文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了有一天，身体健康的杰西卡突然生病导致只有嘴唇能够动，后来在专业唇读师康斯韦洛·冈萨雷斯的帮助下，最终得到了康复的故事。从这个故事中，我们学到了——生活就像一盒巧克力，你永远不知道下一个是什么味道。有时候，当我们处于最黑暗的时刻，一些完全意想不到的事情会发生，给我们一点希望和安慰。
3 . Life is just like a box of chocolates and you never know what you’re going to get. Sometimes when we are in our darkest hour, something completely unexpected happens that can give us a little bit of hope and comfort.
Jessica was a healthy woman, One day, while she was working on a brilliant idea that suddenly struck her, which she thought would be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem she was working on, she suddenly lost consciousness. After she was rushed to the hospital, her heart rate slowed by nearly 50 percent. It took nine days for doctors to concentrate on what was causing her problem.
After several weeks, Jessica was still stiff from head to foot, but luckily, she was able to move her lips. Staff noticed this and introduced Jessica to Consuelo Gonzalez, a professional lip reader. Consuelo can understand what people are saying by the shape their lips make. She can also understand how annoying it is not to be able to communicate because she has been completely deaf since the age of 8.
For a few hours each week, Jessica could have long conversations with Consuelo, diving into the ocean of words she dearly missed. Through Consuelo, Jessica asked the doctors and nurses questions she had long wanted answers to. She also talked to Consuelo about the vivid dreams she was mixing up with reality.
In fact, there are other ways for Consuelo to earn a living by reading lips, but she says helping patients separate horrible dreams from reality is the most rewarding way she can use her unique skill. “What is really wonderful, without doubt, is being able to use this skill to create healing and to create communication between human beings. That’s what feels best: Love. ”
After four and a half months in the hospital, Jessica finally recovered.
Consuelo was there, holding Jessica’s hands. Jessica eventually went back to work as a math professor. After her experience she wrote a new living will. One thing she added is that if she ever becomes incapacitated like this again, she is never to be left alone.
1. What is the correct order of the following events?
a. Jessica was introduced to Consuelo Gonzalez.
b. Jessica went back to work and wrote a new living will.
c. Doctors spent nine days to find out what caused Jessica’s problem.
d. Jessica was able to ask the doctors questions she had long wanted answers to.
e. Jessica worked on a brilliant idea for solving the mathematical problem.
| A．ecadb | B．adcbe | C．ecdba | D．adbce |
2. Which statement is correct in Jessica’s story?
| A．Jessica became deaf as a result of the sudden disease after losing consciousness. |
| B．Consuelo must have a gift in psychology as she could separate dreams from reality. |
| C．Consuelo accompanied Jessica all the time in the hospital until the latter recovered. |
| D．Doctors focused on the cause of Jessica’s disease before Consuelo offered help. |
3. How can we describe Consuelo Gonzalez?
| A．Friendly and cautious. | B．Brave and creative. |
| C．Kind and caring. | D．Determined and humorous. |
4. Which of the following best explains “incapacitated” underlined in the last paragraph?
| A．Deadly exhausted. | B．Seriously ill. |
| C．Desperately lonely. | D．Incredibly compulsory. |
5. What can best summarize the message contained in the passage?
| A．Love can make people no longer alone facing difficulties. |
| B．Creating communication between human beings is rewarding. |
| C．Self-acceptance is based on the love for oneself. |
| D．Love is key to the attainment of others’ respect. |
