1 . We experienced a horrible winter because of the national outbreak of COVID-19. My aunt is a doctor. 2 days before the Chinese New Year’s Eve when hearing the urgent news that she should perform her duty in Wuhan, my family sank into a great panic. How long would this duty last? Could my auntie be safe? More and more confirmed cases and deaths were reported. Hubei Province was locked down. People were restricted to homes. The whole country was under a cloud of terror.

At this time, a group of medical staff, including my aunt, came forward. They sacrificed their Spring Festival holiday and charged on the front line to defeat the disease. Regardless of personal safety, they took their professional mission to head for Hubei Province.

In addition, Zhong Nanshan, Li Lanjuan, Zhang Boli, Chen Wei and other top scientists immediately made up the epidemic expert group, trying to find out pathology and effective prescriptions as soon as possible. Many truck drivers had been devoted to transporting all kinds of goods to support Hubei Province.

Throughout the country, the Party members have played their exemplary role at all posts in routine work of disinfection and sterilization, registration and inspection. Moreover, a lot of volunteers have kept on duty day and night, insist on publicizing the common knowledge of epidemic prevention. In this way, our government could take measures step by step.

In peace times, there are also heroes. They can be medical staff, scientists and all fighters in this fight against CONVID-19. In the face of the epidemic, in spite of their personal concerns and their family’s worries, they can still make their courageous choice.

Last week, my aunt came back home, safe and sound. I gave my aunt a warm hug. It’s also a hug to all heroes in our country. Thank you all! Our heroes! You are making our world more colorful.

1. How do you feel about the writer’s aunt?

A．Courageous and responsible.	B．Responsible and careful.
C．Careful and warm-hearted.	D．Warm-hearted and experienced.

2. What do we know about the author’s aunt?

A．She is a doctor in Wuhan.	B．She loves her family very much.
C．She does not work in Wuhan.	D．She gets along well with her workmates.

3. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A．Hubei was more serious than other provinces.

B．Other provinces did less than Hubei.

C．The CCP led the whole country to fight against the epidemic together.

D．Volunteers were necessary in Hubei.

4. Which words can describe the writer’s attitude to medical workers?

A．Thankful and respectful.	B．Indifferent and negative.
C．Worried and puzzled.	D．Interested and objective.

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。

Dr Lin Qiaozhi once sad, “Life is precious... To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust,     1    (say) I’m cold, hungry, or tired?” These words carried her    2    a life of hard choices. She    3    (choose) to study medicine instead of following the     4    (tradition) path like the majority of girls. After graduating from university, she     5    (immediate) became the first woman ever to be hired as     6    resident physician. When studying in the US, her American colleagues invited her to stay in the US.    7    , she refused because she wanted to serve the woman and children at home. In 1941, Dr Lin became the first Chinese woman     8    was appointed director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. But a few months later, the department was closed because of the war. Lin Qiaozhi,    9    (know) as the “mother of ten thousand     10    (baby)”, devoted all her life to medical work for Chinese women and children.

3 . Dr Vellayan looks like any other animal doctor. But he does more than what his job _______ of him as the head of the hospital at Zoo Negara.

Dr Vellayan is not only the _______ animal doctor but the anaesthetist (麻醉师), sweeper as well as light fixer. _______ , Dr Vellayan doesn't mind having to _______ these non-medical duties, though having six full-time zoo workers to help him.

His day begins at 7:30 a. m. when he goes on his rounds _______ the animals in the zoo. Dr Vellayan takes along some treats for his _______ when making his rounds. He always _______ along with him some leaves, fruit and lemon grass.

During his _______ , he will observe the sick animals to know how they have _______ to treatment and update their medical __________ and fill in a daily report book.

His rounds usually end at 10:30 a. m. Then he will catch up with paperwork, prepare __________ and so on. Other daily tasks he has to do are record-keeping, ordering of drugs,   __________ daily reports, handling the preparation of food for the animals and taking __________ of the cages.

His day does not end at 5:30 p. m. He may be __________ at home but he is on call 24 hours a day. Actually, he has been __________ to work while on holiday or while attending meetings. However, he has made a (an) __________ with the experts from University Putra Malaysia to treat the animals. The experts must come to help if something is __________ with the animals.

Although Dr Vellayan's __________ is very demanding (费力的), he has never had another vet to help him. __________ , he considers himself fortunate that he has several zoo workers to help him make sure of the __________ of the 4000 animals in the zoo.

1.

A．means

B．matters

C．requires

D．serves

2.

A．only

B．best

C．very

D．last

3.

A．Naturally

B．Fortunately

C．Terribly

D．Finally

4.

A．solve

B．provide

C．support

D．perform

5.

A．examining

B．exploring

C．admiring

D．feeding

6.

A．folks

B．children

C．animals

D．workers

7.

A．carries

B．gets

C．picks

D．buys

8.

A．visits

B．rounds

C．examinations

D．service

9.

A．turned

B．applied

C．came

D．reacted

10.

A．records

B．expenses

C．tests

D．doubts

11.

A．cigar

B．medicine

C．power

D．album

12.

A．bringing

B．preparing

C．ending

D．interrupting

13.

A．advantage

B．notice

C．care

D．charge

14.

A．performing

B．working

C．cycling

D．resting

15.

A．called on

B．called up

C．called back

D．called of

16.

A．promise

B．agreement

C．decision

D．difference

17.

A．familiar

B．friendly

C．popular

D．wrong

18.

A．struggle

B．heart

C．job

D．growth

19.

A．Otherwise

B．Therefore

C．Meanwhile

D．However

20.

A．health

B．future

C．quality

D．price

4 . 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.

2. What does Verghese think of medical equipment?

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.

3. Which statement is NOT true about the 64-year-old man mentioned in the text?

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.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

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.

5 . A mobile(移动的)hospital for treating injured wildlife has just begun a journey to its new base in Byron Bay, on Australia's east coast.

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital founder and Professor Stephen Van Mil said that Australia's annual disastrous(灾难性的)wildfire season could _______ the animals’variety. Seeing the _______ koalas sitting in baskets waiting for care was _______ .

By now, several charities, and help from animal protection groups have turned the mobile hospital into a _______ .

It is housed in a 16-meter _______ that was partially helped by the World Wildlife Fund, which was _______ by a group of international environmentalists to raise money _______ global efforts. Inside, the truck comes with all the _______ an animal hospital needs, including X-ray machines, ultrasound(超声)facilities, and special cages. To make sure that the mobile hospital can help even in the most _______ conditions, it is 100 per cent self-sufficient(自给自足). It uses solar energy to produce electricity and has its own water collection and management systems so that it can arrive anywhere and be set up and ready to go in ________ .

“Being able to work in a mobile hospital ________ that I can actually help these animals quickly. I can get there and I can concentrate on the ________ that they need," said wildlife specialist Dr. Bree Talbot, who will be aboard the mobile hospital along with a small team of volunteers.

Australia can be a ________ place to live for wild animals. Experts determined that up to a billion wild creatures were ________ by the 2020 wildfires alone. Offering help to these animals in times of crisis is a major challenge, and this amazing mobile hospital seems to have arrived at the ________ time.

1.

A．protect

B．explore

C．destroy

D．improve

2.

A．injured

B．homesick

C．rare

D．ordinary

3.

A．inspiring

B．heartbreaking

C．frightening

D．encouraging

4.

A．pleasure

B．choice

C．dream

D．reality

5.

A．engine

B．truck

C．subway

D．car

6.

A．founded

B．discovered

C．impressed

D．invented

7.

A．in place of

B．in charge of

C．in support of

D．in spite of

8.

A．doctors

B．knowledge

C．medicines

D．equipment

9.

A．challenging

B．powerful

C．significant

D．confusing

10.

A．minutes

B．days

C．months

D．years

11.

A．proves

B．explains

C．means

D．assumes

12.

A．comfort

B．passion

C．patience

D．treatment

13.

A．perfect

B．dangerous

C．creative

D．individual

14.

A．caught

B．limited

C．affected

D．prevented

15.

A．former

B．right

C．specific

D．unique