Christmas at the mountain cline would have to wait. The banks beside Mary Breckinridge’s Wendover, Kentucky, clinic were ruined after a heavy rain. She had to find a way to get her five patients to the hospital in Lexington.
With a neighbor’s help, Mary and the nurses built a boat. They named it Ambulance, and on the morning of December 30,1926. Mary another nurse, and the patients set off down the river. After sixteen wild miles on the dangerous river, they arrived at the train station in Krypton. As she watched the train pull away with her patients safely on board. Mary smiled and waved.
Mary had not planned to be a nurse. She was the daughter of a wealthy Kentucky politician. As a child, Mary was influenced by her family who had always been concerned about the poorer people of the state. When she grew up, Mary was inspired to become a nurse. So in 1925 Mary hired a few British-trained nurses and, with some money from her family, started the Frontier Nursing Service in Wendover, Kentucky.
Before Mary and her nurses came, the mountain people lived a hard life. Families made so little money that they could not afford doctors or medicine. Many children had diseases and nearly every person was malnourished for lack of food.
Mary and the nurses built clinics and a small hospital deep in the forests of Leslie County. There were no paved roads, electricity, or telephones. Each day the nurses rode on horseback to outlying farms, often in bad wenther, to answer calls for help. They worked hard to keep an eye on their patients.
To the grateful mountain people, Mary and the nurses seemed to be everywhere. They treated everything from cut fingers to pneumonia (肺炎), gave shots, and delivered babies. The proud countrymen liked the nurses because they treated everyone with respect.
The Frontier Nursing Service grew. Today their Nursing Service reaches far beyond the Kentucky mountains. Medical professionals from all over the world come to Wendover to study rural health care in action. When these men and women go back to their own countries, they are prepared to help people in need.
1. How did Mary Breckinridge get her five patients to Krypton?| A．By train | B．By car |
| C．By water | D．On horseback |
| A．mysterious | B．lacking nutrition |
| C．careless | D．in danger of dying |
| A．remains a great influence on health care today |
| B．wanted to set up more clinics to help the sick |
| C．wiped out diseases in the Kentucky mountains |
| D．trained all of her assistants herself |
| A．Mary and her family were always helpful to others |
| B．The Frontier Nursing Service set up many branches |
| C．Rural nurses found creative ways to transport supplies and patients |
| D．Mary and other nurses provided kind medical care to rural people |
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【推荐1】With a 30-year career under her belt as an accomplished head nurse and a veteran (老兵) of the 2003 SARS outbreak, Wang Yuying once again found herself wearing protective clothes for a mission to fight COVID-19 in Wuhan.
Wang Yuying arrived in Wuhan, Hubei Province, on the night of February 1, which was only seven hours after she received the call that she had been assigned to help at the center of the novel coronavirus.
Wang was one of the 135 medical workers dispatched by Peking University First Hospital to help treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients in Wuhan during the height of the outbreak. The day after arriving, Wang started to take care of the patients. Four days later, she was assigned as the head nurse of the medical team from Peking University First Hospital, and their team was asked to start taking care of patients independently within two days.
Despite the heavy work, Wang still paid attention to the psychological condition of both the nurses and patients. She could remember the birthdays of all 100 nurses and she would surprise them with a cake or a letter from family. She noticed the signs of worry in the patients. She would talk to them gently and comfort them to create a bond with them. Wang thinks attentive care and psychological nursing also played an important role in treating the COVID-19 patients.
Because of her devotion and focus on both the patients and nurses, her team finished their work with success on April 4. Wang Yuying has been a head nurse for three decades and is one year away from retirement. For her, the experience in Wuhan was also a chance to find and train those who will follow in her footsteps — the future head nurses.
1. What did Wang Yuying do in 2003?| A．She served as a head nurse and a veteran. |
| B．She participated in the fight against SARS. |
| C．She reported the event of SARS. |
| D．She protected the nurses from being infected. |
| A．Command. | B．Treat. | C．Send. | D．Receive. |
| A．About 10 months. | B．About 6 months. |
| C．About 4 months. | D．About 2 months. |
【推荐2】Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.
1. What main obstacle almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor?| A．She couldn’t set up her hospital. | B．She wrote too many letters. |
| C．She couldn’t graduate from medical school. | D．She was a woman. |
| A．She couldn’t get admitted to medical school. |
| B．A serious eye problem stopped her. |
| C．She decided to further her education in Paris. |
| D．It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States. |
| A．Nineteen years | B．Ten years | C．Eight years | D．Thirty-six years |
| A．the United States | B．Paris | C．England | D．New York City |
| A．became the first woman physician |
| B．set up the first medical school for women |
| C．and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children |
| D．was the first woman doctor |
【推荐3】As medical science develops rapidly with technologies, what is left for the doctor to do?
For medical humanist Dr. Abraham Verghese, the answer is simple: Spend more time getting to know your patients as people. Take the time to read a poem and other literature. Do your part to bridge the gap between the two cultures of science and the humanities.
It takes a doctor who knows a patient’s life history to make the best use of these tools, Verghese said. And that means having insight into human character.
Verghese said machines “have gone beyond human beings in their capacity to care for the patient,” that is, in diagnosing illnesses and indicating the best treatment.
But doctors can awaken the human spirit, the knowledge of human beings and their motivations, which can pull together a life picture of a patient and understand them as more than a collection of symptoms.
Case history: A 64-year-old man admitted to the hospital after repeated falls, pains, and the loss of two teeth that just fell out, with no apparent cause. What was wrong? Was it his medicine? Was it alcohol abuse?
The man rapidly improved after being hospitalized. It turned out he had “bachelor scurvy”, a disease among old men who lives alone, which results from a lack of nutrition.
“He was surviving on no fruits or vegetables, just alcohol and processed meats, I would guess,” Verghese said. “My point here is that this diagnosis, as clever as it was, also might have been made much earlier had we had a good relationship with this patient and had some sense of who that person was, as an individual.”
1. What should doctors do according to Verghese?| A．Use machines less frequently. |
| B．Know more about patients as people. |
| C．Try to make an early diagnosis of patients. |
| D．Keep up with the development of technology. |
| A．It needs to be improved greatly. |
| B．It will replace doctors sooner or later. |
| C．It may give patients incorrect treatment. |
| D．It is of great help in diagnosing illnesses. |
| A．He lived on his own. | B．He lived a healthy lifestyle. |
| C．He suffered from a rare disease. | D．He always ate processed meats. |
| A．To introduce some medical tools. |
| B．To advise doctors to get to know patients better. |
| C．To describe the development of medical science. |
| D．To show the importance of machines in medical operations. |
【推荐1】Green fingers
It never occurred to me when I was little that gardens were anything less than glamorous places. Granddad’s garden was on the bank of a river and sloped gently down towards the water. You couldn’t reach the river but you could hear the sound of the water and the birds that sang in the trees above. I imagined that all gardens were like this - a place of escape, peace and solitude. Granddad’s small plot of land was nothing out of the ordinary when it came to features. He had nothing as grand as a greenhouse, unlike some of his neighbors. However, this little piece of land bore a great part of my carefree and joyful childhood.
At home, his son, my father, could be quiet and withdrawn. I wouldn’t want to make him sound humorless. He wasn’t. Silly things would amuse him. I came to realize that, deep down, he was probably disappointed that he hadn’t made more of his life. He left school without qualifications and became a plumber apprentice(学徒). Plumbing was not something he was passionate about. It was just what he did. He was never particularly ambitious, though there was a moment when he and Mum thought of moving to Canada, but it came to nothing. Where he came into his own was around the house. He had an “eye for the job”. Be it bookshelves or a cupboard - what he could achieve was astonishing. My parents moved house only once in their entire married life. But my father made up for this lack of daring when it came to furniture. You would have just got used to the shape of one chair when another appeared.
As for me, school didn’t appeal to me much. I wanted to leave school as soon as possible but that seemed an unlikely prospect until one day my father announced, “They’ve got a vacancy for an apprentice gardener in the Parks Department. I thought you might be interested.” In one brief moment Dad had gone against his better judgment. He might still have preferred it if I became a carpenter. But I like to feel that somewhere inside him was a feeling that things might just turn out for the best. Maybe I’m deceiving myself, but I prefer to believe that in his heart, although he hated gardening himself, he’d watched me doing it for long enough and noticed my unfailing passion for all things that grew and flowered and fruited.
1. When the writer describes his granddad’s garden, he is ________.| A．proud that his granddad was such a good gardener |
| B．embarrassed that the garden was not as good as others nearby |
| C．annoyed that items in the garden were often damaged |
| D．positive about the time he spent in the garden |
| A．He was regretful that his father had not achieved more. |
| B．He was annoyed that his father used words he didn’t understand. |
| C．He was sympathetic to the reasons why his father behaved as he did. |
| D．He was grateful that his father had not taken the family to Canada. |
| A．was able to do something by himself |
| B．was able to show how talented he was |
| C．was able to continue his day job |
| D．was able to forget his failure |
| A．His father did not manage to make a better judgment. |
| B．His father was tired of disagreeing with his son. |
| C．His father had been impressed by his son’s love of gardening. |
| D．His father came to realize the charm of gardening. |
【推荐2】Turning soil, pulling weeds, and harvesting cabbage sound like tough work for middle and high school kids. And at first it is, says Abby Jaramillo, who with another teacher started Urban Sprouts, a school garden program at four low-income schools. The program aims to help students develop science skills, environmental awareness, and healthy lifestyles.
Jaramillo’s students live in neighborhoods where fresh food and green space are not easy to find and fast food restaurants outnumber grocery stores. “The kids literally come to school with bags of snacks and large bottles of soft drinks, ” she says. “They come to us thinking vegetables are awful, dirt is awful, insects are awful.” Though some are initially scared of the insects and turned off by the dirt, most are eager to try something new.
Urban Sprouts’ classes, at two middle schools and two high schools, include hands-on experiments such as soil testing, flower-and-seed dissection, tastings of fresh or dried produce, and work in the garden. Several times a year, students cook the vegetables they grow, and they occasionally make salads for their entire schools.
Program evaluations show that kids eat more vegetables as a result of the classes. “We have students who say they went home and talked to their parents and now they’re eating differently, ”Jaramillo says.
She adds that the program’s benefits go beyond nutrition. Some students get so interested in gardening that they bring home seeds to start their own vegetable gardens. Besides, working in the garden seems to have a calming effect on Jaramillo’s special education students, many of whom have emotional control issues. “They get outside,” she says, “and they feel successful.”
1. What do we know about Abby Jaramillo?| A．She used to be a health worker. | B．She graduated from a low-income school. |
| C．She is a starter of Urban Sprouts. | D．She is eager to try something new. |
| A．The kids’ parents distrusted her. | B．Students had little time for her classes. |
| C．Some kids disliked garden work. | D．There was no space for school gardens. |
| A．limited | B．long-lasting | C．unexpected | D．unnoticeable |
| A．Rescuing School Gardens | B．Rxperiencing Country Life |
| C．Changing Local Landscape | D．Growing Vegetable Lovers |
【推荐3】More than 25 years ago, Saroo Brierley lived in rural（农村）India. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and fell asleep. When he woke up and found himself alone, the 4-year-old decided his brother might be on the train he saw in front of him-so he got on.
That train took him a thousand miles across the country to a totally strange city. He lived on the streets, and then in an orphanage（孤儿院）. There, he was adopted by an Australian family and flown to Tasmania.
As he writes in his new book, A Long Way Home, Brierley couldn't help but wonder about his hometown back in India. He remembered landmarks, but since he didn't know his town's name, finding a small neighborhood in a vast country proved to be impossible.
Then he found a digital mapping program. He spent years searching for his hometown in the program's satellite pictures. In 2011, he came across something familiar. He studied it and realized he was looking at a town's central business district from a bird's-eye view. He thought, “On the right-hand side you should see the three-platform train station”—and there it was. "And on the left-hand side you should see a big fountain"-and there it was. Everything just started to match.
When he stood in front of the house where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady standing in the entrance. "There's something about me, " he thought—and it took him a few seconds but he finally remembered what she used to look like.
In an interview Brierley says, "My mother looked so much shorter than I remembered. But she came forth and walked forward, and I walked forward, and my feelings and tears and the chemical in my brain, you know, it was like a nuclear fusion（核聚变）. I just didn't know what to say, because I never thought seeing my mother would ever come true. And here I am, standing in front of her. ”
1. Why was Brierley separated from his family about 25 years ago?| A．He got on a train by mistake. |
| B．He got lost while playing in the street. |
| C．He was taken away by a foreigner. |
| D．He was adopted by an Australian family. |
| A．By analyzing old pictures. |
| B．By travelling all around India. |
| C．By studying digital maps. |
| D．By spreading his story via his book. |
| A．His love for his mother. |
| B．His reunion with his mother. |
| C．His long way back home. |
| D．His memory of his hometown. |
【推荐1】Argentinians aren’t known for helping strangers, but young people are leading the way in tough times.
There are thousands of people living on the streets across the capital, and 43% of the country’s population lives in poverty. It’s a reflection of the terrible economic crisis and sky- high inflation (通货膨胀) that’s enveloping the country. Some 600 volunteers are working to fill the void(空白) where government services and the labor market are falling short. These volunteers may not be well off, but they offer whatever they can to lift their neighbors up: a hand, a meal, or simply some of their time.
Generosity of time and affection is generally reserved for family and close friends in Argentina. But there are significant increases in volunteering in times of the greatest crisis.
Study found a correlation between volunteering and general satisfaction. Some 23% of respondents who said they volunteered last year indicated Argentina as the best place for them to live, compared to only 14% of non-volunteers.
Carmela Pavesi, an organizer in her mid-20s said, “You don’t need a lot of money or a lot of things,” she said. “With the people you have nearby, wherever you are, you can do something with what you have.”
“Today there are more people living on the streets, more people in need, more people begging for money or help,” said Eduardo Donza, a researcher with the Social Debt Observatory at the Universidad Católica de Argentina. “If we don’t generate more wealth, if we can’t create more good jobs, we’re never going to come out of this.”
The crisis itself pushes people together, uniting in empathy (共鸣). “Volunteering can’t solve these wider issues on its own. But it seems to me like solidarity has increased. That willingness to help matters,” he added.
1. What do we know about the Argentinians mentioned in paragraph 2?| A．They are unwilling to help the poor. | B．They are applying to be volunteers. |
| C．They are going through hardships. | D．They are leaving their hometown. |
| A．It mainly involves the students. | B．It brings about life satisfaction. |
| C．It makes people wealthier. | D．It costs a great deal. |
| A．Inflation. | B．Satisfaction. |
| C．Wealth. | D．Unity. |
| A．Helping neighbors in hard times | B．Getting rid of poverty together |
| C．Showing sympathy for the poor | D．No longer living on the streets |
【推荐2】It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries (食品杂货), saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading impact in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity (人性) as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.
1. Why was the bike so important to the couple?| A．They used it for work and daily life. | B．It was their only possessions. |
| C．It was a nice Kona 18 speed. | D．The man’s job was bike racing. |
| A．the couple worked 60 hours a week | B．life was hard for the young family |
| C．the stranger brought over the bike | D．people were busy before Christmas |
| A．incident. | B．ability. | C．approval. | D．effect. |
| A．Strangers are usually of little help. | B．An act of kindness can mean a lot. |
| C．News reports make people famous. | D．One should take care of their bike. |
【推荐3】Every day when Glen Oliver orders his morning coffee at the drive-through window of a local cafe, he insists on paying for the order of the person behind him. He also asks the restaurant workers to tell the customer to have a great day, in case they’re not already having one.
Oliver has never made a big deal out of his own generous actions until a letter was published by a news website in November. He found out that he had not just bought someone his breakfast —he had saved a life.
According to the website, someone had written a letter stating that on July 18th, he was planning on committing suicide. The writer said that while he was at the drive-through window, he was planning on going home, writing a note and ending his life. When he went to pay for his coffee and muffin, however, the cashier told him that the man in the SUV in front of him had picked up the tab and told him to have a great day.
“I wondered why someone would buy coffee for a stranger for no reason,” said the writer. “Why me? Why today? If I were a religious man, I would take this as a sign. This random act of kindness was directed at me on this day for a purpose.”
When the writer arrived home, he couldn’t restrain his tears and started to think about the simple good deed that had affected him so deeply. “I decided at that moment to change my plans for the day and do something nice for someone. I ended up helping a neighbor take groceries out of her car and into the house.”
The writer says that in the months following that fateful event, he does at least one kind thing for others every day. “To the nice man in the SUV, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please know your kind gesture has truly saved a life,” he said. “On July 18, 2017, I had the greatest day.”
1. What is Oliver’s act of kindness every day?| A．Buying others breakfast. |
| B．Greeting restaurant workers. |
| C．Publishing positive news. |
| D．Taking groceries for neighbors. |
| A．It brought him thank-you letters. |
| B．It was reported on a news website. |
| C．It was the first time he’d paid for others. |
| D．It stopped someone from killing himself. |
| A．Paid the bill. | B．Parked the car. |
| C．Left a message. | D．Ordered a drink. |
| A．He felt guilty. | B．He felt grateful. |
| C．He felt confused. | D．He felt sad. |
