I opened my new patient's chart and headed for her room. My son, Eric, had just brought home a disappointing report card, and my daughter, Shannon, and I had argued again about her getting a driver's license. For the next eight hours I wanted to throw myself into helping people who I knew had much more to worry about than I did. Rebekah, mother of three lovely little girls, was only 32, admitted for chemotherapy after breast-cancer surgery, When I gave her an injection, Rebekah shut her eyes tightly and murmured a prayer until it was over. Then she smiled and squeezed my hand. “Before you go, could you get my Bible from the table? I handed her the worn book. Do you have a favorite Bible verse? she asked. Jesus wept. John 11: 35. Such a sad one, she said. Why?It makes me feel closer to Jesus, knowing he also experienced human sorrow. Rebekah nodded thoughtfully and started flipping through her Bible as I shut the door quietly behind me.
During the following months, her hospital stays became frequent and she worried about her children. One day when I entered her room, I found her talking into a tape recorder. She picked up a notebook and held it out to me. I'm making a tape for my daughters, she said. I read the list on her pad: starting school, confirmation, turning 16, first date, graduation. While I worried how to help her deal with death, she was planning for her children's future. She usually waited until the early hours of the morning to record the tapes so she could be free from interruptions. She filled them with family stories and advice，trying to cram a lifetime of love into a few precious hours. Finally, every item in her notes had been checked off and she entrusted the tapes to her husband.
I often wondered what I would say in her place. My kids joked that I was like an FBI agent, with my constant questions about where they’d been and who they’d been with. Where, I thought, are my words of encouragement and love?
It was three o'clock one afternoon when I got an urgent call from the hospital. Rebekah wanted me to e immediately with a blank tape. She was breathing hard when I entered her room. I slipped the tape into the recorder and held the microphone to her lips. Ruthie, Hannah, Molly, this is the most important tape. She held my hand and closed her eyes. Someday your daddy will bring home a new mommy. Please make her feel special. Show her how to take care of you. Ruthie, honey, help her get your Brownie uniform ready each Tuesday. Hannah, tell her you don't want meat sauce on your spaghetti. Molly, don't get mad if there's no apple juice. Drink something else. It's okay to be sad, sweeties. Jesus cried too. He knows about sadness and will help you to be happy again. Remember, I'll always love you. I shut off the recorder and Rebekah sighed deeply. Thank you, Nan, You'll give this one to them, won't you? she murmured as she slid into sleep.
A time would e when the tape would be played for Rebekah's children, but right then, after I smoothed Rebekah's blanket, I got in my car and hurried home. I thought of how my Shannon also liked her sauce on the side and suddenly that quirk, which had annoyed me so many times, seemed to make her so much more precious. That night the kids didn't go out; they sat with me long after the spaghetti sauce had dried onto the dishes. And we talked, without interrogations, without plaints，late into the night.
【小题1】From the first paragraph we can learn that .A．Nan was in a bad state and wept a lot in her daily life.B．Nan was not on good terms with her children.C．Nan was worried about how to help Rebeka deal with her death.D．Nan laid more stress on attending on her patients than her children.【小题2】Which of the following scenes was most likely to be seen at Nan’s home before she met Rebekah?A．The family sat down in a circle and shared an interesting story.B．After dinner, the children either went out or shut themselves up in their rooms.C．The son was the headache of the parents while the daughter their fort.D．When Eric did poorly at school, the parents forted him and cheered him up.【小题3】Which was the most vital message Rebekah left to her children?A．Bringing home satisfying school report cardsB．Landing a job after graduationC．Growing up healthily and happilyD．Accepting their step-mother into their lives.【小题4】The writer learnt from Rebekah that a parent’s real concern should be . .A．protecting the children from the dangers they may be trapped in.B．having encouraging and loving talks with children.C．making tape records to guide the children in their future lives.D．tolerating the children’s annoying quirks.B
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(答案→)B
解析： 本文叙述了一位和孩子们相处并不融洽的医生，从他的病人Rebekah身上看到了对孩子的爱。Rebekah有三个孩子，在她患乳腺癌晚期，她总是在录一些磁带，以备她死后能让孩子永远感觉到母亲对他们的关心。作者作为她的医生目睹了一切，并从她身上学到了如何关爱孩子。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“My son, Eric, had just brought home a disappointing report card, and my daughter, Shannon, and I had argued again about her getting a driver's license.”作者的儿子带来了令人失望的成绩单，女儿和他在关于取得驾照那件事上吵了一架。可知作者和他的孩子们相处的不好。故选B。
【小题2】推理题。文章第二句的介绍可知作者和子女们关系不融洽，第三段孩子们说他像联邦调查局的特工，而最后一句“That night the kids didn't go out; they sat with me long after the spaghetti sauce had dried onto the dishes. And we talked, without interrogations, without plaints，late into the night.”说明在作者看到Rebekah如何对待孩子之后的那晚，他们饭后在餐桌上聊了许久。可以推测在见到Rebekah之前Nan家里的情况很可能是“晚饭后，孩子们都出去了或者各自回房间关上房门”。故答案选B。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据第四段Ruthie, Hannah, Molly, this is the most important tape. She held my hand and closed her eyes. ”以及下面的叙述，可知Rebekah给孩子们最重要的信息是要接受他们的继母。故答案选D。
【小题4】细节理解题。根据文章中的描述和第四段“Remember, I'll always love you.”可知父母对孩子真正的关心应该是和孩子进行鼓励和慈爱的交谈。故答案选B。