第二部分  阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

    As she lay there in the hospital bed, I stared at her sunken face. Her mouth hung open and a moan (呻吟) escaped every so often, an old woman well beyond her 71 years. In four months this is what she has become—daily exercising, strong willed, world traveling women has been eaten from the inside out by cancer. Four months! It is a shock that’s difficult for me to wrap my brain around. It makes me want to tell everyone I love them.

    I study her face and will her to open her eyes. What will I say if she does? In the 20 years I have known this woman, and I have struggled to understand her, battled her opinions, endured her criticisms, and loved her son beyond measure. I think of all the times I have wanted to make her disappear. All the times I thought about what I would feel when she was gone. Relief, joy, guilt, or nothing?

    I think my children saved me from truly hating her. Earlier that day, I watched my 12-year-old son Austin, who she loved fiercely, sitting by her bed and studied her face searching for his beloved “Bubbe” and wondering if she’d ever return. He once caught her awake and looked her right in the eye, saying, “I love you, Bubbe. I hope you get better.” His words pierced my heart for I know she is not getting better.

    Would she hear my silent plea (恳求) and open her eyes? She is so stubborn and never cares what others think. My mind wanders through the past twenty years. I realize how fragile she was when we first met only one month after her husband had died suddenly. Remembering a story she told me about her husband bringing her daffodils makes me see her through his eyes. I think of the love and attention she showers on my sons and I see her through their eyes. Her stories of her childhood and her father’s unstable income make me see why she pushes my husband to make more money.

21. According to the passage, the old woman is the author’s ______.

  A. mother B. grandmother C. mother-in-law D. stepmother

22. Which of the following is the author’s feeling about the old woman?

  A. The author thought she was easy to get along well with.

  B. The author would feel joyful and guilty after her death.

  C. The author used to hate her because of Austin.

  D. The author could see that she showed love for her family.

23. What do we know about the old woman?

  A. She had been energetic before she got cancer.

  B. She lived alone after her husband’s death.

  C. She was closer to Austin than to other people.

  D. She always lived in a family with unstable income.

24. This passage is written to ______.

  A. wake up the old woman from cancer

  B. show sadness and respect for the old woman

  C. describe the old woman’s cancer

  D. remember the old woman’s kindness
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