問題詳情


(A) Jean-Dominique Bauby, the inventive and charismatic editor-in-chief of Elle in France, suffered amassive stroke in December 1995. After lapsing into a three-week __11__ , he awoke to find himself avictim of “locked in syndrome”, a condition in which the mind is completely fine yet with the body__12__ head to toe. What Bauby was able to move then was his left eyelid. Rather than cry over thistragedy, Bauby __13__ his thoughts on life one letter at a time by blinking his left eye and managed towrite a memoir. The book’s title The Diving Bell and the Butterfly refers to the contrast-- his paralysisfeels like a giant invisible diving bell holding the whole body prisoner while his mind __14__ like abutterfly. Amidst the worst of circumstances, Bauby grabs hold of the preciousness and beauty of life.He __15__ a trip to Lourdes with his ex-wife; he compares his locked-in state with __16__ of his father ,who is old and frail; he discusses his love of sausage and how that ties into a memory of hisgrandfather’s nurse; he describes the __17__ Father’s Day spent with his two children whom he can’thug or kiss due to his condition. The chapters range in emotion from sadness to humor to love tofrustration – but never to __18__. The book serves as a __19__ to Bauby’s courageous spirit. He diedtwo days after the French publication.
11.
(A)sermon
(B) coma
(C)consciousness
(D) aroma

參考答案

答案：B[無官方正解]
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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