① Having worked as a village doctor in Henan village, Yunnan province, Yang Lianying has won praise from her community for her hard work.
② “My biggest hope is that villagers are healthy, ” says Yang. Born in Mengzi, Yunnan, in 1980, Yang was a farmer for many years before she began to receive medical training in 2005.
③ Speaking about why she chose to become a doctor, she recalls a story when she was about 8 years old. Her mother suddenly fell ill. With no village doctor, her family was forced to travel to a far-away health center. It made her think that if she had a chance to learn medicine in the future, she would help patients like her mother one day.
④ In 2008, Yang’s dream came true when she began to work as a village doctor, but she soon found out that it was not easy. Since Henan village lies in a mountainous area and villagers live far apart, she often has to hike long ways to visit them at home. Moreover, village doctors don’t make much money or have heavy work stress. So few young people would like to do that. Yang has to care for nearly 2, 000 with only one other workmate.
⑤ But Yang keeps going. “Actually, I love this job and consider all the difficulties I meet as challenges. The villagers trust me. It’s a great pleasure to hear them call me ‘doctor’,” she says.
⑥ She remembers treating one old woman with high blood pressure in 2021. One day, as Yang took the woman’s temperature, she found that she had a high fever, but none of her family members were at home. Yang offered the elderly woman medicine and stayed with her. Later, the woman repeatedly expressed her thanks, saying that Yang’s visit had saved her life.
⑦ “I was touched by her words, and maybe that’s what has helped me to keep doing this work,” Yang says.
34. What can we learn from the passage about Yang?
A.She was born in Henan village. | B.She received no medical training. |
C.She worked as a doctor 9 years ago. | D.She won the hearts of the villagers. |
35. What made Yang choose to be a village doctor?
A.The support of the villagers. | B.Her interests in medicine. |
C.The experience of her mother’s illness. | D.Her hope to make a better living. |
36. Which paragraph shows the problems Yang met as a village doctor?
A.Paragraph 2. | B.Paragraph 3. | C.Paragraph 4. | D.Paragraph 5. |
37. What’s the purpose of the old woman’s story in Paragraph 6?
A.To tell people to spend more time with the family. |
B.To explain why Yang kept doing the work. |
C.To show how difficult the villagers’ life is. |
D.To introduce the bad situation of the woman. |