题目内容
Many rural areas in the United States have no doctor. Some medical schools are trying different ways to treat the problem . One idea is to educate doctors in smaller communities and hope they stay. Dr. William Cathcart-Rake heads a new program at the University of Kansas in the Midwest.
“We need more doctors. There’s somewhere like a quarter of all of our physicians in Kansas who are sixty years of age or older. So we need to be replacing physicians, too.”Says Dr. William Cathcart. He also says medical students from rural areas now typically study in Wichita or Kansas City, two of the biggest cities in Kansas. They say, “You know, I really have every intention of coming back to rural Kansas,”but they meet a soul mate, they get married, their soul mate happens to be from a big city and we never see them again. They get captured in the big city. Hopefully, if we train them in smaller communities, they can meet the future spouses here , they can network here, and they have those connections which can hopefully be lifelong.
The program is based in Kansas’ tenth largest city , Salina, home to about fifty thousand people. Salina is about a three-hour drive from Kansas City, past fields of corn, soybeans and cattle.
Student Claire Hinrichsen grew up in a town of about six hundred people. She attended the University of Kansas, or KU, as an undergraduate. One reason why the chose the Salina program is because of the size. There are only eight students—the smallest medical school in the country. Classes are taught by professors in Salina or on a video link from Kansas City or Wichita.
Students who complete the four year program will then do their residency training in a small community in the surrounding area. One place a resident might work is the Clay Center Clinic, where Dr. Kerry Murphy is a family physician.
Rural doctors generally serve older, poorer patients. Going into a specialty in a big city can mean better working hours and more money to pay off student loans.
The Salina program will pay tuition for each year that students practice in a rural area in Kansas.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “spouses”in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.Wives husbands. | B.Homes. | C.Families. | D.Physicians. |
A.they don’t like to live in the rural Kansas |
B.there are not many girls in the rural Kansas |
C.they found their soul mates in cities |
D.the life in rural Kansas is so hard |
A.Salina has a population of 500,000 |
B.a quarter of all physicians in Kansas are too old for the ideal doctors |
C.William Cathcart-Rake heads a new program in rural Kansas |
D.Educating more doctors in cities can settle the problem |
A.Because she found her soul mate in rural Kanas. |
B.Because she likes to work as a doctor. |
C.Because she grew up in a town of 6,000 people. |
D.Because she likes the size of the program. |
A.To make it known that it lacks doctors very much in rural Kansas. |
B.To introduce a program handling the lack of doctors in rural Kansas. |
C.To train students to become doctors for rural Kansas. |
D.To meet the demands of doctors for many rural towns in Kansas. |
【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】B
【小题4】D
【小题5】B
解析
A community garden is a shared garden. A group of people get together and share a piece of land for their garden. This could be an empty place, or simply one at a neighbor's house.
Community gardens are not limited to urban locations. Many rural communities share garden space as well . Some communities will divide their garden into individual plots and others will work on the entire garden together. You may find some community gardens on rooftops. This provides a platform for city citizen, where they can communicate with nature even when there no yard space.
community garden can be used to grow flowers and other plants as well as produce. Some community gardeners choose to sell their homegrown goods. Others choose to use it themselves and some do a combination of both . Some community gardeners donate part of their produce to local food banks . Besides, homegrown produce is also much fresher and tastier.
When you belong to a community garden it also gives you a chance to socialize with your neighbor. You'll develop a better sense of involvement and belonging. You'll be communicating with people of similar interests, as well as people with different ideas .Community gardening often leads to setting up other community projects.
It brings a sense of achievement to know that you've taken apiece of waste land and turned it into something beautiful .The entire neighborhood will enjoy the benefits of your bard work.
A community garden is an opportunity for education as well .You may learn from your fellow gardeners .You can also ask local children to join you .This gives them a way to show their creativity and keep them busy, and points them in the right direction.
【小题1】People can find a community garden________
A.near the river |
B.only in rural areas |
C.only in urban locations |
D.both in rural and urban communities |
A.A sense of achievement. |
B.A sense of involvement and belonging |
C.An opportunity for education |
D.A method to ease urban crowdedness |
A.will replace other community projects |
B.is especially suitable for rural areas |
C.can sometimes be on the top of a roof |
D.can only be shared where there is no yard space |
A. The produce of a community garden.
B. The location of a community garden.
C The definition of a community garden
D. The popularity of a community garden.
【小题5】It can be learned from the passage that a community garden can __________
A. make it unnecessary to go shopping
B improve your study a lot at school
C. make you richer and healthier
D. help you to avoid feeling lonely