2015同等学力英语阅读练习(13)

　　After retirement from medical，my wife and I built our home in a gated community surrounded by yacht clubs and golf courses on Hilton Head Island. But when I left for the other side of the island，I was traveling on unpaved roads lined with leaky cottages. The“lifestyle”of many of the native islanders stood in shocking contrast to my comfortable existence.

　　By talking to the local folks，I discovered that the vast majority of the maids，gardeners，waitresses and construction workers who make this island work had little or no access to medical care. It seemed outrageous to me. I wondered why someone didn’t do something about that. Then my father’s words，which he had asked his children daily when they were young，rang in my head again：“What did you do for someone today?”

　　Even though my father had died several years before，I guess I still didn’t want to disappoint him. So I started working on a solution. The island was full of retired doctors. If I could persuade them to spend a few hours a week volunteering their services，we could provide free primary health care to those so desperately in need of it. Most of the doctors I approached liked the idea，so long as they could be relicensed without troubles. It took one year and plenty of persistence，but I was able to persuade the state legislators to create a special license for doctors volunteering in not-for-profit clinics.

　　The town donated land，local residents contributed office and medical equipment and some of the potential patients volunteered their weekends ornamenting the building that would become the clinic. We named it volunteers in Medicine and we opened its doors in 1994，fully staffed by retired physicians，nurses and dentists as well as nearly 150 nonprofessional volunteers. That year we had 5000 patient visits;last year we had 16000.

　　Somehow word of what we were doing got around. Soon we were receiving phone calls from retired physicians all over the country，asking for help in starting VIM clinics in their communities. We did the best we could—there are now 15 other clinics operating—but we couldn’t keep up with the need. Yet last month I think my father’s words found their way up north，to McNeil Consumer Healthcare，the maker of Tylenol(泰诺：一种感冒药). A major grant from McNeil will allow us to respond to these requests and help establish other free clinics in communities around the countr

　　1. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. The contrast between the rich and the poor on an island.

　　B. The story of a man who likes to give others advice.

　　C. The life and work of a great father.

　　D. The inspiration of a father’s words.

　　2. The author of the passage is .

　　A. a retired physician B. a retired teacher

　　C. a retired medical researcher D. a retired construction worker

　　3. The purpose of Volunteers in Medicine is to .

　　A. help retired medical workers improve their incomes

　　B. provide free medical services to those who need them

　　C. urge the government to set up non-profit clinics

　　D. make the dream of the author’s father come true

　　4. Which of the following has been done by the author himself?

　　A. Buying the medical equipment.

　　B. Finding the land and the office.

　　C. Decorating the building that would become the clinic.

　　D. Getting a special license for the retired doctors.

　　5. In the last paragraph，“I think my father’s words found their way up north to McNeil”implies that .

　　A. my father’s words finally reached McNeil

　　B. McNeil decided to do something for the needy people

　　C. My father decided to assist us in opening more clinics in the north

　　D. McNeil community was badly in need of free health care programs

　　答案解析：

　　1. 【正确答案】D

　　【考点类型】主旨判断

　　【解析过程】文章主要是关于 。

　　综观全文是说作者在父亲的鼓励下，实现了他父亲也是他本人的愿望。表明选项D是正确答案。其他几个选项都不符合文章主题的含义。

　　【考点提示】主旨题就是把文章中最关键的核心词和作者的态度放到一起，该选项就是正确答案。

　　2. 【正确答案】C

　　【考点类型】细节判断

　　【解析过程】文章的作者是 。

　　线索：文章的第1段提到“After retirement from medical，my wife and I built our home in a gated community”表明选项C是正确答案。

　　【考点提示】根据题干的线索范围原文寻找答案。

　　3. 【正确答案】B

　　【考点类型】细节判断

　　【解析过程】医疗志愿者的目的是 。

　　线索：文章的第1段提到“If I could persuade them to spend a few hours a week volunteering their services，we could provide free primary health care to those so desperately in need of it.”表明选项B是正确答案。选项D比较具有迷惑性，该选项不正确的原因是本文主要讨论的是作者帮助别人的愿望和实现该愿望做出的努力。不可能是作者实现他父亲的梦想。

　　【考点提示】根据文章的中心，做题的时候时时刻刻都要想着该文章的中心是什么，这样可以避免做错选项。因为正确选项都是应该和文章中心相吻合。

　　4. 【正确答案】D

　　【考点类型】细节判断

　　【解析过程】下面哪件事情是作者本人完成的?

　　线索：文章的第3段提到“...but I was able to persuade the state legislators to create a special license for doctors volunteering in not-for-profit clinics.”表明选项D是正确答案。A、B、C选项不是作者亲自做的。

　　【考点提示】明确作者做的事情和观点，区分和别人做的事情。

　　5. 【正确答案】B

　　【考点类型】句子含义推断

　　【解析过程】最后一段“我想我父亲的话语在北方起了作用”暗含的意思是 。

　　线索：文章的第1段提到“I think my father’s words found their way up north，to McNeil Consumer Healthcare，the maker of Tylenol(泰诺：一种感冒药). A major grant from McNeil will allow us to respond to these requests and help establish other free clinics in communities around the country.”表明选项B是正确答案。

　　【考点提示】混淆选项C错误的原因是一个比较典型的特点，整个选项的内容都基本符合文章，但唯独其中有一个单词“my father”不正确，所以该选项不能选。