题目内容
(Reuters)--- A Michigan man credited his dog with saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor(昏迷)
Jerry Douthett, 48, who woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had gnawed off his right big toe.
“The dog always lies with me on the bed”, said Douthett. “That night, I woke up and looked down at my foot, and it was wet. When I looked, it was blood and there was the dog looking at me with a blood moustache.”
Douthett’s wife, Rosee, rushed him to a hospital where doctors found he was suffering from Type 2 diabetes. His toe was badly infected and surgeons amputated(截)the remainder of the toe.
Douthett’s wife, a registered nurse, had been urging him for weeks to have his infected toe examined by a doctor.
On the night Kiko ate his toe, Douthett said he had been out with his wife and drank about six or seven beers and a pair of giant margaritas—big enough to put goldfish in.
“I was self-medicating at this point,” he said. “The moral of the story is that the dog saved my life, because otherwise I would never have gone to see a doctor.”
The couple said they were amazed that Kiko appeared to know Douthett had an infection that needed treatment.
“He kind of chewed off the infected part and stopped at the good bone,” said Rosee. “We joked that we shouldn’t have had to pay the co-pay because he did half the job by chewing off half of the toe.”
1.What does the underlined phrase “gnawed off” probably mean?
A.bit away |
B.cared for |
C.sucked on |
D.smelt out |
2.It can be learned from the text that________________.
A.Douthett’s wife was a doctor |
B.Douthett’s wife felt something about his disease |
C.Douthett never got that drunk |
D.Douthett had seen a doctor for his disease |
3.From the text we know that Kiko ______________.
A.is in top physical condition |
B.was trained at an early age |
C.nearly cost Douthett his life |
D.saved his master’s life |
4.Which is NOT true according to the text?
A.It is hard for the couple to explain the dog’s behaviour |
B.Jerry Douthett went to see a doctor because of Kiko’s chewing his big toe.. |
C.The couple shouldn’t have to pay the co-pay because Kiko did half the job. |
D.Kiko didn’t hurt the good bone of its master. |
1.A
2.B
3.D
4.C
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Old Computers Make for Unhappy Workers --- Survey
LONDON (Reuters) ----- Dealing with the dissatisfaction of aging and unreliable office computers leads to workers' unhappiness and more sick leave, a survey showed on Wednesday.
A survey carried out by caro4free.net of over 2,700 European office workers from the UK, France and Germany found that workplace dissatisfaction increased greatly with the age of the computer equipment.
"We do know that job satisfaction is falling in Britain and most advanced nations," said Stephen White, a researcher from the Work Foundation. "The actual reasons for this are the subject of very heated discussion. It's certainly one interesting theory that technology may be the cause of this in some way," White added.
A quarter of these using outdated computers in Britain said they were "quite" or "very dissatisfied" with their everyday job compared to the percent of those who had enjoyed an advantage from up-to-date technology.
The survey also said that among workers dealing with outdated equipment, there was a 35 percent greater probability they would take six or more days of sick leave per year compared with the average worker. In France, where more workers use old computers, the probability jumped to 55 percent.
Results also showed that women in the three countries were more likely to be using outdated equipment. In the UK, where more workers have up-to-date computers than in the other countries surveyed, the number of women using old equipment doubled that of men.
White pointed out that there were two sides to this problem, saying that continuously having to deal with new technology and equipment can also be a source of worry. "Old and faulty equipment is a major cause of office dissatisfaction. There is no question about it; but you also have to say that the frequent change of equipment is also, or could be, a main cause of dissatisfaction."
【小题1】The underlined word "this" (paragraph 3) refers to ______.
A.workplace dissatisfaction | B.computer use in most jobs |
C.the aging off office computers | D.the survey by care4@ free. net |
A.16% | B.25% | C. 35% | D.55% |
A.Most office workers use old computers. |
B.They do some of their work with computers. |
C.Dealing with new equipment can cause anxiety. |
D.They are easier to be satisfied with new technology. |
A.Poor working conditions in offices |
B.Research work of the Work Foundation |
C.Influence of technology in the workplace. |
D.Different attitudes to old computers. |
When TV news programs report wars or disasters, the editors rarely use the most horrifying pictures of dead or wounded victims because they don’t want to upset their viewers. Even so, viewers are usually warned in advance that they may find some of these scenes disturbing, so they can look away if they choose. But the men and women whose job is to record those scenes-the TV cameramen-have no such choice. It is their duty to witness the horrors of the world and record them, no matter how terrible and unpleasant they may be. Consequently, it is one of the most dangerous, exposed and emotionally taxing jobs the world has to offer.
Today, the demand for their work is rising. The explosion of satellite broadcasting and 24-hour news in recent years has created an almost insatiable (贪得无厌的) demand for TV information. But major broadcasters and the TV news agencies—such as Reuters and WTN-have never had enough staff to meet the worldwide demand for up-to-date pictures, so increasingly they turn to “freelance” TV cameramen.
These freelance cameramen are independent operators tied to no particular organization. They will work for any company which hires them, be it for just a few hours or for several weeks in a war zone. But if the freelance cameraman is injured in the course of the job, the TV company is not responsible for him. The freelancer must survive on his own.
TV will always need hard, vivid moving pictures which are fresh, but these companies feel uncomfortable with large numbers of employees on their books, explains Nick Growing, once foreign editor for Britain Channel 4 News and now a BBC news presenter.
By hiring freelancers, they can buy in the skills they need only when they need them. It also enables them to contract out the risk, he says.
【小题1】TV news agencies turn to freelance cameramen in order to .
A.save expense and avoid risks |
B.get free and useful pictures |
C.get first-hand information and pictures |
D.satisfy the greed of the freelance cameramen |
A.have to take a lot of risks in the course of work |
B.are tied to many TV news agencies |
C.have better skills than other cameramen |
D.need to contract out risks of work for TV companies |
A. have employed enough cameramen
B. are not willing to employ many cameramen
C. are very mean to freelancers
C. are responsible for the freelancer if he is injured
【小题4】The author of this passage shows his the freelance cameramen.
A.sympathy to | B.respect for | C.anger to | D.admiration to |