Question

When my grandmother was 89 years old ,she was having problems with her heart. My family went with her to the doctor, who told her that she needed an operation. However, the doctor said that because of my grandmother’s age, the operation could be dangerous. He went on to say that my grandmother would have a 40% chance of having a heart attack（心臟病） and a 30% chance of dying during the operation.

My grandmother, shocked ,quickly stopped the doctor and said,“Doctor, as long as you’re talking about statistics（數據），I have a statistic for you: there is a 100% chance of you not operating one me !”With these words, my grandmother got up and left the doctor’s office.

My grandmother might have been stubborn, but she was not a fool. So the next day she went to another doctor, and he also told her she needed an operation.

My grandmother asked the doctor. “If I were your mother, what would you suggest?” The doctor walked up to her, smiled, put his arm around her and said, “Mom, let’s do this operation!” She had the operation and came out fine.

My grandmother passed away（去世）a few weeks before her 97th birthday. However, because of her positive attitude（積極的態度）,she gave us ,her family and friends almost eight years of life to enjoy sharing with her.

1.The grandmother didn’t choose the first doctor because           .

A. he was afraid to do the operation.

B. he talked too much about the risks

C. he had never done such an operation

2.The second doctor’s words might have made the grandmother          .

A. nervous           B. unhappy            C. relaxed

3.We can tell from the story that the grandmother          .

A. wanted to be the second doctor’s mother

B. celebrated her 97th birthday with her family

C. lived through the operation by the second doctor.

4.The underlined word“stubborn” probably means        in Chinese.

A. 執拗的             B. 嚴謹的            C. 無知的

5.What can we learn from the story?

A. It is better to depend on statistics.

B. A positive attitude can change a person’s life.

C. A good doctor only cares for his patients’ health.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：當我的奶奶已經89歲了，她的心臟有問題。我的家人和她一起去的醫生，他告訴她，她需要做手術。然而，醫生說，因為我祖母的年齡，可能是危險的操作。他接著說，在手術過程中我奶奶有30％的幾率心臟病發作，將有40％的幾率死亡。我的祖母，嚇了一跳，連忙說，“醫生，我有一個統計：你有100％的幾率不做這個手術，”隨著這些話，我的祖母起身離開醫生的辦公室。

我的祖母可能是固執，但她不是傻子。于是，第二天，她去到另一個醫生，他還告訴她，她需要的操作。

我奶奶問醫生。 “如果我是你的母親，你會建議什么？”醫生走到她的面前，微微一笑，把他的胳膊摟著她說，“媽媽，我們這就做手術！”她的手術非常成功。我的祖母去世（去世）在她的第97個生日幾個星期前，。然而，由于她的積極態度，她給了我們，她的家人和朋友幾乎8年的生活享受與她分享。

1.理解歸納題，根據文中語句“My grandmother, shocked ,quickly stopped the doctor and said,“Doctor, as long as you’re talking about statistics（數據），I have a statistic for you: there is a 100% chance of you not operating one me !””理解可知。他只談論的手術的危險性，讓老太太非常恐懼，故選B。

2.細節理解題，根據文中語句“The doctor walked up to her, smiled, put his arm around her and said, “Mom, let’s do this operation!””理解可知。第二個醫生的話語讓老太太非常的放松，故選C。

3.細節理解題，根據文中語句“My grandmother passed away（去世）a few weeks before her 97th birthday.”理解可知。從這個故事中我們知道奶奶在即將97歲的時候去世了，手術之后又生活了近十年，故選C。

4.詞義理解歸納題，根據文中語句“My grandmother might have been stubborn, but she was not a fool.”理解可知。Stubborn的含義是執拗的，故選A。

5.理解歸納題，根據文中語句“My grandmother passed away（去世）a few weeks before her 97th birthday. However, because of her positive attitude（積極的態度）,she gave us ,her family and friends almost eight years of life to enjoy sharing with her”理解可知。積極的生活態度能改變人的一生，故選B。

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