Question

The doctor's Handwriting
Mrs South is excited these days. A sudden terrible disease hardly killed her son two months ago. She and her husband took the poor boy to several hospitals, but few doctors could save him. Watching their helpless son struggling for a bare subsistence(在死亡線上掙扎), the woman’s and her husband’s hearts were broken. At that moment, one of their friends introduced Mr Young who worked in a small hospital to them. Thanks to the doctor, their son was saved and he was all right and came out of hospital last week.
The woman decided to ask the doctor to dinner. The invitation was sent to him yesterday. In reply she received a letter which was impossible to read.
“I must know whether he has accepted or not.” said Mrs South.
“If I were you,” suggested her husband. “I should take it to a chemist(藥劑師). He can always read doctors’ letters, however badly written.”
The chemist looked at the notepaper for a while, without waiting for Mrs South’s explanation, and handed her a bottle.
“Here you are, madam,” he said. “That will be two dollars.”
閱讀短文，回答以下問題(首字母已給出)，每空一詞。（每空1分，共5分）
小題1:Mrs South’s son hardly d________ of the sudden terrible disease two months ago.
小題2:Mr and Mrs South felt very s_________ when their son was ill.
小題3:Mrs South asked Mr Young to dinner to express her t__________.
小題4:It was d_____ for Mrs South to know whether Mr Young agreed to go to the dinner.
小題5:The chemist thought he u_______ what the doctor had written.

Answer 1

小題1:died
小題2:sorry/sad
小題3:thanks
小題4:difficult
小題5:understood

試題分析：本文敘述了Mrs South和她的丈夫由于他們的兒子病了，所以他們四處求醫給兒子治療，結果經過朋友的介紹，他們的兒子被一個小醫院里的醫生治療好了，他們感到很高興。
小題1:從文中第一段A sudden terrible disease hardly killed her son two months ago連個月之前一場疾病幾乎要了她兒子的命。可得到信息，Be died of死于……
小題2:從文中第一段the woman’s and her husband’s hearts were broken.這個女人和她丈夫心都要碎了，由此可知他們很難過，根據題目句意填sad或sorry.
小題3:結合題意和文章，Mr Young治好了孩子的病，Mrs South 邀請Mr Young吃晚飯是想表達她的感激，所以填thanks,注意用復數。
小題4:結合文章內容In reply she received a letter which was impossible to read.她收到了回信但不可能看懂，再結合句意：對Mrs South來說，要看懂Mr Young的回信是很困難的，故填difficult.
小題5:從文中最后一段描述可知，藥劑師看了回信，直接拿了一個藥瓶給Mrs South，他認為他看懂了內容，understand理解，這里用過去式understood。