听力原文：
Passage Three

Janet James was 22 years old when she was diagnosed with MS - a disease that attacks the body's nerves. She had just graduated from college and got a job at an advertising agency when she began to sense that something strange was going on inside her body. When James realized how severe her illness was, she knew she had better hurry up and live life. MS is the biggest crippler of young adults. And although she didn't have many symptoms, she knew it was just a matter of time. First on her agenda was to pursue her dream of hosting a pop music program. She worked at a radio station for a year, always aware that her body was degenerating. Then her best friend moved away. And one night James began screaming, "I got to go! I got to go!" Two weeks later, she arrived at Alaska, thousands of miles from her friends, her family and her past. "Everything fell into a place", she recalls. A 23-year-old girl with an incurable disease can fly to Alaska and everything can work out. The MS attacks came and went. And most of the time they hardly slowed her down. James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning. "I lived for adventure", she says. "Nobody ever had a better time or did more exotic strange things than I did in an 80-year period." Inevitably, however, the day came when she was so weakened that she had to return to Pittsburgh, her home town. There she began relieving her adventures by writing a book about them. Her book was published in 1993.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q23：What does the speaker say about MS?

预览三道题的各选项，其中出现了uncommon infectious disease，patient，diagnose，crippler，best cure等，因此预测短文可能与某种严重的疾病相关。
短文中在介绍MS(多发性硬化症)时提到，MS是青少年致残的最重要的因素。D与原文的表述一致，因此为答案。

听力原文：
Passage Three

Janet James was 22 years old when she was diagnosed with MS - a disease that attacks the body's nerves. She had just graduated from college and got a job at an advertising agency when she began to sense that something strange was going on inside her body. When James realized how severe her illness was, she knew she had better hurry up and live life. MS is the biggest crippler of young adults. And although she didn't have many symptoms, she knew it was just a matter of time. First on her agenda was to pursue her dream of hosting a pop music program. She worked at a radio station for a year, always aware that her body was degenerating. Then her best friend moved away. And one night James began screaming, "I got to go! I got to go!" Two weeks later, she arrived at Alaska, thousands of miles from her friends, her family and her past. "Everything fell into a place", she recalls. A 23-year-old girl with an incurable disease can fly to Alaska and everything can work out. The MS attacks came and went. And most of the time they hardly slowed her down. James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning. "I lived for adventure", she says. "Nobody ever had a better time or did more exotic strange things than I did in an 80-year period." Inevitably, however, the day came when she was so weakened that she had to return to Pittsburgh, her home town. There she began relieving her adventures by writing a book about them. Her book was published in 1993.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q24：What did Janet James decide to do after her disease was diagnosed?

短文中提到，在Janet James意识到所患疾病的严重程度之后，她觉得自己最好抓紧时间，享受生活。B的表述与原文一致，因此为答案。

听力原文：
Passage Three

Janet James was 22 years old when she was diagnosed with MS - a disease that attacks the body's nerves. She had just graduated from college and got a job at an advertising agency when she began to sense that something strange was going on inside her body. When James realized how severe her illness was, she knew she had better hurry up and live life. MS is the biggest crippler of young adults. And although she didn't have many symptoms, she knew it was just a matter of time. First on her agenda was to pursue her dream of hosting a pop music program. She worked at a radio station for a year, always aware that her body was degenerating. Then her best friend moved away. And one night James began screaming, "I got to go! I got to go!" Two weeks later, she arrived at Alaska, thousands of miles from her friends, her family and her past. "Everything fell into a place", she recalls. A 23-year-old girl with an incurable disease can fly to Alaska and everything can work out. The MS attacks came and went. And most of the time they hardly slowed her down. James hiked, fished, learnt to sail and experimented with hot air ballooning. "I lived for adventure", she says. "Nobody ever had a better time or did more exotic strange things than I did in an 80-year period." Inevitably, however, the day came when she was so weakened that she had to return to Pittsburgh, her home town. There she began relieving her adventures by writing a book about them. Her book was published in 1993.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q25：What sort of person can we infer Janet James is?

短文中提到，Janet James在得知患有重病之后，决定抓紧时间享受生活，尝试了很多冒险活动，如远足、垂钓、学习驾驶帆船、体验热气球飞行等。文中还提到她的一句话，“我活着就是为了冒险”。由此可见，Janet James是一个具有冒险精神的人，故本题答案为B。