A
When 45-year-old Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic(胰腺)cancer, he chose to focus on living rather than dying. As a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Pausch was asked to deliver a “last lecture”. This well-known campus tradition allowed professors to share worldly wisdom with students as if they were dying and had one last lecture to give.
The only difference in Pausch’s case is that Pausch really was dying,but it only motivated him more. He delivered his last lecture, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”.
Pausch began by sharing several of his boyhood dreams,some of which he had achieved and the others he hadn’t. He described the importance of having dreams and how anyone can still learn a lot by reaching for those dreams,even if they don’t always succeed. He shared the values learned through experience,which he hoped to pass on to others:hard work, honesty, laughter and gratitude.
Pausch’s last lecture received a great deal of praise and attention. In October this year,he presented an abridged(删节的) version on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. He turned the lecture into a book by the same name, which quickly became a best-seller. Readers were deeply moved by the book’s representation of Pausch’s lifelong philosophy and the way it revealed the biggest source of his motivation—his three young children.
Pausch had passed away,but his voice lives on in the recorded lecture and his book. He continues to motivate us all by encouraging us to never give up our childhood dreams—a source of inspiration that can never run dry.
1. Why was Pausch asked to give his “last lecture”?
A. To teach the students.
B. To make him have a better life.
C. To cure his cancer.
D. To achieve his dream.
解析:推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Pausch was asked to deliver a ‘last lecture’.This well-known campus tradition allowed professors to share worldly wisdom with students as if they were dying and had one last lecture to give.”可知,保施教授被要求做一次最后的演讲是为了与学生们分享世俗的智慧,也就是为了教育学生。
答案:A
2. What was Pausch’s lecture mainly about?
A. His private life in boyhood.
B. Having dreams and good values.
C. The reason for his success.
D. The experience learned from others.
解析:细节理解题。根据第三段中的“He described the importance of having dreams and how anyone can still learn a lot by reaching for those dreams,even if they don’t always succeed.He shared the values learned through experience,which he hoped to pass on to others:hard work,honesty, laughter and gratitude.”可知,保施在演讲中讲述了拥有梦想的重要性以及通过追求梦想学到的努力、诚实、乐观和感恩等,也就是说他的演讲主要是关于拥有梦想和良好的价值观的。
答案:B
3.Which of the following motivated Pausch most?
A. His dreams. B. His children.
C. His work. D. His students.
解析:细节理解题。根据第四段中的“it revealed the biggest source of his motivation—his three young children”可知,保施的三个孩子给他的动力最大。
答案:B
4. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Keep on Dreaming
B. The Meaning of Life
C. Motivation from Life
D. Give the Last Lecture
解析:标题归纳题。根据文章内容,特别是最后一段中的“He continues to motivate us all by encouraging us to never give up our childhood dreams—a source of inspiration that can never run dry.”可知,本文讲述了身患胰腺癌的保施教授做最后一次的演讲,他激励我们不要放弃自己的梦想。
答案:A
