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【题目】 At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. 1 Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages, large enough to threaten the quality of care provided.

What has become of these women in white? 2 One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the workforce, but their options have greatly increased. 3In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as “merely a nurse”. Teachers may be also at fault. 4

Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. 5 Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal(致命的)diseases mean long hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.

A.The answer lies in not one but several causes.

B.Many students are actually away from nursing, told by teachers that they are “too bright to be a nurse”.

C.Today, however, many nurses have lost their jobs and led a poor life.

D.There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers.

E.Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I.

F.Women are treated unfairly when applying for jobs for quite a long time.

G.In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years.

【答案】

1E

2A

3D

4B

5G

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。目前,在美国60%的医院护士短缺,将要威胁医疗护理的质量。本文分析了女孩不想当护士的原因。

1考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据上句At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse.(曾经成为一名护士是很多小女孩的梦想)以及下句Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages(近来,需要200万名护士,在美国60%的医院护士短缺)可知。由此可推断出题空处应该是表与前文话题转折且承接下文,因此选项E. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. 然而,今天美国正面临着自从一战以来最严重的护士短缺符合题意,故选E。

2考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。上句What has become of these women in white?提到这些白衣女士发生了什么呢?接下来应该是回答这个问题,由此可推断出选项A. The answer lies in not one but several causes. 答案可能存在与多个原因。符合题意,故选A。

3考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据下文In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work.可知,实际上在当今社会,女性几乎参与到社会的各个领域。由此可推断出前句应该是讲女性就业选择得到扩大,因此选项D. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. 有女医生,女律师和女警官。符合题意,故选D。

4考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据上文Teachers may be also at fault.(老师也有失误之处)可知接下来应该是讲老师对于越来越的女性当护士这一现象中起到的作用。因此选项 B. Many students are actually away from nursing, told by teachers that they are “too bright to be a nurse”. 被老师告知你的前途太光明以至于不能当护士,很多学生远离护士行业。符合题意,故选B。

5考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据下文Obviously a larger population requires more nurses.(很明显大量的人口需要更多的护士)可知前句应该提到老年病人数量的增加,因此选项G. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. 事实上在过去二十年里老年病人的数量几乎翻倍。符合题意,故选G。

七选五题型考察学生把握整篇文章的布局和逻辑层次关系和把握微观信息间关联性这种题一般可从以下方面来做:

1)看首段,跳过空格快速通读全篇,确定文章体裁,抓住文章结构,分析篇章结构,了解文章大意。首段的末句一般是全文的主题所在,首段的末句对于快速掌握文章的主题具有重要意义。

2)精读空格前后两句,利用各种衔接手段选择正确的选项填入空格。七选五空出的是整个句子,可以通过选项中某个名词或动词跟空前或空后的一致性或者相关性来确定这两个句子之间有一种关联性,从而选择正确的答案。如第1题,根据上句At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse.以及下句Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages可知。由此可推断出题空处应该是表话题转折,因此选项E. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. 然而,今天美国正面临着自从一战以来最严重的护士短缺。符合题意,故选E。

3)解题的关键是能娴熟地利用各种衔接手段。尤其要注意代词,连词等。如表示转折关系的butthough, however 等。

最后,用代入法,检查答案是否合理,将所有选择答案放回空白处,通读全文,检查文章内容是否语义连贯合理、紧扣主题,语篇结构是否通顺连贯、具有一致性、合乎逻辑,写作思路是否清晰明了,格式以及用语是否恰当贴切,从而判断选择的答案是否正确。

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