Question

I was raised on a farm in the Fraser Valley along with five sisters and one brother. When I was 15, I got addicted to drinking at weekends and then dropped out of school. By the time I was 17, I continued to drink heavily. I couldn't find a job to support myself. So, I had no other choice but to join the army. I retired and went back home three years later, still a heavy drinker. When I was 22, I met Sue whose father was also a heavy drinker, so my behavior didn't surprise her. We were soon married and later had two daughters.

I started my first business when I was in my mid-twenties. A few years later, I bought a large chicken farm. Even with this success, though, my drinking was always a problem. It affected my marriage and family so much that I knew I had to make up my mind to stop drinking. So I tried great efforts. But two years later, I began drinking again.

When I was in my mid-thirties, I sold both of my businesses, and bought the big house on the hill. I was not at all happy, although I had everything that was supposed to make me happy. I sold our big house on the hill and bought a large land, where I built a new house. Our marriage was in big trouble, and my finances would go down the drain. For the first time in many years, I had to go to work for someone as an employee. I took a job as a heavy equipment operator in a road building camp.

My marriage still came apart when I was 38, and my kids had to go through our divorce. I spent 6 months in giving up drinking on a school camp. Nearly a year later, I met my childhood neighbor girl, June. We were married not long afterwards. My kids learned to trust me again and I have two stepchildren that also love me.

Happy life continued about ten years. Everything was going so well when I felt there was something wrong with my body. I went to see a doctor, and the medical examination came out that I had ALS(肌肉萎缩症). Record shows that people with ALS generally survive between two to five years after symptoms appear. I've probably had the symptoms for one-and-a-half years already, so I don't know how much time I have left.…God knows…

1.Which of the following is the right order for the author’s experience?

a. He married June.

b. He married Sue

c. He bought the big house on the hill.

d. He bought a large chicken farm.

e. He succeeded in giving up drinking.

f. He tried but failed to get rid of drinking.

A. a, d, c, b, f, e        B. b, d, f, c, e, a

C. b, c, d, a, f, e        D. f, b, d, c, e , a

2.The underlined phrase “go down the drain”(in Paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to “__”.

A. be out of expectation          B. be totally successful

C. become worse and worse         D. be safe in one’s pocket

3.What can we know about the author?

A. He began drinking at the age of 17.

B. He ended his army life at the age of 19.

C. He was not happy, although he lived in the big house at the age of 35.

D. He bought the big house on the hill when he was 25.

4.What can we infer about the author’s marriage?

A. His two kids didn’t trust him before he remarried.

B. His finance was the first thing that led to the failure of his first marriage.

C. His first wife didn’t know about his drinking before marriage.

D. He gave birth to two children in his 40s.

5.What is true according to the last paragraph?

A. The author is hopeless because he will be dead in a few years because of ALS.

B. The author has hope because the doctor concluded that he had 2-5 years left.

C. The author is uncertain whether the symptoms of ALS have appeared or not.

D. The author will ask God whether the disease is curable or not.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲的是“我”的生活经历，以时间为顺序，以“酒”贯穿全文，描述了“我”的酗酒对“我”生活的影响与改变。反应出不良生活习惯不仅恶化我们与他人的关系，更会影响自身的身体健康。

1. 结婚，同时也得知“我”是先戒酒再结婚的，所以判断e在a的前面；b：第一段“When I was 22, I met Sue whose father was also a heavy drinker, so my behavior didn't surprise her. We were soon married and later had two daughters.”可以得知时间大致为22岁；c：第三段“When I was in my mid-thirties, I sold both of my businesses, and bought the big house on the hill.”可得知35岁左右“我”买了大房子；d：第二段第一句话，判断时间为26岁左右；f：从第二段与第三段的关系看出，f肯定在c 的前面，d的后面。故正确顺序为 b d f c e a ，选B 。

2. down the drain 是固定搭配，译为“每况愈下，前功尽弃”。也可通过上下文猜词义，在第三段最后一句话中，这么多年来，“我”第一次需要去找工作，可以推断出我从老板到雇员身份的转变，即可得出我的经济情况越来越差。故选C。

3. 第一段可以得知“我”15岁就开始酗酒，故时间错误。选项B，“我”大概17岁时参军，三年后退伍，所有退伍时间为20岁左右，错误。选项D，第三段第一句话，应该是35岁左右，“我”买了大房子，错误。故C为正确选项。

4. me again”得知在再次结婚前孩子们并不信任我，A正确。选项B，第二段中，讲到在经济出现问题前，酗酒已经影响到“我”的婚姻，所以酗酒应该是影响婚姻的主要原因。选项C，“When I was 22, I met Sue whose father was also a heavy drinker, so my behavior didn't surprise her”得知，在“我”结婚前，Sue已经知道“我”酗酒的习惯。选项D，“My kids learned to trust me again and I have two stepchildren that also love me.”，我在40岁并不是生了两个孩子，而是两个孩子的继父，故错误。

5. probably had the symptoms for one-and-a-half years already.”可知作者已经知道症状是什么时候出现的了。选项D，“so I don't know how much time I have left.… God knows…”指的是作者不知道自己究竟还能活多久，也许上帝知道。并不是指问上帝自己病能否治愈，错误。故选A 。

考点：考查叙述类阅读。