1 . I always do voluntary work in the hospital. As a patient visitor, my important ______ is to deliver quality services to patients and families. By ______ companionship (陪伴) for patients in a sometimes ______ environment, I try my best to serve them and help to reduce the loneliness and frustration patients may feel after ______ in a hospital for weeks or even months.

Every Saturday afternoon for three to four hours, with a list of patients who ______ a patient visitor service, I head up to the 5th, 6th or 7th floor to first visit my priority (优先) patients. At the nurse’s station, I ______ ask the nurses or the medical staff about the condition of the patients in that unit and ______ that the patients would like a visitor. After receiving an update from the nurse, I gently ______ the door of the patients and enter with a friendly “Hello”. Then, I introduce myself and again politely ask if they would like a patient visitor. I usually try to prepare a few starting conversation ______ such as the current news, sports scores and fun facts. However, the patients usually engage (使加入) me first in an interesting conversation.

When volunteering as a patient visitor, I spent a lot of time communicating one-on-one with patients. Individual patients had individual needs and had extraordinary personal stories. ______,I found every visit ______. From generous and kind patients I have learned about their diseases and their course of ______. Additionally, I learned about literature, life during the Great Depression and wilderness of Northern Minnesota. On the whole, not only did I learn about the hospital settings and system, but I learned about the different ______ of others.

Many of the patients I have visited were truly inspiring and I always ______ them for their strength. Although their situations were somewhat difficult, they were often willing to share their stories of pain, suffering, hopes and optimism. I realize that I am truly grateful and ______ that they would share their personal stories with just a volunteer like me.

1.

A．battle

B．notice

C．goal

D．lesson

2.

A．providing

B．judging

C．questioning

D．suggesting

3.

A．clean

B．lonely

C．lively

D．comfortable

4.

A．exercising

B．studying

C．playing

D．staying

5.

A．refuse

B．replace

C．supply

D．need

6.

A．kindly

B．impolitely

C．professionally

D．loudly

7.

A．forget

B．warn

C．confirm

D．regret

8.

A．hold up

B．knock on

C．pick up

D．run into

9.

A．skills

B．attitudes

C．rules

D．topics

10.

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．Otherwise

D．However

11.

A．puzzling

B．frightening

C．interesting

D．shocking

12.

A．achievement

B．treatment

C．employment

D．entertainment

13.

A．effort

B．pace

C．appearance

D．life

14.

A．train

B．appreciate

C．forgive

D．control

15.

A．worried

B．discouraged

C．honored

D．embarrassed

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese researchers     1    (develop) a robot designed to help doctors treat the new coronavirus (冠状病毒) and other highly contagious diseases so far. The machine has along robotic arm attached to a base with wheels. It can perform some of the same medical examination tasks     2    doctors. For example, the device can perform ultrasound, collect fluid samples from a person’s mouth and listen to sounds made by a patient’s organs.

Cameras record the robot’s activities, which     3    (control) remotely so doctors can avoid     4    (come) in close contact with infected patents. Doctors and other medical workers can operate the machine from a nearby room or much     5    (far) away.

The robot’s main     6    (design) is Zheng Gangtie, an engineer and professor at China’s Tsinghua University in Beijing. He told Reuters New’s Agency that he got     7    idea for the device around the tie of the Lunar New Year in January. At the time, the number of cases of the COVID-19 was rising quickly in the city of Wuhan. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Zheng said a friend of his, the head of Beijing Tsinghua Chang gung Hospital told him that one of the biggest     8    (problem) in dealing with COVID-19 was     9    healthcare workers treating patients were getting infected themselves. Zheng said he wanted to do something to deal with this situation.

So the engineer gathered a team and went to work on the robotic device. Zheng said the team was able to convert two robotic arms. The new robot is almost     10    (complete) automated. It can even disinfect itself after performing actions involving contact with patients.

3 .

Read the directions of the medicine before you make your choices.

Adults (成人):            2 tablespoonfuls (汤匙) Children:                      according to age 10 ~ 14 years                  4 teaspoonfuls (茶匙) 6 ~ 10 years                    2 teaspoonfuls 3 ~ 6 years                      1 teaspoonful Repeat above dose (剂量) every 1/2 hour to 1 hour if needed until 8 doses are taken. If you do not get better within two days, see a doctor. Shake well before using.

1. According to the directions, what should you do before taking this medicine?

A．Heat it on the fire.

B．Move the bottle quickly up and down.

C．Add some hot water to it.

D．Go and ask the doctor’s advice.

2. For whom would a dose of two teaspoonfuls be suggested?

A．A grown-up.	B．A 10-to-14-year-old child.
C．A 6-to-10-year-old child	D．A 3-to-6-year-old child.

3. According to the directions, how are children’s doses decided?

A．By seeing a doctor.	B．By the weight of the child.
C．By the time of day.	D．By the age of the child.

4. What should you do if the medicine doesn’t work?

A．Change it for some better medicine.	B．See a doctor.
C．Stop taking it.	D．Take more.

5 . In India, the country with the world’s second-highest number of Covid-19 cases, some hospitals have started to use robots to connect patients with their loved ones, and assist healthcare workers.

Bangalore-based Invento Robotics has designed three robots to carry out tasks including cleaning surfaces, answering patients questions and enabling video consultations (咨询) with doctors.

Of the eight the company has so far used? the most popular model is Mitra. Using facial-recognition (面部识别) technology, the robot can remember the names and faces of patients it has contacted. Mitra can travel around a hospital independently, helping patients connect with family and doctors via its cameras and a video screen.

“Mitra can be the nurse’s or doctor’s assistant, take readings and vitals, remind them of medicines,” says Balaji Viswanathan, CEO of Invento Robotics.

He says the human-like robot interacts with patients and gains their trust. “It may sound funny but we are using robots to bring humanity (Aft) to hospitals,” he tells CNN Business.

Yatharth Hospital in the city of Noida, northern India? has deployed two Mitra robots --one at its entrance to screen patients and the other in the ICU (intensive care unit).

“Inside our ICU, Mitra helps patients connect with their families through video and gives the patient’s family a look inside,” hospital director Kapil Tyagi tells CNN Business.

“Patients get happy and positive whenever the robot visits them. They are often taking photos with Mitra,” he says.

Viswanathan says Invento uses “best in class security“ for video feeds between doctors, patients and their families. For in-depth telemedicine consultations? a booth is built around the robot to give patients privacy.

1. What does the underlined phrase “carry out” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Change.

B．Judge.

C．Perform.

D．Design.

2. What can we learn from Balaji   Viswanathan’s words?

A．Mitra is very funny.

B．Mitra is quite helpful.

C．Mitra can act like humans.

D．Mitra has the latest technology.

3. How do patients feel about the human-like robots?

A．Satisfied.

B．Lost.

C．Proud.

D．Worried.

4. Which can be the best title of the text?

A．How Can Robots Help Patients in India

B．Robots Are Welcomed by Hospitals in India

C．Robots Have Brought About Changes in India

D．Robots Join in the Fight Against Covid-19 in India

6 . Eddie liked music very much when he was at school, but when he went to the university he decided to study medicine instead of music. When he passed his examinations and became a doctor, he had to work in a hospital for some time. There he discovered that a lot of patients were happier and caused less trouble if pleasant music was played to them When Eddie got an office and began to work for himself, he decided to keep his patients happy by having a tape recorder in his waiting-room play beautiful music for them.
But soon after the tape recorder had been put in, Eddie’s nurse heard a woman, who was sitting in the crowded waiting-room one morning, complained, “Here we’re all waiting to see the doctor, and he’s just playing the violin in his office instead of doing his work.”
1. Eddie became a student of medicine at university__________.

A．because he had lost interest in music

B．because he thought medicine was more important than music

C．to find out new use of music in hospital

D．for reasons unknown from this passage

2. Why did Eddie put a tape recorder in his office?

A．He wanted to help patients waiting to see him pass the time easily.

B．He discovered that music was of help to his patients

C．He enjoyed listening to music while he worked

D．He wanted to attract more patients to his office

3. From the passage we can see that__________.

A．the woman thought Eddie was an unusual doctor

B．the woman didn’t understand music

C．the woman did not understand what Eddie meant

D．the woman hated to be kept waiting