题目内容

2.CAt one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse.Today,however,America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I.Recently about 2,000,000nurses are needed and 60percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages large enough to threaten(=say that you will hurt somebody if they don't do what you want) the quality of care provided.The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.
What has become of these women in white?The answer lies in not one but several causes.One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options(职业选择).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 work force,but their choices have greatly increased.There are women doctors,lawyers,firefighters and police officers.In 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(地位).A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as"just a nurse".Teachers may be also at fault.Many high school students are actually being steered(劝导) away from nursing,told by teachers that they are"too bright to be a nurse".
Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention.In fact,the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years.Obviously a larger population requires more nurses.AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care.Usually fatal 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.
44.Why is America facing its worst nurse shortage?C
A.Because American health conditions are becoming worse and worse.
B.Because more and more women prefer to be teachers and doctors.
C.Because women have been provided with many different jobs.
D.Because women no longer choose to be nurses.
45.The passage tells us that high school teachers are at fault forD.
A.not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US
B.introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students
C.not asking the government to raise the nurses'payment
D.persuading the students not to be nurses
46.The author wrote this passage in order toB.
A.describe the unequal treatment of women in the US
B.warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem
C.tell us women's free choice of jobs today
D.call on women not to be nurses
47.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?D
A.High school students think themselves too bright to be nurses.
B.Women in the US have greater career choice than those in other countries.
C.Of all the hospitals in the world 60percent more nurses are badly needed.
D.Nursing used to be a popular job among women.

分析 本文是一篇说明文,介绍对的是第一次世界大战后,美国护士职业率显著降低,其中一个原因是同过去相比,妇女有更多的职业选择,并且护士这一行业在教育领域受到冷落.然而美国无论现在还是将来,为满足医疗领域对护士的大量需求,需要更多的就业者步入护士行业.

解答 44.C.推理判断题.由第二段one possibility is the fact that woman have greater career options (职业选择),其中一个可能是妇女有越来越多的职业选择,C项因为妇女被提供许多不同的工作,故选C项.
45.D.细节理解题.对于高校老师的责任,由文中Teachers may be also at fault.Many high school studentsare actually being steered(劝 导)away from nursing,told by teachers that they are"too bright to be a nurse".很多高中生事实上被劝导远离护理,并被老师告知他们很有前途,不能仅仅从事护士这一行业,可知,老师在思想上劝导学生不要去当护士,故选D项.
46.B 推理判断题.全文讲述的是美国的护士行业面临着重大威胁,急需护士从业人员,且文章最后也提到未来美国对护士就业人员只会有增无减,所以可以推导出作者希望就护士行业,能引起广泛注意,选故B项.
47.D.细节理解题.At one time it was the dream for many little girls to become a nurse.可知,曾经对于很多小女孩来说,护士是一个梦想.故选D项.

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

练习册系列答案
相关题目
7.Do you know Australia?Australia is the largest island in the world.It is a little smaller than China.It is in the south of the earth.(16)DThe population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.(17)A The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution.The sky is blue and the water is clean.You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers.Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth,the biggest city in western Australia,and went to a wild flowers'exhibition.(18)FWe had a wonderful time.Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers.In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers'exhibition.
After visiting Perth,we spent the day in the countryside.We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill.It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves.Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill.(19)EThere were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.(20)CAfter a short drive from any town,you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep.Sheep,sheep,everywhere are sheep.

A.The government has made enough laws to fight pollution.
B.Australia is the sixth largest country in the world.
C.Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos.
D.Australia is big,but its population is not large.
E.What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could.
F.There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before.
G.The people of Australia are very hard-working.
11.This is not a typical summer camp.Michelle Paw law and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three-day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside Washington.Firefighter Clare Burley is in charge of the program,who said the purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career.
The free-of-charge,overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do to protect the community.That includes some rigorous(严酷的) activities such as moving a fire victim."I didn't think I could pull that 170pound body with a friend,but I was actually able to do it."she said.
They take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck,operate emergency tools and rescue an injured person.They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment.
"Every week without fail on a Saturday,the job is to wash all the equipment.And we wanted the girls to see this is what we do.This is a typical day in a firehouse,"she said.
Firefighting is still a male-dominated service,but Burley says with 22women on its force of 320the Arlington County Fire Department is above the national average of 4.5percent.She joined the department seven years ago.
"We do everything that the guys do to the same standard.We are tested to the same standard.We are expected to operate at the same standard,"she said.
Most of the girls say they had never thought about becoming a firefighter,but the camp was a great learning experience."I think it is definitely not a job that only men can do.Women can do it just as well as men can,"said Michelle Pawlaw.
21.What's the purpose of the summer camp?D
A.To tell the girls how to put firefighting knowledge into practice.
B.To teach the girls what to do when caught in fire.
C.To provide the girls with a typical summer camp
D.To attract more girls to take firefighting as a career.
22.What can we infer from Paragraph 5?A
A.Arlington County Fire Department is in the lead in employing women firefighters.
B.Arlington County Fire Department is the first to employ women firefighters.
C.More and more women are ready to join the fire department.
D.No women ever want to perform the firefighting service.
23.What can we infer from Michelle's words in the last paragraph?C
A.She has determined to join the firefighters in the future.
B.She will persuade her fellow students to join in the camp.
C.She realizes that women can also be good firefighters.
D.She thinks women can do better than men.
4.It's that time of year when people need to lock their cars.It's not because there are a lot of criminals running around stealing cars.Rather,it's because of good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest.Especially with this year's large crop,leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to fill it with zucchini(西葫芦).
    My sister,Sharon,recently had a good year for tomatoes.She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they had begun to feel their skin turn slightly red.That's when she decided it was time to share her blessings.She started calling everyone she knew.When that failed,she began asking everyone in the neighborhood,eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes."Feel free to take whatever you want,"Sharon told her.Later that day,Sharon found that her garden had indeed been harvested.She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didn't go to waste.
    A few days later,Sharon answered the door.There was the neighbor,holding a hot loaf of bread.The neighbor smiled pleasantly,"I wanted to thank you for all of the tomatoes,and I have to admit that I took a few other things and hoped you wouldn't mind."
    Sharon couldn't think of anything else in her garden that had been worth harvesting and said so."Oh,but you did,"the neighbor said."You had some of the prettiest zucchini I've ever seen."
    Sharon was confused.They hadn't even planted any zucchini.But her neighbor insisted that there really were bright-green zucchini in her garden.Sharon felt curious and decided to go to see where the zucchini had grown.The two of them walked together into the backyard.When the neighbor pointed at the long green vegetables,Sharon smiled."Well,actually,those are cucumbers that we never harvested,because they got too big,soft and bitter for eating."
    The neighbor looked at Sharon,shock written all over her face.She gulped(哽住)a few times,and then,smiling,held out the bread,part of a batch she had shared all over the neighborhood."I brought you a nice loaf of cucumber bread.I hope you like it."
28.Why does the author warn people in the neighborhood to lock their cars?C
A.They might be stolen by thieves at night.
B.They might be moved away by the police.
C.Their neighbors might fill them with their harvest.
D.Their neighbors might throw cucumbers into them.
29.How did Sharon's friends react to the invitation to take her tomatoes?A
A.They did not accept her kind offer.
B.They were all delighted to have the tomatoes.
C.They said they would go when they were free.
D.They began to tell everyone they knew about it.
30.What did the neighbor do in Sharon's garden?B
A.She only harvested some tomatoes.
B.She took some cucumbers mistakenly.
C.She took something with Sharon's help.
D.She harvested a few zucchini by accident.
31.We can infer that the neighbor's bread would tasteC.
A.soft and sweet   
B.hard and sour    
C.funny and bitter    
D.fragrant and delicious.

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网