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7．Christopher Thomas，27，was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast．Diagnosed with diabetes（糖尿�。�，Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin（胰島素） three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage，blindness，and even death．And if that weren't bad enough，he had no health insurance．After a month of feeling upset，Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back．He left Canton，Michigan for New York，got a job waiting tables，nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar，and created diabeticrockstar．com，a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones-a place where over 1，100 people share personal stories，information，and resources．
 Jason Swencki‟s son，Kody，was diagnosed with type diabetes at six．Father and son visit the online children's forums（論壇） together most evenings．"Kody gets so excited，writing to kids from all over，"says Swencki，one of the site's volunteers．"They know what he's going through，so he doesn't feel alone．"Kody is anything but alone：Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States，with 24 million diagnosed cases．And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages．
These days，Thomas's main focus is his charity?慈善機(jī)構(gòu)，F(xiàn)ight It，which provides medicines and supplies to people-225 to date-who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses．Fight-it．org has raised about $23，000-in products and in cash．In May，Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean．
Even with a staff of 22 volunteers，Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause，while still doing his full-time job waiting tables．"Of the diabetes charities out there，most are putting money into finding a cure，"says Bentley Gubar one of Rockstar's original members．"But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now．"
56．Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas？C
A．He needs to go to the doctor every day．
B．He studies the leading cause of diabetes
C．He has a positive attitude to this disease．
D．He encourages diabetics by writing articles．
57．Diabeitcrockstar．com was created forA．
A．diabetics to communicate         
B．volunteers to find jobs   
C．children to amuse themselves      
D．rock stars to share resources．
58．According to the text，KodyB．
A．feel lonely because of his illness
B．benefits from diabeticrockstar．com
C．helps create the online kid's forums
D．writes children's stories online
59．What can we learn about Fight It？A
A．It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties．
B．It organizes parties for volunteer once a year．
C．It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics．
D．It owns a well-known medical website．
60．The last paragraph suggests that ThomasC．
A．works full-time in a diabetes charity     
B．employs 22 people for his website
C．helps diabetics in his own way          
D．ties to find a cure for diabetes．

Answer 1

分析 本文寫了糖尿病患者Thamas與疾病做斗爭(zhēng)的過(guò)程中，幫助他人的故事．

解答 56．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back．托馬斯決定找個(gè)辦法反擊，然后改變工作積極與疾病作斗爭(zhēng)，由此可以推斷他對(duì)疾病的態(tài)度是積極的，所以答案選C．
57．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)句子created diabeticrockstar．com，a free online community for diabetics，創(chuàng)建diabeticrockstar．com，這是糖尿病患者一個(gè)免費(fèi)的在線社區(qū)，所以答案選A．
58．B 推理判斷題．通過(guò)讀文章知道Kody是一個(gè)六型糖尿病的患者，visit the online children's forums通過(guò)拜訪這個(gè)網(wǎng)站孩子的論壇，得到了改變，可以推測(cè)出這個(gè)孩子在這家網(wǎng)站得到了益處，所以答案選B．
59．A Fight It，which provides medicines and supplies to people-225 to date-who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses它提供藥品和物資給那些擔(dān)負(fù)不起糖尿病巨大開(kāi)支的病人，所以答案選A．
60．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段的句子Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause，while still doing his full-time job waiting tables在做他全職工作的同時(shí)，每個(gè)星期THomas經(jīng)常要貢獻(xiàn)出50個(gè)小時(shí)幫助人，所以答案選C．

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