阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案

 Charles Drew, a young black doctor, became an expert in the field of blood and blood transfusions(输血).He discovered a way of isolating(分离)the liquid part of the blood, called plasma, from whole bloodPlasma could then be changed into powder and stored a certain period of timeDuring World War II blood plasma was badly neededDrew's discovery had been most timely, and many thousands of lives were saved on battlefields all over the world

 One evening, after the war, Dr Drew lost control of his car on a highway somewhere in the southern United StatesHe was seriously hurt, and taken to a hospital nearbyBut it was only for the white peopleIt didn't offer Drew the care he neededHe died from loss of bloodHis own discovery --- blood plasma --- could have saved his life

(1) The liquid part of blood ________.   

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Awas invented by Drew

Bcouldn't be frozen

Cis called plasma

Dhas nothing to do with transfusion

(2) Drew's discovery was timely because ________.   

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Athe soldiers were very hungry

Bprize was offered for it

Che needed the money

Dblood transfusions were badly needed in the war

(3) Dr Drew received no care because ________

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Athe hospital had no blood

Bhe was black

Chis age was against him

Dhis leg was broken

(4) At a different time or hospital ________

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ADrew might have died sooner

Bblood would have been lost

Cthere would have been doctors and nurses

DDrew might have been cared for

第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When asked what was the meaning of life, Dr. Papaderos brought out a very small round

mirror. And his  36  went like this:

“When I was a small child, during the war, we were very  37  and we lived in a remote

village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a  38 . A German motorcycle had

been broken in that place.

“I  39  to find all the pieces and put them  40 , but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece and made it  41 . I began to play with it as a toy and became  42  by the fact that I could reflect light into dark  43  where the sun would never shine—in deep holes and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most  44  places I could find.

“I  45  the little mirror, and as I grew up, I would take it out in free moments and  46 

the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to  47  that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor (隐喻) for what I might do with my  48 . I came to understand that I am not the light or the  49  of light. But light — truth, understanding, knowledge — is

there,  50  it will shine in many dark places  51  I reflect it.

“I am a fragment (碎片) of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can  52  light into the dark places of this world — into the  53  places in the hearts of men—and  54  some things in some people. Perhaps others may

see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the  55  of my life.”

36. A. view         B. idea        C. theory    D. answer

37. A. rich      B. good   C. poor   D. special

38. A. mirror       B. metal      C. wheel            D. bicycle

39. A. managed     B. tried   C. went D. remembered

40. A. off           B. together         C. up          D. back

41. A. smooth B. small  C. round  D. bright

42. A. fascinated        B. confused        C. puzzled          D. moved

43. A. hearts       B. closets    C. holes       D. places

44. A. inacceptable B. inaccessible       C. remote       D. distant

45. A. hid           B. played with           C. made      D. kept

46. A. continue          B. start        C. complete        D. stop

47. A. expect  B. admit  C. understand  D. recognize

48. A. life           B. work       C. action    D. words

49. A. resource           B. course    C. cause      D. source

50. A. but       B. besides       C. and     D. yet

51. A. as if     B. only if       C. even if       D. if only

52. A. represent          B. improve         C. explain           D. reflect

53. A. inside   B. black  C. secret  D. dirty

54. A. get           B. protect           C. find        D. change

55. A. meaning          B. importance    C. nature    D. explanation

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