Question

When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.

     The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom," I don't know how to use a computer," she admits.

     Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an　award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says. "I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."

     But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up--again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.

     Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."

1.Why did Mary feel regretful?

A. She didn't achieve her ambition.

B. She didn't take care of her mother.

C. She didn't complete her high school.

D. She didn't follow her mother's advice.

2.We can know that before 1995 Mary         。

A. had two books published                         B. received many career awards

C. knew how to use a computer                  D. supported the JDRF by writing

3.Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her ________.

A. living with diabetes                                    B. successful show business

C. service for an organization                       D. remembrance of her mother

4.When Mary received the life-changing news, she __.

A. lost control of herself                               B. began a balanced diet

C. tired to get a treatment                           D. behaved in an adult way

5.What can we know from the last paragraph?

A. Mary feels pity for herself.   

B. Mary has recovered from her disease.

C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

Answer

1.Ｄ

2.Ｂ

3.Ａ

4.Ａ

5.Ｃ

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了身患糖尿病的病人励志的故事。

1.细节理解题。由第一自然段可知，主人公没有采纳母亲的建议。（由Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.可知）

2.推理判断题。由第三自然段第一句话可得出答案。句意为，不像她的１９９５年的自传，毕竟，她的第二本书很少的再反映作为一个获奖演员的生活，而是更多写了有关忍受糖尿病的事情。

3.细节理解题。由第三自然段第一句话的后半句可知。（her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病)）句意同上。

4.推理判断题。由第四自然段中后来意识到他要学会自己掌控生命，不能让疾命控制自己可知，刚收到改变自己命运的消息时她不能自控。（Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up--again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her.）等到她意识到，自己必须要成长起来，去控制糖尿病，而不能让他控制自己。

5.由最后Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."可知，答案应为Ｃ。

句意为：有时，通过帮助其他人我们能使事情好起来，我已经意识到它的重要性，我第二次“长大”了，我要尽力的去帮助别人。

考点：考查人生百味类文章的阅读理解。