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高二阅读理解 A After the operation, Peter suffered severe pain, but insisted that he didn’t need any treatment. One evening, he found Susan, his wife, crying in the kitchen of their apartment in a rare outburst of frustration. “If you won’t help yourself, no one else can,” she said. Peter started a list “How to Help Myself”, and on it he wrote, “Keep communicating with the doctors, even if they are dark thoughts.” On October 20th, a few days before his 33 birthday, Peter wrote in a Facebook post, “Its been hard to get along with having an incurable Grade 4 brain cancer; its been hard not to get angry and sad about it; and its been hard to accept that modern medicine isnt able to fix me.” But at the same time, he wrote, “Every day I wake up not-dead is a gift.” Peter and Susan had other lists, detailing the things that they hoped to accomplish in life, which included a trip to Wimbledon; climbing Mt. Snowdon in Wales; and a list of musical wishes—from learning the Bach sonatas (奏鸣曲) and partitas (变奏曲) to performing the first violin part in a concert. Peter started working on Bach’s six sonatas and partitas, the most difficult parts, which George Enescu, a world-famous violinist, once described as the Himalayas (喜马拉雅山) for violinists. Peter practiced every day, even if he could manage only fifteen minutes between medical treatments. As he mastered each piece, he posted his performances on Facebook. He finished on November 12th, then turned to the even more difficult Paganini caprices (随想曲), which he had often listened to in a recording by Itzhak Perlman. “Its something I always wanted to play when I grew up, like wanting to be a great baseball player,” he said. 21. Susan cried in the kitchen because_______________. A. she suffered great pain from the Grade 4 brain cancer B. Peter refused to get medical treatment after the operation C. nobody else wanted to help them out of the situation D. no money was left to pay for Peters medical treatment 22. Which of the following can