题目内容：

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。

Just 10 years ago, I sat across the desk from a doctor. “Yes,” he said, “there is something wrong with the left, upper lung. You are suffering a severe cancer. You’ll have to give up work at once. Later on, we’ll see.”

Feeling like a man who is in mid­career has suddenly been placed under sentence of death, I left the doctor’s office, walked over to the park, and sat down on a chair. I needed to think. In the next 3 days, I cleared up my affairs, then I went home, got into bed, and set my watch to tick off not the minutes, but the months. Two years later, I left my bed and began the long climb back. It was another year before I made it.

I speak of this experience becausethese yearsthat passed so slowly taught me what to value and what to believe. I realize now that each day, to me, is a precious thing. I’ve learned to appreciate those little things I never thought I had the time to notice before: the play of light on running water, the music of the wind.

Frequently, I sit back and say to myself, “Let me make note of this moment I’m living right now, because in it I’m well, happy and hard at work doing what I like best to do. It won’t always be like this, so while it is, I’ll make the most of it—and afterwards, I remember—and be grateful. I contribute all these to that long time spent on the fight with cancer.”

1.Which word can best describe the author’s feeling after visiting the doctor?

A.Hopeless. B.Curious.

C.Confused. D.Energetic.

2.How long did it take the author to recover from his disease?

A.Two years and a half. B.Three years.

C.Three years and a half. D.Four years.

3.The underlined words “these years” in Paragraph 3 refer to the years when the author _______.

A.was ill

B.started his career

C.cleared up his affairs

D.struggled to go back to his work

4.By fighting with his disease, what did the author realize?

A.Patients should know how to get on with doctors.

B.Doctors should treat patients more carefully.

C.We should pay enough attention to diets.

D.We should value and appreciate life.