5．Jack Armstrong sat up in the secondhand hospital bed that had been placed into a corner of his home in Cleveland．Jack had been in the military for five years when the war in the Middle East started．He'd survived his first tour in Afghanistan and earned a Purple Heart．After that he'd experienced several tours of duty in Iraq，one of which included the destruction of his Humvee while he was still inside．That injury had won him his second Purple．And he had a Bronze Star on top of that for rescuing three fellow soldiers and nearly getting killed in the process．After all that，here he was，dying fast in his house in Ohio．
His goal was simple：just hang on until Christmas．He sucked greedily on the oxygen coming from the line in his nose．Jack knew that one day soon it would be turned off because he'd be dead．Before Thanksgiving he was certain he would last another month．Now Jack was not sure he could make another day．
But he would．
"I have to，"he thought to himself．
"Jack，Jack honey？"
His wife Lizzie was bending down in front of him．She was still beautiful，though her looks had taken on a fragile edge．There were dark circles under her eyes and recently stamped worry lines on her face．Jack was the one dying，but in a way she was too．
His youngest child，Mike，toddled in and climbed on his dad's lap，resting his head against father's chest．Jack slowly slid his arm around his two-year-old son．Little fat fingers grasped his forearm，and warm breath touched his skin．It fell like the sharp point of needles，but Jack simply gritted （咬緊牙關） his teeth and didn't move his arm because there wouldn't be many more of these embraces．He slowly turned his head and looked out of the window，where the snow was steadily falling．It was truly beautiful．
He took his wife's hand．
"Christmas，"Jack said in a breathless voice．"I'll be there．"
"Promise？"said Lizzie，her voice beginning to break．
"Promise．"
24．What made Jack win his highest military award？C
A．Surviving his Afghanistan tour．
B．Driving a damaged Humvee．
C．Saving his fellow soldiers．
D．Being in the military for five years．
25．What did the author mean by saying that Jack's wife，Lizzie was dying？B
A．She was full of regrets．
B．She experienced worry and sadness．
C．She suffered the same disease．
D．She was defeated by life．
26．How did Jack feel when Mike grasped his forearm？C
A．Encouraged．
B．Relieved．
C．Painful．
D．Comfortable．
27．What does the whole passage mainly tells us about？B
A．Jack's survival in several wars．
B．Jack's struggle against the illness．
C．Jack's family's strong love for him．
D．Jack's faith in medical treatment．
分析 本文是一篇記敘文．Jack在軍中服役五年，獲得過很多榮譽，因為救助三名戰友而差點兒死掉；他的目標很簡單，就是熬過圣誕節．
解答 24．C 細節理解題．根據第一段倒數第二句"And he had a Bronze Star on top of that for rescuing three fellow soldiers，"可知Jack在戰爭中救助了三名戰友，因而獲得了他的最高軍事榮譽．
25．B 推理判斷題．根據第六段倒數第二句"There were dark circles under her eyes and recently stamped worry lines on her face．"可知Jack的妻子因為他瀕臨死亡而傷心焦慮．據此可以推斷，作者說Jack的妻子也瀕臨死亡意味著他的妻子在經歷著傷心焦慮．
26．C 細節理解題．根據第七段第四句"It felt like the sharp point of needles，"可知，當兒子Mike抓到Jack的前臂時，他感到像針刺般的疼痛．
27．B 主旨大意題．根據第二段第一句"His goal was simple：just hang on until Christmas．"并結合全文內容可知，本文主要講述Jack在戰爭中受了很嚴重的傷，他的目標很簡單，就是熬過圣誕節．即Jack與疾病作斗爭．
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