Staying in hospital and taking special medici...

Staying in hospital and taking special medicines ________ drug users an opportunity to stay away from drugs, which is________ the key to breaking the addiction to drugs lies.

A．serves; where      B．provides; what      C．give; that          D．allow; where

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A Special Appointment

Years ago I moved to Woodland Hills to take a job in a small hospital’s emergency department. No one wanted to work on Christmas Eve, so the shift (轮班) went to me. I kissed my family goodbye and went off to spend the night in the hospital. It was a thankless job.

At 9 pm, the ambulance brought in a man in his 60s who was having a heart attack. His face was pale, and he was frightened. The whole night I did my best to save his life. Before I left in the morning to spend Christmas with my family, I stopped by to see how he was doing. It was still tough, but he had survived the night and was sleeping.

The following year I got Christmas Eve duty again. At 9 pm sharp, the ward clerk told me there was a couple who wanted to speak with me. When I approached them, the man introduced himself as Mr. Lee and said, “You probably don’t remember me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my life. Thank you for the year you gave me.” He and his wife hugged me, handed me a small gift, and left.

The following year a new doctor had joined the group, but I wanted to see if Mr. and Mrs. Lee would return. This time, I volunteered for the shift. I kept an eye on the door. Once again, at exactly 9 pm, the Lees appeared, carrying a warmly wrapped bundle. It was their new grandchild. Mr. Lee, his family and I spent 13 Christmas Eves together. In the later years the staff all knew about the story and would work to give me time with him in the break room, where we spent a half-hour each Christmas Eve.

The last year I saw him, he brought me a gift. I carefully opened the package and found a crystal (水晶) bell inside. It was engraved (镌刻) with a single word: Friendship. Now, my family, friends and I ring that bell every Christmas Eve at exactly 9 pm and offer our best wishes to the man who we won’t forget.

1.Working on Christmas Eve was considered “a thankless job” because ______.

A. most patients were seriously ill

B. patients refused to express thanks

C. doctors had nothing to do on that day

D. doctors couldn’t get praise for the hard job

2.When the author left the hospital the next morning, Mr. Lee ______.

A. was still in a state of danger

B. was really angry with her

C. got ready to leave the hospital

D. recovered from his heart attack

3.According to the passage, the author formed a habit of ______.

A. celebrating Christmas Eve with her family

B. giving Christmas gifts to the hospital staff

C. spending Christmas Eve with Mr. Lee in hospital

D. ringing the bell for patients in the emergency department

4.Why does the author ring the bell on Christmas Eve?

A. To honor her working experience.

B. To tell kids the traditional custom.

C. To remember an old friend of hers.

D. To show the beginning of the holiday.

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--- Jerry, do remember to take the medicine three times a day and stay in bed for two days.

--- ______, Doctor. I will do it as told.

A.Got it　　　　　　　　 B. That’s right

C. That’s OK　　 　　　 D. I think so

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--- Jerry, do remember to take the medicine three times a day and stay in bed for two days.

--- ______, Doctor. I will do it as told.

A. Got it　　　　　　　　 B. That’s right

C. That’s OK　 　　　 D. I think so

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Dr Asim Syed, 32, has performed more than 100 operations at London’s Hammersmith Hospital in the country’s busiest transplant unit, but never imagined that he would one day become a donor himself.

He stepped forward when was told his 64-year-old mother might be dead within months unless she got a new kidney (肾). The worried surgeon brought her to London to be cared for at his hospital. However, it was not all plain sailing. Tests showed Dr Syed was the wrong blood group, so the only way was to go through a special blood-washing process. He consulted colleagues about that, but they didn’t agree, because the risk of rejection is still too high. Dr Syed and his mother were then advised to consider a new way of donating and receiving, called an organ-paired. That is, Dr Syed donated his kidney to an unknown person and another donor in the chain was a successful match for his mother. The chain of three transplants took place at the same time on July 31 with Dr Syed’s kidney going to a recipient in the Midlands and Mrs. Syed receiving her kidney from a person in the south of England.

Just hours after donating his own kidney, Dr Syed found himself recovering in bed next to his mother. Mrs Syed said, “When I came round from my operation Asim was in the next bed and the first thing he said was, ‘Mum now all your worries are over.’ Tears fell down.”

Now mother and son are recovering well with Dr Syed already back at work. Mrs. Syed is staying with him for several months while the hospital monitors her progress.

He said, “I did what anyone would do when they see a relative suffering disease. Although I wasn’t able to help mum directly, by agreeing to be part of a chain, I was also very happy.”

1. Why isn’t it a plain sailing?

2.Why didn’t his colleagues agree to the method of blood-washing?

3. What can we learn about Mrs. Syed?

4.What can be inferred from the text?

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Erik Kobayashi-Solomon spent a day with Dr. Paul Gauthier, a plant physiologist specializing in vertical farming research and came away with several important ideas about vertical farming.

Humans have 12,000 years of experience growing food, but only a generation or so worth of experience growing crops indoors. We are still progressing up the technology learning curve (学习曲线). What's more, traditional farming techniques are based on conditions that are not applicable to vertical farming. Therefore, without taking time to understand the science, vertical farming is not likely to be able to live up to its implied promises.

The cost of powering LED grow lights is one of the biggest problems a vertical farm must overcome. Dr. Louis Albright at Cornell has characterized vertical farms as " pie-in-the-sky" businesses. He famously calculates, for instance, that the cost of a loaf of bread would be $ 24 if farmed indoors — the cost is too high. Gauthier acknowledges that energy prices are high but points out that scientific work has shown that only about 6% of available sunlight is used in crop photosynthesis (光合作用), so there may be ways of growing the same plants with less light.

Gauthier also points out that while energy costs are a bit high, vertical farming does create high efficiencies in other areas. Water usage may be significantly reduced because the same water can be recycled time and again. Fertilizer use can be greatly reduced and pesticides for pest control are unnecessary. It's clear that vertical farming offers real value to society.

The future is probably mixed. In some environments — the Middle East, for instance — a move to vertical farming is a no-brainer. An indoor farm in Saudi Arabia, for instance, can use solar energy to power LEDs at low cost without shading out other farmland. In other geographies, though, the expense of establishing a facility places a high bar on growth and profitability. A large vertical fanning and equipment operation only started generating a small profit eight years into its nine-year life.

1.What can we infer about vertical farming in Paragraph 2?

A.It will replace traditional farming one day.

B.It relies on research of more basic science.

C.It can be applicable on different conditions.

D.It actually came into being 12,000 years ago.

2.What does Dr. Albright think of vertical farms?

A.They use less light than traditional ones.

B.They may seem very unlikely to succeed.

C.They can overcome many problems in farming.

D.They do not need any natural sunlight any longer.

3.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A.The ways of reducing costs of vertical fanning.

B.The secrets of developing vertical farming.

C.The recent trend of vertical farming.

D.The benefits of vertical farming.

4.Why is the example of “an indoor farm in Saudi Arabia” mentioned?

A.To show vertical fanning can work well in some places.

B.To prove solar energy is vital for farming in Saudi Arabia.

C.To confirm the expense of setting up a vertical farm is high.

D.To argue vegetables do not need to be imported any longer.

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After three months of staying in hospital, I got back home at last. My doctor advised me to have daily ______ to strengthen my body.

On my first morning out, my neighbor George ______ and rolled down the window of his truck, “Does your car break down?”

“No, just walking,” I replied.

“Get in. I’ll give you a ______ ,” he said. I told him it was my doctor’s advice. I needed to regain my strength.

Another day, it was the same story, ______ a different neighbor. When George’s cousin Carl stopped to pick me up, I politely refused, ______ I had to lose weight.

“Yeah, that’s what George said,” Carl said, “but I think it’s ______ for you to lose weight since you are not fat at all. We looked at each other ______ without saying anything. I climbed in, and we headed to a town for breakfast again. Nobody even said anything on the whole way.

After two weeks of my ______ to be healthier, I had walked only a single mile and gained seven pounds. I could ______ fit into my clothes.

As a last effort to ______ my kind but obstructive (妨碍的) neighbors, I set the alarm for 4 am. Now even if I ______ a ride, it was too early for breakfast.

With a walking stick in my hand, I headed into the ______. I quickly discovered that, though I was in my 40s, I was still afraid of the dark. To ______ the wild dogs that were likely following me, I ______ waved the walking stick over my head and ______ loudly. Unfortunately, I scared only Loraine, who ______ to be on her front door ______ my wild scene.

By the time I was ______ by John, our local policeman, I had lost my walking stick, as well as my ______ in the dark and I didn’t know which way I should go. On the way home, he stopped at his garage and pulled a running machine out from under many winter coats, offering it to me in return for a ______ never to go walking before daybreak again.

1.A.diets B.walks C.notes D.exams

2.A.stopped B.left C.laughed D.cried

3.A.chance B.suggestion C.ride D.choice

4.A.and B.but C.or D.so

5.A.thinking B.believing C.explaining D.proving

6.A.unnecessary B.unimportant C.difficult D.strange

7.A.happily B.worriedly C.silently D.sincerely

8.A.travel B.plan C.challenge D.study

9.A.finally B.slowly C.nearly D.hardly

10.A.invite B.consider C.change D.avoid

11.A.refused B.offered C.accepted D.ignored

12.A.dark B.car C.room D.hospital

13.A.throw away B.drive off C.take away D.hold back

14.A.aimlessly B.carelessly C.slowly D.surprisingly

15.A.sang B.shouted C.argued D.talked

16.A.tried B.hated C.liked D.happened

17.A.supporting B.controlling C.witnessing D.appreciating

18.A.sent up B.taken up C.held up D.picked up

19.A.confidence B.patience C.position D.way

20.A.promise B.reason C.request D.command

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After staying in hospital for long, the patient was advised to go to the seaside to________

his health.

A. take up            B. carry up        C. pick up           D. make up

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.After staying in hospital for long, the patient was advised to go to the seaside to________

his health.

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I had been to several doctors as a child, but I have a special place in my heart for Dr. Vincent. He was a Pediatric Cardiologist at UCLA back in 1971 who saved my life. I was eight years old at the time with a severe heart problem and I needed heart surgery. My Mom did not have the money, and without the surgery there was a real good chance I would not live to be thirteen years old. After contacting several organizations Dr. Vincent was able to get financial help for me through United Way, a Crippled Children’s Organization.

Dr. Vincent was a handsome man; he was also very gentle and caring. I remember being in the hospital for an Angiogram test, and during the procedure I was crying terribly, so the medical staff called in Dr. Vincent to calm me down, and he was able to comfort me when no one else could. Then the time came for me to have heart surgery; there was a fifty- percent chance that I would not make it through the surgery because it was experimental. At the time I was only the second or third person to have this procedure done. I was absolutely terrified, and again Dr. Vincent reassured me he would see to it that everything would be all right.

I had a lot of confidence and trust in Dr. Vincent; He came to see me after the surgery, which was extremely painful but very successful, and brought me a stuffed animal. I was so surprised to get this gift from Dr. Vincent; I gave him a hug. I guess Dr. Vincent must have known I was feeling very lonely and scared. You see, I had no family or friends visit me while I was in the hospital except for my Mom, and I am not sure why. I do know one thing; I had a wonderful doctor who took the time to help a scared little girl who felt all alone.

This was twenty eight years ago, so wherever you are Dr. Vincent, I want to thank you for not only saving my life, but you helped me live a normal productive life, and for showing me that you truly cared, for that I will be eternally grateful to you.

1.Why did Dr. Vincent have a special place in her heart? Because________.

2.Dr. Vincent was called in during my test to ________________.

3.Which of the following is true except ___________.

4.How did Dr. Vincent get the money for the operation?

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