The hospital is signs telling patients that it can offer only limited services. A．holding upB．putting upC．building upD．going up 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

My husband used to be a workaholic(工作狂)．Nothing seemed to be more __16__ to him than his work，not even his family.

He usually __17__at 6 o’clock，and our __18__ and I were still asleep then，and then left __19__ having breakfast.I asked him to have breakfast __20__，but he said it’s a waste of __21__.I didn’t know what kept him so__22__.He even couldn’t finish all his work in the office.He came back at ten at night.However，I never expected that he would give me a kiss.__23__he got home，he would start to__24__.The kids had already been in bed，of course.

“Mom，where is Dad？Why I __25__ see him？”the kids often asked.

“Well，Dad has to work.He is busy，”I always__26__like this.As time went by，they didn’t ask where their dad was again.Perhaps they had__27__that they had a dad.However，the situation changed several months ago.

Jenny，our daughter，suddenly became__28__.I sent her to the hospital.The__29__told me that she was seriously ill and that she was calling__30__all the time.Tears burst into my eyes when I__31__that.I finally called my __32__and told him about that.Half an hour later，he came to the hospital and held Jenny’s little hands.

He__33__another job two weeks later.

“I just wanted to make as much__34__as possible for you and our kids.But now，I just want to__35__as much time as possible with you and the kids，”he said and that’s what he is doing now.

1.

A．possible

B．interesting

C．important

D．relaxing

2.

A．sat down

B．got up

C．stoop up

D．came up

3.

A．kids

B．pets

C．neighbors

D．parents

4.

A．on

B．with

C．without

D．after

5.

A．in the office

B．on the way

C．in school

D．at home

6.

A． money

B．time

C．energy

D．food

7.

A．tired

B．busy

C．fast

D．excited

8.

A．As soon as

B．In the end

C．Long before

D．Long after

9.

A．eat

B．sleep

C．work

D．write

10.

A．often

B．never

C．sometimes

D．cheated

11.

A．shouted

B．asked

C．replied

D．cheated

12.

A．thought

B．forgotten

C．ignored

D．minded

13.

A．fine

B．worse

C．ill

D．angry

14.

A．teacher

B．boss

C．officer

D．doctor

15.

A．mom

B．sir

C．dad

D．madam

16.

A．noticed

B．realized

C．heard

D．felt

17.

A．mother

B．child

C．brother

D．husband

18.

A． received

B．lost

C． changed

D．found

19.

A．money

B．happiness

C．value

D．laughter

20.

A．spend

B．make

C．set

D．steal

B

I’ve just done my first jump since the accident that nearly killed me just a year ago. As I was lying in hospital, thinking that I would never skydive again, I wasn’t feeling glad to be alive. Instead I was wondering how I could possibly live without it.

It all started one evening after another nine-to-five day. I was sitting at home thinking, “There has to be more to life than this,” when an advertisement came on the television: “Try skydiving!”

The next day, I called the nearest skydiving centre and booked my first jump.

I will never forget my first jump. It was a beautiful, cloudless day and the sun was just going down. As I pushed myself away from the plane at 11,000 feet, my mind went blank.

Words cannot describe the excitement I experienced while I was free-falling. That was the most amazing four minutes of my life.

From the first jump, I was hooked. I started spending every free moment I had skydiving. At work, I sat in front of my computer and imagined ways of making more money so that I could jump more often.

The accident happened on my 1,040th jump. Another skydiver collided (碰撞) with my parachute (降落伞) at 80 feet. I fell and hit the ground at about 30 mph, face down. I broke my legs, my right arm and my nose. I lost 6 litres of blood, 19 teeth and 25 pounds of fat. I was lucky to be alive.

People who have never experienced skydiving will find it hard to understand that my only motivation to get better was that I could do it again. All I can say is that for me, skydiving is life and life is skydiving.

50. What can we learn about the author’s first skydiving from the text?

A. The author planned it for a long time.

B. The author was too excited to enjoy it.

C. It turned out to be fairly successful.

D. It took place a year before the accident.

51. The underlined part “I was hooked” most probably means “__________”.

A. I was attracted by skydiving B. I was shocked by skydiving

C. I became familiar with skydiving D. I became curious about skydiving

52. Which of the following shows the author’s strong will for skydiving?

A. The author spent almost every nine-to-five day skydiving.

B. The author worked hard to make more money for skydiving.

C. The author imagined himself skydiving while at the hospital.

D. The author expected to recover only to continue skydiving.

Is there a nationwide shortage of nurses? It’s hard to say．However, some characteristic symptoms often indicate that there is indeed a shortage．

One symptom is the vacancy rate, or the percentage of budgeted positions that are unfilled．New England’s hospitals currently report that an average of 7 to 12 percent of their registered nurse positions are vacant, the highest level since the last shortage in the late 1980s．Vermont has a relatively low vacancy rate, at 7．8 percent．But its vacancies were at 1．2 percent just five years ago．

Another symptom is the increased use of stopgap measures to fill empty positions．For instance, many nurses report an upswing in how frequently they are asked to stay past their shifts．According to Murphy, working in the St．Elizabeth’s Hospital, “The shortage has definitely created a lot of opportunities of overtime for our nurses, whether they want them or not．” Similarly, a national survey of registered nurses shows that in an average week, nurses in the U．S．work 2．4 more hours than they are scheduled to．Much of this extra time is voluntary, as nurses earn overtime pay when they stay to fill in blanks in the schedule．

When they can’t fill open positions by more traditional means, health care providers hire temporary staff to tide them over．Travelling workers are the largest part of the temporary health care workforce, hired for thirteen-week reduction at health care facilities facing short-term lack of workers．Temporary workers, mainly nurses, cost hospitals $ 7．2 billion in 2000．

“Any successful solution to the shortage depends on convincing more people to become nurses, and that is not an easy goal to reach．To achieve it,” says Buerhaus, “society needs to place more value on nursing．Legislation （法规） can’t do that – it should come from people．” And if this continues, we might have to learn to care for ourselves in the hospital．

1.The temporary staff hired by a hospital _______．

A．cost a large part of the hospital’s budget

B．meet the need for nurses in the hospital for a short time

C．should work on a weekly basis and on a scheduled timetable [来源:ZXXK]

D．ought to work passively for thirty continuous weeks

2.According to Buerhaus, what is a successful solution to the nurse shortage?

A．To convince people of the benefits of being a nurse．

B．To ask the government for help to work out specific legislation．

C．To publicize the past achievements of nurses．

D．To make people aware of the importance of being a nurse．

3.What’s the probable meaning of the underlined word “upswing” in Paragraph 3?

A．Symptom B．Decrease C．Increase D．Figure

4.What’s the author’s attitude towards nurse shortage?

A．Worried B．Indifferent C．Doubtful D．Optimistic

第二部分：阅读理解

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Almost 40 years ago , a community servies organization started providing eye care in Gujarat State , in western India .

The Rgtary Club of Navsari operates an eye hospital and 9 area eye centers in and around Navssri , whose services are for the poorest people . The group opened the hospital , the Rotary Eye Institute of Navsari , in 1970 . India has only about one ophthalmologist for every 120,000 people . The Institute , however , has ten such specially trained eye doctors . It has restored or improved the eyesight of thousands of patients . Many people with eye problems cannot easily get to a big city for examinations and treatment . They live in villages and have no transportation. The Institute established eye centers called camps in places far from the city . Teams from it travel as far as 150 kilometers to see patients . People go to their nearest camp , where medical workers examine their eyes . The workers look for conditions including glaucoma , night blindness and other problems.Some people are found to have cataracts ,abnormal growths on the eye that can lead to loss of eyesight . India has about 13 million people with the condition . Cataract patients get free operations to correct the problem.

Rotary groups also operate eye banks . Doctors at these centers replace damaged eyes with the healthy eyes of donors who have just died . One such center is the Rotary Rajah Eye Bank . It operates in cooperation with the Rajah Eye Care Hospital in Chennai . The Eye Bank opened in 1996 . Hundreds of patients have received new corneas from donors since then . The cornea is the clear front part of the eye that transmits light . 2 million people in India are blind because of problens of the cornea . The Rotary Rajah Eye Bank holds continuing eye donation campaigns . It urges people to leave the gift of sight to others when they die .

1. Which of the following is True about the Rotary Club of Navsari ?

A.The Rotary Club of Navsari is a community service organization .

B.The Rotary Eye Institute of Navsari has only one eye doctor .

C.The Rotary Club of Navsari includes 9 area eye centers in big cities .

D.The Rotary Club of Navsari offers free operations to all the poor patients .

2.The underlined word “ophthalmologist” in Paragraph 2 refers to ______.

A.a physician who specializes in eyes B.a worker working in countryside

C.a patient suffering eye problems D.a volunteer working in eye centers

3.We can infer from the passage that .

A.there are 13 million Indians having eye problems in total

B.the Rotary Eye Institute of Navsari is located in the center of India

C.the medical treatment is convenient for the local residents

D.communications in Navsari are difficult

4.According to the last paragraph ,the Rotary Rajan Eye Bank gets new corneas mainly by_____.

A.cloning B.donating C.cooperating D.forcing

5.The author develops the passage mainly by ______.

A.providing typical examples

B.making a definition

C.comparing two different areas

D.presenting two examples and drawing a conclusion

第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

After a car accident put me into the hospital, I felt very angry about the way my life was turning out. The doctors repaired the major damage done to my –36--. And after all, the car was just that, a car. But I was lying there feeling pretty sorry for myself. I didn’t care to see anyone or talk to anyone.

I had been there about a week. For the week the nurses had been good about leaving my door closed.–37-- one bright morning I was awakened by –38-- of people out in the hallway. Since I was still feeling –39-- for myself, I didn’t wake up in a pleasant –40--. As I pushed the –41-- to call the nurse, I saw a little boy in the hallway. A cast (石膏夹) completely –42-- his arm, from fingers to shoulder, but his face was covered with a smile. In his other hand he was holding a teddy bear.

I heard his mother telling him to sit and wait until she was done. He looked over to me and I had the permanent (持久的) anger on my face, but he ---43--- at me. Then ---44--- warning he came running into my room. As I was silently cursing (咒骂) the nurses for leaving my door ---45---, the smile upon his face widened.

He came right up next to my ---46--- and stood there smiling at me. Then with his good arm he held out his big brown teddy bear. It was missing an eye but I had to admit it was lovely. I lay there and stared at him for the longest time,not---47---what he was wanting from me. He said, “This is Teddy. He’s --- 48---sick. He needs to stay here. Could you keep him here till he gets better?”

I---49--- out and took Teddy from his hand. I promised I would take care of Teddy---50--- the time he got better. I also promised to keep him from ---51--- afterwards. Just then the little boy’s mother called him. He looked back at me, said---52--- and ran out of the room. His mother smiled down at him and the nurse wheeled him away. I sat there ---53--- Teddy for the longest time. The nurse responded to my call ---54---in time to catch the tears rolling down my cheeks and the biggest smile on my face.

I will never forget what that little boy gave to me that day. It was so much ---55--- a well-loved one-eyed teddy bear. I have kept my promises to that little boy, too.

36.A.car B.body C.soul D.heart

37.A.So B.As C.But D.While

38.A.sounds B.voices C.noises D.accents

39.A.guilty B.happy C.sorry D.ashamed

40.A.condition B.feeling C.mind D.mood

41.A.button B.door C.window D.phone

42.A.surrounded B.covered C.wrapped D.tied

43.A.shook B.stared C.glanced D.smiled

44.A.beyond B.with C.against D.without

45.A.closed B.unlocked C.open D.removed

46.A.bed B.chair C.nurse D.car

47.A,considering B.doubting C.knowing D.wondering

48. A.yet B.moreover C.ever D.still

49.A.handed B.reached C.stretched D.spread

50.A.when B.as C.until D.after

51.A.harm B.ruin C.wound D.hurt

52.A.hello B.welcome C.goodbye D.wish

53.A.kissing B.hugging C.washing D.caring

54.A.even B.already C.only D.just

55.A.rather than B.less than C.more than D.other than

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