题目内容
As a doctor, I ________ that I will be kind to my patients, love them and do my best to save their lives. That is my promise.
- A.assure
- B.predict
- C.purchase
- D.guarantee
As a doctor , it’s against my ______ to accept gifts from patients.
| A.emotions | B.principles | C.regulations | D.opinions |
Honesty,my mum always used to tell me,is the best policy.Of course,this didn’t include her when she told me that if I didn’t eat all my vegetables Father Christmas would find out and wouldn’t give me any presents.
But when it comes to medicine.I had assumed it was important to always be honest with my patients.After all,the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust,and therefore honesty is essential.Or so I thought.
I had just started working in geriatrics(老年病科).Mr. McMahon was brought in when his belly was found very swollen.I took a medical history from his daughter who’d accompanied him in the ambulance.She’d been his main carer for years.I stood looking at him as she gave a detailed history.“Has he lost any weight recently?”I asked.“Well,it’s funny you should mention that,but yes.”she said slowly.There was silence for a few moments.“Why? What are you worried about?”she asked.I hesitated.She was obviously very involved in his care and it was only fair that I told her the truth.“Well.we need to prove it’s not cancer.”I said and talked briefly about some of the tests I was going to order.
Half an hour later, a nurse called me:“Mr. McMahon’s daughter broke down--she said you told her he had cancer.”My heart sank.By the time I arrived at the ward,my consultant was already there,explaining that we still had to run lots of tests and that it was by no means confirmed that he had cancer.I stood silently at the end of the bed.My consultant was obviously angry with me and as we left Mr. McMahon,she turned to me.“Why on earth did you do that?”she asked in disbelief.I looked at her and bit my lip.“She asked me what I was worried about and I told her.”I said,hanging my head.“And give her more to worry about?”replied my consultant.“You don’t say the word‘cancer’until it’s confirmed.Even if you suspect it,think very carefully before you tell people.”
As it turned out, it wasn’t cancer.But I did learn that when someone is stressed and worried about their loved one they’re sometimes selective in what they hear and as a doctor it’s important to be mindful of this.In being truthful,I’d made the situation worse.
【小题1】The purpose of the first two paragraphs is to show that the author_____.
| A.misunderstood the doctor-patient relationship |
| B.was anxious to receive Christmas gifts |
| C.regarded honesty as the best policy |
| D.had an unhealthy eating habit |
| A.he told the daughter what he suspected |
| B.he delayed running the necessary tests |
| C.he failed to confirm the patient’s disease |
| D.he forgot what the consultant had advised |
| A.helpless | B.hurt | C.disappointed | D.guilty |
| A.Learning from parents is necessary. |
| B.Jumping to a conclusion is dangerous. |
| C.Telling the truth may not always be the best solution. |
| D.Selecting pleasant words may not be the perfect policy. |
I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly. As a doctor, mother and scientist in child development I believe there is nothing to recommend it, from the baby's point of view.
Mothers, doctors and nurse alike have no idea of where a baby's blood sugar level lies. All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. In this state, the baby is difficult to calm down and sleep is impossible. The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth.
It is not just unkind but also dangerous to say a four-hourly feeding schedule will make a baby satisfied. The first of the experts to advocate a strict clock-watching schedule was Dr Frederic Truby King who was against feeding in the night. I've never heard anything so ridiculous. Baby feeding shouldn't follow a timetable set by the mum. What is important is feeding a baby in the best way, though it may cause some inconvenience in the first few weeks.
Well, at last we have copper-bottomed research that supports demand feeding and points out the weaknesses of strictly timed feeding . The research finds out that babies who are fed on demand do better at school at age 5, 7 , 11 and 14, than babies fed according to the clock. By the age of 8, their IQ(智商)scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable. This research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample(样本)of 10,419 children born in the early 1990s,taking account of parental education, family income, a child's sex and age, the mother's health and feeling style. These results don't surprise me. Feeling according to schedule runs the risk of harming the rapidly growing brain by taking no account of sinking blood sugar levels.
I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeling practices.
【小题1】What does the author think about Dr King?
| A.He is strict |
| B.He is unkind |
| C.He has the wrong idea. |
| D.He sets a timetable for mothers |
| A.basic | B.reliable | C.surprising | D.interesting |
| A.The baby will sleep well. |
| B.The baby will have its brain harmed. |
| C.The baby will have a low blood sugar level. |
| D.The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8. |
| A.in the night |
| B.every four hours |
| C.whenever it wants food |
| D.according to its blood sugar level |