Question

  The story happened in Vietnam during the war. A bomb(炸弹)landed in an orphanage(孤儿院)and several children were wounded, (1) an 8-year-old girl. People from the village requested medical help from the nearby American forces. Soon,an American doctor and a nurse arrived in a jeep. They found out the girl was the most seriously injured. (2) quick transfusion( putting new blood into a person's body) ，she would die of shock and (3) of blood. A quick test showed that (4) American had the correct blood (5) but several of the uninjured orphans (children losing their parents) did. Speaking poor Vietnamese, the doctor tried to explain to those (6) orphans that unless they could replace some of the girl's lost blood，she would die. Then they asked if anyone would be willing to give blood to help. The request was met with (7) After several moments, a small hand slowly went up,dropped back down,and then went up again. He was Heng.

  Heng was quickly (8) on a bed,and a needle(if) was inserted in his arm. After a moment, he let out a sob(抽泣)，quickly covering his face with his (9) hand. When the doctor asked him if the needle hurt,he (10) his head. But soon his occasional sobs gave (11) to a steady, silent crying. Something seemed (12) . At this point, a Vietnamese nurse arrived to help. She spoke to the boy rapidly in Vietnamese and after a moment, the patient stopped crying and a(n) (13) of happiness spread over his face.

  Glancing up,the nurse said to the American, "He thought he was dying. He misunderstood you. He thought you had asked him to give all his blood (14) the little girl could live."

  "But why would he be willing to do that?"

  The Vietnamese nurse (15) the question to the boy,who answered simply, "She's my friend.”

(   ) 1. A. including    B. concerning C. containing    D. regarding

(   ) 2. A. Without    B. For        C. Besides    D. Except

(   ) 3. A. lay    B. increase      C. leak    D. loss

(   ) 4. A. both    B. neither      C. either    D. each

(   ) 5. A. kind    B. type        C. sort    D. form

(   ) 6. A. frightened    B. injured    C. surprised    D. hurt

(   ) 7. A. peace    B. calm        C. absence    D. silence

(   ) 8. A. lain    B. laid       C. lied    D. lay

(   ) 9. A. free    B. another    C. extra    D. second

(   ) 10. A. raised    B. lowered    C. shook    D. nodded

(   ) 11. A. way    B. time        C. room    D. chance

(   ) 12. A. correct    B. right      C. normal    D. wrong

(   ) 13. A. appear    B. sight     C. sense    D. look

(   ) 14. A. because    B. when      C. so    D. although

(   ) 15. A. gave    B. replied      C. repeated    D. said

Answer 1

1. A including意为"包括"。

2. A  如果不赶快输血，这个女孩就会死于休克和失血过多。

3. D loss是lose的名词形式,意为"损失，减少，亏损"，这里指血的流失。

4. B 通过下句but several of the uninjured orphans did可知两个美国人的血型都不合。

5. B 表示"血型"应用blood type。

6. A 表示受到炸弹轰炸的孩子肯定会感到害怕。

7. D 由于关H医护人员越南语差，所表达的意思孤儿们听不懂，所以当医护人员请求孤儿们献血给那个重伤女孩时，他们遭到了冷遇。

8. B  男孩被放在床上。

9. A 一只手在输血，另一只手是空出来的。

10. C shake one's head意为"摇头"。

11. A give way to意为"让步，听任"。本句意为:偶尔的抽泣变成了不停的、默不出声的哭泣。

12. D小男孩哭个不停,似乎哪里出了差错。

13. D look指高兴的"表情"。

14. C小男孩误认为为了使小女孩能够活下来，医生要把他的血抽光，而他将会死去，所以他哭了。

15. C越南护士向小男孩重复那个问题。