Question

After my husband Paul was diagnosed with lung cancer, he said, “It’s going to be OK.” And I remember answering back, “Yes. We just don’t know what OK means yet.”

Paul and I met as medical students at Yale. I fell in love with him as I watched the ________he took with his patients. He later told me he fell in love with me when he saw me ________ over an EKG(心电图) of a heart that had ________ beating. We didn’t know it yet, but we were learning how to ________ suffering together.

I lived with Paul’s illness for 22 months. I’ve always thought of myself as a caregiver, and attending to Paul ________ what that meant. As physicians, we were in a good ________ to understand and even ________ the diagnosis. We weren’t angry about it, luckily, ________ we’d seen so many patients in ________ situations, and we knew that ________ is a part of life. But it's one thing to know that; it was a very ________ experience to actually live with the sadness and ________ of a serious illness.

As a poem says, “Your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. Everything I do is sewn with its color.” For me that poem ________ my love for Paul, and a new strength that came from loving and losing him. When Paul said, “It’s going to be OK,” that didn’t mean that we could ________ his illness. ________, we learned to accept both joy and sadness at the same time because we are all born and we all die. ________ ourselves in the full range of experience—living and dying, love and ________—is what we get to do. When we approach suffering together and choose not to ________ it, our lives don’t shrink; they ________. Our job isn’t to fight fate, but to help each other ________. That’s how we make it OK, even when it’s not.

1.A. control    B. test    C. notice    D. care

2.A. whisper    B. watch    C. cry    D. think

3.A. ceased    B. rejected    C. delayed    D. missed

4.A. stand    B. approach    C. assess    D. contain

5.A. transformed    B. deepened    C. refreshed    D. enlarged

6.A. status    B. will    C. knowledge    D. position

7.A. cure    B. accept    C. fight    D. rid

8.A. because    B. once    C. providing    D. until

9.A. stable    B. virtual    C. impressive    D. disastrous

10.A. love    B. cancer    C. death    D. devotion

11.A. different    B. unforgettable    C. reluctant    D. terrifying

12.A. prevention    B. risk    C. uncertainty    D. influence

13.A. brings forward    B. figures out    C. sets out    D. calls up

14.A. confirm    B. resist    C. cure    D. relieve

15.A. Instead    B. Therefore    C. However    D. Moreover

16.A. Burying    B. Involving    C. Employing    D. Enjoying

17.A. divorce    B. struggle    C. loss    D. disagreement

18.A. hide from    B. laugh at    C. get over    D. wipe out

19.A. survive    B. expand    C. switch    D. continue

20.A. away    B. over    C. up    D. through

Answer

1. D

2. C

3. A

4. B

5. B

6. D

7. B

8. A

9. D

10. C

11. A

12. C

13. D

14. C

15. A

16. B

17. C

18. A

19. B

20. D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者的丈夫保罗被诊断出肺癌后，他们并没有因此而生气，因为他们见过很多病人处于灾难性的境地，他们知道死亡是生命的一部分。当一起面对苦难，并选择不逃避它时，生命不会退缩而是扩大。

1.考查名词。A. control控制；B. test测试；C. notice通知，注意；D. care关怀。根据I fell in love with him as I watched the ____1____he took with his patients.可知，当我看到他照顾他的病人时，我爱上了他。故选D。

2.考查动词。A. whisper低语；B. watch观看；C. cry哭；D. think想。认为。根据He later told me he fell in love with me when he saw me ____2____ over an EKG(心电图) of a heart that had ____3____ beating.可知，后来他告诉我，当他看到我为一颗停止跳动的心哭泣时，他爱上了我。故选C。

3.考查动词。A. ceased停止；B. rejected拒绝；C. delayed拖延；D. missed错过，想念。根据He later told me he fell in love with me when he saw me ____2____ over an EKG(心电图) of a heart that had ____3____ beating.可知，后来他告诉我，当他看到我为一颗停止跳动的心哭泣时，他爱上了我。故选A。

4.考查动词。A. stand站立；B. approach靠近；C. assess评定；D. contain包含。根据We didn’t know it yet, but we were learning how to ____4____ suffering together.可知，我们还不知道，但我们正在学习如何一起面对痛苦。故选B。

5.考查动词。A. transformed转换；B. deepened加深；C. refreshed使清凉； D. enlarged扩大。根据I’ve always thought of myself as a caregiver, and attending to Paul ____5____ what that meant.可知，我一直认为自己是一个看护者，照顾保罗加深了我的理解。故选B。

6.考查名词。A. status地位；B. will意志；C. knowledge知识；D. position位置。根据As physicians, we were in a good ____6____ to understand and even ____7____ the diagnosis.可知，作为医生，我们能够很好地理解甚至接受诊断结果。故选D。

7.考查动词。A. cure治愈；B. accept接受；C. fight斗争，战斗；D. rid使摆脱。根据As physicians, we were in a good ____6____ to understand and even ____7____ the diagnosis.可知，作为医生，我们能够很好地理解甚至接受诊断结果。故选B。

8.考查连词。A. because因为；B. once一旦；C. providing假如；D. until直到---为止。根据We weren’t angry about it, luckily, ____8____ we’d seen so many patients in ____9____ situations, and we knew that ____10____ is a part of life.可知，幸运的是，我们并没有因此而生气，因为我们见过很多病人处于灾难性的境地，我们知道死亡是生命的一部分。故选A。

9.考查形容词。A. stable稳定的；B. virtual虚拟的；C. impressive给人印象深刻的；D. disastrous灾难性的。根据We weren’t angry about it, luckily, ____8____ we’d seen so many patients in ____9____ situations, and we knew that ____10____ is a part of life.可知，幸运的是，我们并没有因此而生气，因为我们见过很多病人处于灾难性的境地，我们知道死亡是生命的一部分。故选D。

10.考查名词。A. love爱；B. cancer癌症；C. death死；D. devotion忠诚。根据We weren’t angry about it, luckily, ____8____ we’d seen so many patients in ____9____ situations, and we knew that ____10____ is a part of life.可知，幸运的是，我们并没有因此而生气，因为我们见过很多病人处于灾难性的境地，我们知道死亡是生命的一部分。故选C。

11.考查形容词。A. different不相同的；B. unforgettable难忘的；C. reluctant不情愿的；D. terrifying令人恐惧的。根据But it's one thing to know that; it was a very ____11____ experience to actually live with the sadness and ____12____ of a serious illness.可知，但这是一回事；实际上带着悲伤和不确定的严重疾病生活这是一个非常不同的经历。故选A。

12.考查名词。A. prevention阻止；B. risk冒险；C. uncertainty不确定； D. influence影响。根据But it's one thing to know that; it was a very ____11____ experience to actually live with the sadness and ____12____ of a serious illness.可知，但这是一回事；实际上带着悲伤和不确定的严重疾病生活这是一个非常不同的经历。故选C。

13.考查动词词组。A. brings forward提出；B. figures out明白，理解；C. sets out出发；D. calls up使回忆起。根据For me that poem ____13____ my love for Paul, and a new strength that came from loving and losing him.可知，对我来说，这首诗唤起了我对保罗的爱，以及爱与失去他所带来的新的力量。故选D。

14.考查动词。A. confirm确认；B. resist抵抗；C. cure治愈；D. relieve解除。根据When Paul said, “It’s going to be OK,” that didn’t mean that we could ____14____ his illness.可知，当保罗说“会没事的”时，那并不意味着我们能治好他的病。故选C。

15.考查副词。A. Instead代替；B. Therefore因此；C. However然而；D. Moreover而且，此外。根据____15____, we learned to accept both joy and sadness at the same time because we are all born and we all die.可知，相反，我们学会了同时接受快乐和悲伤，因为我们都有生死。故选A。

16.考查动词。A. Burying埋葬；B. Involving牵连；C. Employing雇佣；D. Enjoying喜爱。根据____16____ ourselves in the full range of experience—living and dying, love and ____17____—is what we get to do.可知，让我们自己参与到各种各样的经历中——生与死，爱与失——是我们要做的。故选B。

17.考查名词。A. divorce离婚；B. struggle努力；C. loss损失；D. disagreement争论。根据____16____ ourselves in the full range of experience—living and dying, love and ____17____—is what we get to do.可知，让我们自己参与到各种各样的经历中——生与死，爱与失——是我们要做的。故选C。

18.考查动词词组。A. hide from隐瞒；B. laugh at嘲笑；C. get over克服； D. wipe out消灭。根据When we approach suffering together and choose not to ____18____ it, our lives don’t shrink; they ____19____.可知，当我们一起面对苦难，并选择不逃避它时，我们的生命不会退缩而是扩大。故选A。

19.考查动词。A. survive幸存；B. expand扩张；C. switch转换；D. continue继续。根据When we approach suffering together and choose not to ____18____ it, our lives don’t shrink; they ____19____.可知，当我们一起面对苦难，并选择不逃避它时，我们的生命不会退缩而是扩大。故选B。

20.D考查副词。根据Our job isn’t to fight fate, but to help each other ____20____.可知，我们的工作不是与命运抗争，而是帮助彼此度过难关。故选D。