Several years ago, my brother was diagnosed (诊断) with multiple sclerosis (多发性硬化). The disease made him hardly 1 or stand — he either used a walking stick or was in his bed. At that time, he was 2 and didn't want to do anything for himself. He was basically giving 3 and letting go. As the saying goes, God helps those who help themselves, 4 he wasn't helping himself.
I then 5 to change the situation. I walked to his room and told him how frustrated (泄气的) we were about helping him and seeing him making no 6 to look after himself.
“Is this how you want me to 7 ？ Giving up at every hard obstacle (障碍) that comes your way？”
“You don't understand this 8 ， and it's not curable.”
I told him it's really not 9 to live with this type of disease, but he should be 10 that he has his body intact (完好无损的). Thank God that he still has a 11 ， I wanted to show him that we could make it through this together. who loves him and gets up every day in order to help him. Although it was 12
He must have thought 13 about my words because several weeks later, he 14 me and my parents. We talked for hours that we can make it through this. At last, he said to me：
“I took my family for granted and I'm 15 . You are a fighter, and I'm 16 that you are my sister. I'm sorry that I set the wrong example for you. Please 17 me.”
When he said this, I didn't want to forgive him because I was so 18 with him for so long, but 19 I forgave him.
Nowadays he's actually trying to help himself and for the 20 time, he actually looks hopeful for the good things to come.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者帮助身患重病的哥哥找回自信的故事。
1．A.walk B．sit
C．speak D．sleep
解析：选A 由下文的“he either used a walking stick or was in his bed”可知，作者的哥哥几乎无法“走路(walk)”。
2．A.nervous B．strange
C．upset D．tired
解析：选C 由下文的“didn't want to do anything for himself”可知，哥哥情绪“低落(upset)”，不想做任何事。
3．A.out B．over
C．away D．up
解析：选D 由下文的“letting go”可知，此处是说哥哥基本上是放任自流了，give up“放弃”。
4．A.if B．but
C．although D．or
解析：选B “God helps those who help themselves”与“he wasn't helping himself”是转折关系，故选but。
5．A.advised B．agreed
C．forgot D．decided
解析：选D 由下文内容可知，此处是说作者“决定(decided)”去改变哥哥当时颓废的状况。
6．A.efforts B．preparations
C．mistakes D．contributions
解析：选A 由上文的frustrated可知，看到哥哥自己不“努力(efforts)”，作者一家感到很气馁。
7．A.pick up B．take up
C．grow up D．put up
解析：选C 由下文的“Giving up at every hard obstacle (障碍) that comes your way？”可知，作者问哥哥：“这就是你希望我‘成长(grow up)’的方式吗？”此处与倒数第三段的“set the wrong example for you”相呼应。
8．A.feeling B．trouble
C．question D．disease
解析：选D 由下文的curable可知，此处是指“疾病(disease)”。
9．A.difficult B．easy
C．interesting D．boring
解析：选B 由上文的“it's not curable”可知，与这种疾病抗争是很不“容易(easy)”的。
10．A.grateful B．hopeful
C．confident D．comfortable
解析：选A 由下文的“he has his body intact (完好无损的)”可知，哥哥应该很“感激(grateful)”。
11．A.neighbour B．family
C．group D．doctor
解析：选B 哥哥应该感谢上帝他还有“家人(family)”每天爱他、帮助他。
12．A.hard B．simple
C．unusual D．useless
解析：选A 由下文的“I wanted to show him that we could make it through this together”可知，尽管很“困难(hard)”，但是作者还是想给哥哥自信。
13．A.carefully B．quickly
C．quietly D．differently
解析：选A 由下文作者的哥哥找家人谈话可知，他“认真(carefully)”思考了作者的话。
14．A.met B．found
C．visited D．greeted
解析：选C 由上下文内容可知，听了作者的话，作者的哥哥由一开始的颓废发展到后来主动去“找(visited)”家人谈话。
15．A.confused B．satisfied
C．happy D．sorry
解析：选D 下文的“I'm sorry”是提示。
16．A.afraid B．sure
C．surprised D．proud
解析：选D 由上文的“You are a fighter”可知，作者的哥哥为有作者这样一个妹妹而“骄傲(proud)”。
17．A.believe B．forgive
C．remember D．help
解析：选B 由下文的“forgive him”可知，哥哥想让作者“原谅(forgive)”他。
18．A.familiar B．patient
C．angry D．pleased
解析：选C 对于哥哥先前的颓废，作者“怒(angry)”其不争，故刚开始不想原谅他。
19．A.immediately B．eventually
C．recently D．secretly
解析：选B 由上文but表达的转折含义及下文的“he's actually trying to help himself”可知，作者“最终(eventually)”原谅了哥哥。
20．A.best B．last
C．first D．only
解析：选C 由第一段中的“didn't want to do anything for himself”及结尾的“looks hopeful for the good things to come”可知，这是哥哥“第一次(first)”对生活充满希望。
