A A 34-year-old mother has spoken of how she woke up thinking she was 15 years old and living in 1992. Naomi Jacobs, from Manchester, was convinced she was still a teenager. In her mind, John Major was Prime Minister and George Bush Sr. was running the White House. She also revealed how she screamed when a boy appeared and called her “Mum”. Mobile phones and e-mail were puzzling and Google, Facebook and YouTube sounded like made-up words, she said. Ms. Jacobs, who had no memory of the years, was told by doctors that she had Transient Global Amnesia (TGA). She has now written a book about the experience which happened in 2008. “I fell asleep in 1992 as a brave, very confident know-it-all 15-year-old, and woke up as a 32-year-old single mum living in a rented house，” Ms. Jacobs said. “The last thing I remember was falling asleep in my bed, dreaming about a boy in my class. When I woke up, I looked in the mirror and had the fright of my life when I saw an old woman with wrinkles staring back at me. Then a little boy appeared and started calling me Mum. That's when I started to scream. I didn't know who he was. I didn't think he was much younger than I was, and I certainly didn't remember giving birth to him. I began sobbing uncontrollably. I just wanted my mum. I couldn't get my head around going to bed one night and waking up in a different century.” TGA is a rare type of amnesia which can occur suddenly, affecting around three people per 100,000 each year. Fortunately, permanent memory loss is rare. Ms. Jacobs' memory started to return after eight weeks. Some people who often suffer from migraines (偏头痛) also appear to be more likely to have TGA. The cause of TGA is unknown. Some think that it may be caused by a temporary disruption of blood flow to parts of the brain involved in memory. 1．When a little boy came to call her “Mum”， Naomi Jacobs was ________. A．excited　　　　　　　　 B．frightened C．worried D．embarrassed 解析：选B。细节理解题。由第二段中的“She also revealed how she screamed when a boy appeared and called her ‘Mum’”及第四段的描述可知，当一个男孩跑过来叫“妈妈”时，她非常恐惧。 2．What was the last thing Naomi Jacobs could remember? A．She was a brave and confident girl. B．She met an old woman with wrinkles. C．George Bush Sr. was elected President. D．She fell asleep dreaming of a boy in her class. 解析：选D。细节理解题。由第四段中的“The last thing I remember was falling asleep in my bed, dreaming about a boy in my class”可知，Naomi Jacobs 记忆中的最后一件事情是躺在床上睡觉梦见班上的男同学。故选D。 3．According to the text, TGA ________. A．is quite common B．is caused by brain injuries C．makes people have migraines D．causes people to lose part of their memory 解析：选C。细节理解题。由第五段第一句可知C项表述正确；由第五段第二句可知D项表述错误；由第五段最后一句可知B项错误；由最后一段第二句话可知A项表述错误。 5．What's the main idea of the text? A．Naomi Jacobs has a poor memory. B．Naomi Jacobs gets an amazing career after TGA. C．Naomi Jacobs succeeds in overcoming the disease. D．Naomi Jacobs wakes up with the memory of her youth. 解析：选D。主旨大意题。本文主要讲的是Naomi Jacobs患上失忆症，一觉醒来觉得自己只有15岁，连儿子也不认识了。故选D。 B Oscar the cat seems to have an unnatural ability to predict when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up (蜷伏) next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means the patient has less than four hours to live. “Many family members take some comfort from it. They appreciate the companionship that the cat provides for their dying loved one，” said Dosa, a doctor and assistant professor of medicine at Brown University. The 2-year-old cat was adopted as a kitten and grew up in a thirdfloor dementia (痴呆) unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where the facility treats people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and other illnesses. After about six months, the staff noticed Oscar would make his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses. He'd smell and observe patients, then sit beside people who would end up dying in a few hours. Dosa said Oscar seems to take his work seriously. “This is not a cat that's friendly to people，” he said. “Oscar is better at predicting death than the people who work here，” said Dr. Joan Teno of Brown University, who treats patients at the nursing home and is an expert on care for the terminally ill. She was convinced of Oscar's talent, when he made his 13th correct call. While observing one patient, Teno said she noticed the woman wasn't eating, was breathing with difficulty and that her legs had a bluish color, signs that often mean death is near. Oscar wouldn't stay inside the room, though, so Teno thought his__streak_was_broken. Instead, it turned out the doctor's prediction was about 10 hours earlier. Sure enough, during the patient's final two hours, nurses told Teno that Oscar joined the woman at her bedside. Doctors say most of the people who get a visit from the sweet-faced, gray-and-white cat are so ill that they probably don't know he's there, so patients aren't aware he's a predictor of death. Most families are grateful for the advance warning, although one wanted Oscar out of the room while a family member died. When Oscar is put outside, he paces and meows his displeasure. No one's certain if Oscar's behavior is scientifically significant or points to a cause. Teno wonders if the cat senses mysterious scents or reads something from the behavior of the nurses who raised him. Nursing home staff aren't concerned with explaining Oscar's behavior, so long as he gives families a better chance of saying goodbye to the dying. The staff recently gave Oscar a wall sign publicly praising his “sympathetic care”． 6．What makes Oscar the cat so special? A．He observes the cases of dying patients. B．He curls up next to the patients. C．He calls family members to the hospital. D．He senses when patients are to die. 解析：选D。细节理解题。由第一段第一句可知，这只叫Oscar的猫的最独特之处是它可以预感到一个人即将去世。 7．The passage tells us Oscar ________. A．would go round and observe patients B．may sometimes fail to predict death C．is friendly and liked by every patient D．was born and grew up in the hospital 解析：选A。细节理解题。由第二段第二、三句话可知，Oscar总是到处转并观察病人。 8．The underlined sentence “his streak was broken” probably means ________. A．his bones were severely injured B．his magic power stopped working C．his devotion to work got changed D．his friendship with patients ended 解析：选B。句意猜测题。根据那个病人的状况，医生断定她快要不行了，而Oscar却并没有陪在她旁边，因此医生认为Oscar的“特异功能”失灵了。 9．From the passage, we learn that ________. A．Oscar's behavior is scientifically significant B．Oscar can read something from the nurses' behavior C．Oscar might like to stay with the dying patients D．Oscar is sympathetic to the dying patients 解析：选C。推理判断题。当Oscar预感到一个人快要去世时，它会蜷伏在这个人身边，直到他死去，故可推测Oscar可能喜欢陪在临终的人的身边。  版权所有：高考资源网(www.ks5u.com)
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