When he was a teenager,Hunter Adams was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental(心理的)health problems.

When he left the hospital,Adams decided to become a doctor,so he went to a medical school in Virginia,USA .But when he was there,he did things in a different way. For example,he didn’t like the doctors’ white coats,so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at themedical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.

But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people,and he tried to help them as patients,but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh. When he finished medical school and became a doctor,Adams opened his own hospital called “The Gesundheit Institute”,together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.

Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s,and in 1998,Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film,Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said,“Hunter is a really warm person,who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him.”

1.When did Adams have mental health problems?

A. When he was a teenage boy. B. During the 1980s.

C. After he left medical school. D. After the film came out.

2.Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams?

A. Because he was a warm person. B. Because he wasn’t the same as others

C. Because he was a clown. D. Because he had mental health problems.

3.The passage mainly tells us about .

A. how to cheer up patients B. people with mental health problems

C. a doctor named Hunter Adams D. a film about Adams

Now, almost everybody knows the hottest English word "selfie". Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford (牛津) online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smart phone and send them to Wechat (微信) or Qzone (QQ 空间).

"Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone," said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.

Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. "She has used many selfies to tell us about her life and work," said Li.

What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism (自恋). "The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me!" said US psychiatrist(精神科医生) Carole Lieberman.

Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in the Guardian. (《卫报》) "The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others," wrote Freedland.

Huang Xu agrees with that. “During the summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Huang Xu.

1.According to the story, a "selfie" is ________________.

A. a person with a smart phone B. a smart phone which can take photos

C. a photo taken by oneself D. an English dictionary

2.We can tell from the story that _____________.

A. only famous people enjoy taking selfies

B. people love to share selfies online

C. all the people love selfies because of narcissism

D. US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies

3.We put the sentence “But some people don’t see it that way.” at the beginning of ______.

A. Paragraph 3 B. Paragraph 4 C. Paragraph 5 D. Paragraph 6

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