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(肌肉萎縮癥). 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

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講的是“我”的生活經歷，以時間為順序，以“酒”貫穿全文，描述了“我”的酗酒對“我”生活的影響與改變。反應出不良生活習慣不僅惡化我們與他人的關系，更會影響自身的身體健康。

1. 結婚，同時也得知“我”是先戒酒再結婚的，所以判斷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.”可以得知時間大致為22歲；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歲左右“我”買了大房子；d：第二段第一句話，判斷時間為26歲左右；f：從第二段與第三段的關系看出，f肯定在c 的前面，d的后面。故正確順序為 b d f c e a ，選B 。

2. down the drain 是固定搭配，譯為“每況愈下，前功盡棄”。也可通過上下文猜詞義，在第三段最后一句話中，這么多年來，“我”第一次需要去找工作，可以推斷出我從老板到雇員身份的轉變，即可得出我的經濟情況越來越差。故選C。

3. 第一段可以得知“我”15歲就開始酗酒，故時間錯誤。選項B，“我”大概17歲時參軍，三年后退伍，所有退伍時間為20歲左右，錯誤。選項D，第三段第一句話，應該是35歲左右，“我”買了大房子，錯誤。故C為正確選項。

4. me again”得知在再次結婚前孩子們并不信任我，A正確。選項B，第二段中，講到在經濟出現問題前，酗酒已經影響到“我”的婚姻，所以酗酒應該是影響婚姻的主要原因。選項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”結婚前，Sue已經知道“我”酗酒的習慣。選項D，“My kids learned to trust me again and I have two stepchildren that also love me.”，我在40歲并不是生了兩個孩子，而是兩個孩子的繼父，故錯誤。

5. probably had the symptoms for one-and-a-half years already.”可知作者已經知道癥狀是什么時候出現的了。選項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還能活多久，也許上帝知道。并不是指問上帝自己病能否治愈，錯誤。故選A 。

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