单选题
Wayne Beno

Wayne Beno was a true outdoorsman. Fishing, boating, hunting, walking through the woods with his three dogs, Wayne loved and did it all. Then life changed dramatically. Wayne was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (帕金森氏病).
"For the next thirteen years I took 28 pills a day, had horrible side effects, and even with all those pills I still had lots of shaking and tremors (颤抖). I only went out during peak times, when I was looking and feeling my best. But that wasn't often and I really couldn't do much of anything. I felt like the life I loved was over," said Wayne.
Then Wayne's doctor in Green Bay suggested he consider a breakthrough surgical option being offered at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin called Deep Brain Stimulation (刺激) (DBS). DBS is a surgical option used to treat disabling movement disorders related to Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and more. It is not a cure, but significant improvement is seen in most movement disorder cases, with relatively low risk to the patient.
In addition to his doctor's recommendation, Wayne had a neighbor and fishing friend who had the DBS procedure at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. His friend's experience convinced Wayne that the 180-mile trip from his home in Crivitz, Wisconsin could be well worth the effort.
And was it ever. "It was the best thing I ever did. I'm down to zero pills a day and I don't shake at all," reports Wayne. "Before the surgery, I felt bad every single day. Now I feel like my old self. I'm back to business as usual, which for me means fishing, fishing, and more fishing, every day of the year. Things just couldn't be any better!"
单选题 Before getting Parkinson's disease, Wayne loved ______.
  • A. social activities
  • B. outdoor activities
  • C. productive activities
  • D. quiet activities
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。第一句就有答案，outdoorsman的意思是“热衷户外活动的人”，故本题答案为B。
单选题 What was true of the pills Wayne took for 13 years?
  • A. They cured his disease.
  • B. They produced terrible side effects.
  • C. They stopped his shaking and tremors.
  • D. They enabled him to go out as often as before.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。第二段描述了Wayne服用药物后的症状，第一句就讲明这些药片有可怕的副作用(horrible side effect)，故本题答案为B。
单选题 Deep Brain Stimulation is most effective for ______.
  • A. mental disorders
  • B. chronic diseases
  • C. permanent brain injuries
  • D. disabling movement disorders
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。由DBS回到原文定位到第三段第二句，DBS是专门治疗运动缺陷紊乱的，故本题答案为D。
单选题 Wayne had a neighbor and fishing friend who ______.
  • A. worked as a doctor
  • B. was against the DBS procedure
  • C. benefited from the DBS procedure
  • D. was a victim of the DBS procedure
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。由neighbor and fishing friend可定位到第四段，该段讲到这位邻居的亲身经历说服了(convince)他180英里的旅行是值得的。由此可推理本题答案为C。
单选题 After the surgery, Wayne felt ______.
  • A. completely recovered
  • B. bad every single day
  • C. pain every now and then
  • D. worse than before the surgery
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。最后一段讲手术前他每天都很糟糕，但手术后，他觉得好得不能再好了(couldn't be any better)，故本题答案为A。