My wife passed away a few years ago, and I went through the worst time in my life. I even wanted to kill myself. Just for my kids, I had to continue to live and work as a small town doctor at my medical clinic in Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was alone. Then they asked me to have a family trip.

On our trip, we turned on the TV at the motel and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. Seeing it falling down, I said to my kids: "I'm going to Afghanistan". And a few weeks later, International Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care. In these field clinics surrounded by frightening shoots or deadly bombs, we were eventually serving 27,000 patients a month in a very busy schedule. Tired and nervous, I gradually had a sense of achievement, a sense of purpose, and my depression went away.

In the years to follow, I went to Indonesia after the tsunami (海啸), Pakistan after the earthquakes, Sudan after the civil war, and Iraq after more and more bombs. Each time after disaster one after another, hundreds of people were killed, wounded and many more had to flee. We once set up movable clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees, and it was supposed to hold 13,000 originally. Flu broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and food were also serious problems. "Adventures or not?", I often asked myself.

When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done. But in reality, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, she went unconscious. I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit and the exciting adventures we would have.

I think about the moment many times during my "adventures". I didn't know how predictive those words would be. But I know that she is still with me.

56. Where has the doctor been in the past few years?

A. Some countries where he could set up clinics.

B. Some African countries where flu broke out.

C. The places where the earthquakes happened.

D. The places that the horrible disasters struck.

57. How would the doctor describe his life after he had worked in Afghanistan?

A. Tired and troublesome.           B. Busy and risky.

C. Meaningful and helpful.          D. Frightening and depressing.

58. The underlined word "refugees" means people

A. who are robbed, killed, or wounded

B. who suffer from flu in movable clinics

C. who like to take adventures

D. who have lost homes because of disasters

59. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The doctor's wife encouraged him to work in foreign countries.

B. What the doctor said to his wife before her death became reality.

C. The doctor's adventures made him understand the love of his wife.

D. With the true love of his wife; the doctor started to change his life.

NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad memories. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a scary events. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase, the effect of painful memories.

    In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body producing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

    The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.

    Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.

    “Some memories can ruin people's lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman.

    But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories make us different from others. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.

“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I’m not sure whether we want to wipe those memories out,” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

46. What does the underlined word “erase” mean?

A. change           B. forgive                C. add              D. remove

47. The passage is mainly about _________.

A. a new medical invention                      B. a new research on the pill

C. the argument about the research on the pill          D. a way of erasing painful memories

48. The drug tested on people can _________.

   A. cause the brain to fix memories                       B. stop people remembering bad events

   C. prevent body producing certain chemicals          D. wipe out the bad memories

49. Which of the following statements is true?

   A. Some people doubt if the pills should be used to help people forget bad memories.

   B. The pill will stop people’s bad memories.

   C. Taking the pill will do harm to people’s health.

D. The pill has been produced in America.

50. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?

A. Some memories can ruin people’s lives.

B. People want to get rid of bad memories.

C. The pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories.

D. Having bad events makes us different from others.

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