A．stare           B．glance          C．observe  D．glare

7.                A．come up with    B．put forward      C．set up    D．pull through

8.                A．exciting        B．amazing         C．nervous  D．scary

9.                A．suitable        B．matching        C．fancy D．exaggerating（夸张的）

10.               A．slim           B．terrible         C．few  D．abundant

11.               A．born           B．qualified        C．stable D．grateful

12.               A．turned around   B．turned back     C．put up D．raise up

13.               A．productive      B．additional       C．concise（简洁）    D．effective

14.               A．terrified        B．exhausted      C．sound D．cautious

15.               A．test           B．challenge       C．prove D．strengthen

16.               A．hung up        B．got through     C．set aside   D．got off

17.               A．brilliant        B．awesome       C．careful    D．unbelievable

18.               A．stand          B．bend          C．fear  D．ruin

19.               A．rare           B．special         C．relative   D．primary

20.               A．confidence      B．perseverance    C．model D．intelligence

高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The novelist, Harriet Beecher Stowe, born 200 years ago, was a poor housewife with six children, and she suffered from various illnesses. Driven by the hatred of slavery, she found time to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which became the most influential novel in American history and caused great change, both at home and abroad.

Today, however, the book has a different reputation, owing to the popular image of its character, Uncle Tom, whose name has become a saying for a cowardly（懦弱的）black man who betrays his race.

But this view is wrong: the original Uncle Tom was physically and morally strong, an inspiration for black people and other oppressed（被压迫的）people worldwide. Indeed, that was why, in the mid-19th century, Southerners attacked Uncle Tom’s Cabin as a dangerously destructive book, while Northern reformers—especially black people—often praised it.

The book was influential overseas too. In Russia it inspired Vladimir Lenin, who recalled it as his favorite book in childhood. It was the first American novel to be translated and published in China, and it fueled anti-slavery movements in Cuba and Brazil.

The book’s progressive appeal was the character of Uncle Tom himself: a strong man who is notable because he does not betray his race; one reason he gives up escaping from his plantation（种植园）is that he doesn’t want to put his fellow slaves in danger. And he is finally killed because he refuses to tell his master where two runaway slaves are hiding.

Unfortunately, these themes were lost in many of the stage versions of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

The play, seen by more people than those who read the book, remained popular up to the 1950s and still appears occasionally. But in the play, Stowe’s revolutionary themes were drowned.

But it doesn’t have to be that way; indeed; during the civil rights era it was those who most closely resembled Uncle Tom—Stowe’s Uncle Tom, not the embarrassed one of popular myth—that proved most effective in promoting progress. Both Stowe and Uncle Tom deserve our reconsideration and our respect.

1.Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin because she ________ .

2. Which of the following is TRUE about the influence of the book?

3.What can we learn about Uncle Tom in the book?

4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I once had a friend that was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the news that he might only live up to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his friends．However, in spite of the serious illness, he was initially determined to look into all available treatments that might cure or extend his life. I think that when you find yourself in such situations, you tend to look up every possible way for hope of saving your life.

As months went on and his health grew worse, I noticed an unexpected change in attitude that came over him．He had also been a happy person with a cheerful personality, but rather than give in to discouragement and self-pity, he took comfort in God and humanity. His talks focused on others rather than himself, and he spoke of the afterlife as something he was prepared for, believing that his concerned ancestors, including his mother and father, were there waiting for him.

During the last few months, weeks, and days of his life, he was kindly cared for by family, friends, his loving wife, who looked after both his physical and emotional needs, and workers from a local hospice （安养院） came to the home to regulate his medication and provide any other needed support. He didn't complain about his fate, and he willingly allowed others to serve him.

Indeed, one might think why God allows death and suffering in our world, but for me, such experiences taught me to value family more and kindness for others. You often can't learn these important attributes(属性) in the lap of luxury(优裕舒适的环境), and perhaps, such an experience is the greatest and final gift the illness can give those left behind.

1.Which word can best describe the man's initial reaction as soon as he was diagnosed with cancer?

A. Satisfied　　　　　　　　 B. Surprised

C. Terrified　　　　　　　　 D. Confused

2.What did the man do after he first learned of his illness?

A. He was operated on immediately

B. He retired from his job

C. He researched cancer treatments

D. He felt sad, doing nothing

3.What was the man's main source of comfort after several months with the disease?

A. His family and friends

B. The care from others

C. His doctors’ encouragement

D. His belief in humanity

4.What did the author learn from his friend’s story?

A. Giving more respect to the family and friends

B. Extending life as possible

C. Caring for yourself and enjoying luxury

D. Getting comfort from God

5.What does the author mainly want to tell?

A. All people will face death, and thus, we must prepare for it spiritually

B. Our characters can be strengthened by such an unpleasant situation

C. Families provide the best support system during such a crisis

D. People should help those who have got serious illness

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The moment I was diagnosed with cancer, I decided that I would not let this “beast” win easily. I had no idea 1. my treatment would be like, and I surely didn’t think social media would be a way for me to conquer this “beast”. However, by sharing2.(feel) on the Internet, I am able to remind myself, and my viewers, that everything is going to be okay. Their words are a big part of what helped me stay3.(hope). Besides, I have made several “cancer friends” so far, and we’re determined to fight this battle together.

高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析