Question

It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25.

I was nurse on duty that day. I didn’t think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies showed up at my desk, a pale woman and four small children.

“Are you all sick?” I asked suspiciously.

“Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.

But when it came to descriptions of their presenting problems, things got a little vague. Two of the children had headaches, but the headaches weren’t accompanied by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.

Something was wrong, but I didn’t say anything but explained that it might be a little while before a doctor saw her. She responded, “Take your time; it’s warm here.”

On a hunch (出于直觉), I checked the chart after the admitting clerk had finished registering the family. No address---they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.

I looked out at the family huddled by the Christmas tree. The little one was pointing at the television and exclaiming something to her mother. The oldest one was looking at an ornament on the Christmas tree.

I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses, grumbling about working Christmas, turned to compassion for a family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a medical emergency. But this one was a Christmas emergency.

We were all offered a free meal in the hospital cafeteria on Christmas Day, so we claimed that meal and prepared a banquet for our Christmas guests. We needed presents. We put together oranges and apples in a basket. We collected from different departments candies, crayons and other things available that could be presents. As seriously as we met the physical needs of the patients that came to us that day, our team worked to meet the needs, and exceed the expectations, of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas Day.

Later, as the family walked to the door to leave, the four year old came running back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”

1.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A．Working Christmas Day                   B．Christmas Day is Coming

C．A Happy Family                         D．A Pale Woman and Four Small Children

2.What kind of person do you think the author is?

A．Hardworking and outgoing                B．Serious and careful

C．Hardworking and warmhearted             D．Serious and stubborn

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Something was wrong with one of the children’s heads.

B．The pale woman forgot to write the address.

C．The author did not understand the truth.

D．The children’s mother told a lie.

4.It can be inferred from the text that______.

A．The author didn’t think there would be any patients on Christmas Day

B．The woman was uncomfortable when she lowered her head

C．The family appeared in the emergency room on Christmas Eve

D．The woman and four small children were satisfied and grateful

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文记叙了圣诞节的作者值班室经历的一次特殊的“急诊”——圣诞节，一个无家可归的家庭为了到医院来御寒而假装孩子生病到医院看病，作者及医院的其他值班人员热心的让他们一家度过一个真正温暖的圣诞节的故事。

1.综合本文，本文讲述圣诞节的“急诊”故事，故选A工作着的圣诞节。

2.从文章中可知，作者在圣诞节日当天还辛勤的值班，并且通过宴会满足这家人想过一个温暖的圣诞节的愿望，说明作者既勤奋又热心肠。

3.细节题，从第五段至第七段可知，这一家人中并没有人生病，他们只是无家可归的一家子，他们是为了到医院御寒而撒了一个谎，故选答案D

4.推断题。答案AB是文章中直接提到的信息，不是推断出来的，不入选。C答案错误在Christmas Eve，应该是Christmas .故选D

考点：教育类记叙文

点评：本文记叙了圣诞节的作者值班室经历的一次特殊的“急诊”。答题前一定要读懂全文。本文是以“孩子生病”为引线，一定要注意体会该重要线索，然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。