1 . When Jenny Streete began caring for older people more than 50 years ago, prejudice was part of her everyday working life. Streete, who grew up in Jamaica and came to England in 1967, had a way of dealing with it: “Just put a smile on your face,” she says. “If you let bad words into your brain, it will only cause you more harm.”
The 81-year-old remembers one instance of abuse.
Streete says: “The sister who was managing the ward (病房) tried to calm a woman down. But I told the sister to let her say what she has to say. I don’t mind.”
The next night, Streete noticed the woman’s blanket had fallen off. She replaced it, telling the patient in a low voice exactly what she was doing and why. The same thing happened the next night, and the next. “But then, the night that I was off duty, that same woman asked the sister: ‘Where is that black lady? I don’t want anyone else to look after me while she is on duty. She was so kind.’”
Brought up by her grandparents, Streete found her vocation after a mystery illness that nearly killed her, and left her with permanently damaged vision. She got better, she says, because of “loving care and tenderness”. When she came to England, she was determined to give that care to others.
And Streete hopes to carry on caring for older people as long as possible — although, she says, her children are urging her to retire. She currently works two nights a week in an end-of-life ward which provides specialist nursing. Many of the people she looks after are now a similar age to her.
Her preference for night shifts hasn’t changed, either. She frequently stays on after her shift is finished, to spend time with residents.
She urges those considering a career in care to think hard about why they’re choosing it. “Sometimes, people are not happy because they don’t want to do the job — they have to do it, because there is no other way. Wanting to do it is very different from having to do it.”
But the key quality a care worker needs, she says, is patience, “Some people like to do everything quick-quick-quick, but you have to take your time with residents. I just try to treat everybody the way I would like to be treated.”
1. What do we know about Jenny Streete?A.She never accepts others’ words. |
B.She minded so much when abused. |
C.She fell ill when she left Jamaica. |
D.She has her own opinions about nursing. |
A.Her love for England. | B.The tender care she got. |
C.Older people’s prejudice. | D.Her grandparents’ encouragement. |
A.Serious and wise. | B.Positive but stubborn. |
C.Responsible and patient. | D.Honest but indifferent. |
A.Jenny Streete’s care for others in her whole life. |
B.Jenny Streete’s advice on how to find a good job. |
C.Jenny Streete’s experiences of fighting disease. |
D.Jenny streete’s determination to remove prejudice. |
2 . In 2006, Calvin Lowe’s four-year-old son Tyler needed to have a serious surgery. On the day of the
As they waited
But then the doctor did something
After the surgery was over, the doctor came back to
All these years after his son’s surgery, Lowe says he is still
A.diagnosis | B.vacation | C.appointment | D.narration |
A.impatiently | B.desperately | C.happily | D.unwillingly |
A.action | B.surgery | C.presentation | D.advice |
A.made | B.pursued | C.offered | D.conducted |
A.excited | B.relieved | C.depressed | D.regretted |
A.unexpected | B.essential | C.splendid | D.abnormal |
A.face | B.eye | C.mind | D.distance |
A.encouraged | B.praised | C.claimed | D.comforted |
A.forget | B.believe | C.doubt | D.realize |
A.cheer on | B.make sense | C.calm down | D.speak up |
A.greet | B.accompany | C.contact | D.meet |
A.smile | B.surprise | C.shock | D.shame |
A.replied | B.recalled | C.declared | D.agreed |
A.eager | B.sorry | C.grateful | D.nervous |
A.skill | B.disappointment | C.amazement | D.kindness |
1. Who needs to be nursed in the man’s family?
A.His wife. | B.His mom. | C.His kid. |
A.She likes taking care of old people. |
B.She can live with the man’s mother. |
C.She is more patient and experienced. |
A.3,400 dollars. | B.4,300 dollars. | C.5,000 dollars. |
A.Check the workers. | B.Fill out a form. | C.Meet a nursing worker. |
1. Where was Mary Seacole born?
A.In America. | B.In Britain. | C.In Jamaica. |
A.The War office. | B.A British hotel. | C.A hospital. |
A.Her work as a nurse. | B.Her talent as a writer. | C.Her success as a hotel owner. |
5 . Healing with Happiness
Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams decided early in his life that he wanted to help make the world better. Many of the patients who have visited his hospital would agree that he has done just that.
Adams was born in Washington, DC., but lived in many parts of the world while growing up. As a child Adams performed well in school. When he grew up. Adams decided to become a doctor. During his medical training he developed his own style of working with patients.
He was friendly and thought of ways to make them laugh, hoping to make them feel better. Some of Adams’s teachers were not pleased with his way of treating patients. These teachers believed that being friends with patients could get in the way of being a good doctor. Adams did not let his teachers’ attitude stop him from trying to make patients laugh. One day he dressed in a clown costume.
After he finished medical school, Adams and 20 of his friends opened their own hospital. They named their hospital the Gesundheit! Institute. Gesundheit means “health” in the German language.
Adams has written books about his style of healing patients. He writes that you don’t have to be a doctor to help someone feel better.
A.His bright clothes and red nose made patients smile. |
B.They could watch a play or see a dance performance. |
C.They were also trained to be funny and kind to patients. |
D.The most important thing anyone can do is visit people who are sick. |
E.He made sure there was always a friendly smile under that bright red nose. |
F.When he talked with sick people, he wanted to understand how they were feeling. |
G.It is also a funny sounding word, which makes it a perfect name for Adams’s hospital. |
6 . Imagine this: Your tonsils (扁桃体) are so inflamed (发炎) that it’s hard to swallow. Every swallow is painful. The doctor has a solution: an operation. “Will the operation hurt?” you ask. “Not a chance,” the doctor says. That’s because a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, or CRNA, will be a part of the surgical team. It’s that person’s job to help manage the anesthesia (麻醉) that makes patients much less sensitive to pain during surgery.
Throughout history, there have been countless medical breakthroughs and discoveries. Perhaps none has been more significant than the use of anesthesia to deaden the pain of surgery. Some forms put people into a sleeplike state for a short time during routine medical procedures. General anesthesia causes patients to lose consciousness during major operations, such as hip replacements or open-heart surgery. A regional anesthesia numbs only a part of a patient’s body, although the person might be awake. Local anesthesia numbs a small area, such as around stitches (缝线).
Brett Hayes is a CRNA. “If you want an exciting career with direct, hands-on caring for people and saving lives, you won’t regret picking anesthesia as a career,” he says. “I can see anywhere from one to 15 patients per day, depending on the timing and difficulty of the surgery,” Hayes says. “I might finish the day in the obstetrical department, giving anesthesia to an expectant (怀孕的) mother about to deliver a baby,” he says. “Rarely are two days the same. If you choose the path to becoming a nurse anesthetist, know that it is long and difficult,” Hayes says. “It is, however, worth every minute you’ll put into it.”
Still, being a nurse anesthetist is much more than knowing which drugs to use or how to monitor them. “In order to be truly successful, you have to connect with people,” says Antoinette Padula, Hayes’s wife. Also a CRNA, she teaches at Columbia University, in New York City. “It means giving support and encouragement to patients and their loved ones during some of the most critical, often life-changing moments in their lives.”
1. What does the author want to show by imagining an illness case?A.The need to cooperate in an operation. |
B.The terrible worries of patients. |
C.The patients’ pain in surgical procedures. |
D.The important role of CRNA in the operation. |
A.The types of anesthesia. |
B.The different operations. |
C.The procedures of doing anesthesia. |
D.The various situations of patients. |
A.Exhausting. | B.Rewarding. |
C.Demanding. | D.Embarrassing. |
A.Informing patients of their life-changing moments. |
B.Making patients get support from their loved ones. |
C.Establishing good connection with patients actively. |
D.Encouraging patients to be successful in their life. |
1. How long has the woman been in hospital?
A.For one week. | B.For ten days. | C.For two weeks. |
A.At home. | B.In a hospital. | C.In an office. |
A.Having medical checks regularly. |
B.Coming to the hospital every day. |
C.Avoiding any physical exercise. |
A.Grateful. | B.Annoyed. | C.Puzzled. |
8 . The World Health Organization says it believes between 80,000 and 180,000 health care workers may have died from COVID-19 in the period between January,2020 and May, 2021. In a
A.reason | B.problem | C.statement | D.show |
A.pleased | B.calling | C.limited | D.called |
A.in | B.about | C.from | D.for |
A.time | B.rate | C.day | D.room |
A.change | B.development | C.care | D.increase |
A.over | B.take | C.up | D.on |
A.maximize | B.unchanged | C.minimize | D.loss |
A.making | B.biting | C.standing | D.using |
A.fully | B.slowly | C.lazy | D.elegant |
A.but | B.while | C.despite | D.though |
9 . I was nervous as I had never worked in a hospital before. However, my advisers were amazing and instantly put me
I was helping to look after Lily, who had
When Lily received a follow-up call later, the nurse
A.at peace | B.in trouble | C.in debt | D.at risk |
A.standard | B.knowledge | C.blessing | D.memory |
A.difference | B.appointment | C.promise | D.fortune |
A.conducted | B.expected | C.required | D.experienced |
A.blaming | B.preparing | C.challenging | D.praising |
A.difficult | B.meaningful | C.strange | D.funny |
A.nervous | B.curious | C.surprised | D.confused |
A.picture | B.chart | C.article | D.note |
A.monitored | B.listed | C.spared | D.changed |
A.natural | B.attractive | C.personal | D.similar |
A.checked in | B.turned away | C.held back | D.passed on |
A.accidentally | B.partly | C.greatly | D.casually |
A.cost | B.fade | C.continue | D.mater |
A.assume | B.predict | C.announce | D.conclude |
A.discussed | B.thought | C.informed | D.mentioned |
10 . Dramatic progress has been witnessed in the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which benefits from those great contributions some ancient famous doctors made ant some experience they accumulated. The following three stand out among the ancient famous doctors.
Hua Tuo
Hua Tuo (145 — 208), famous physician of the late Eastern Han dynasty, also named Fu, was born at Qiao County in Peiguo (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). He led a simple life, away from fame and fortune. He would rather become a traveling physician for ordinary people.
Hua Tuo was an expert in several medical fields, such as internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics and acupuncture. He was the first person to perform surgery with the aid of anesthesia (by applying Ma Fei San, a herbal anesthetic he invented) some 1,600 years before Europeans did.
Zhang Zhongjing
Zhang Zhongjing (150 — 219), also known as Zhang Ji, was one of the most distinguished Chinese physicians during the later years of the Eastern Han dynasty. He lived in today’s Nanyang in Henan Province. He was known as the “medical sage” by later generations due to his outstanding contributions to TCM.
During his time, with warlords (军阀) fighting for their own territories, many people were infected with fertility, an illness caused by fever. Zhang’s family was no exception. The experience stimulated his motivation in medicine. He learned medicine by studying from his town’s fellow Zhan Bozu, absorbing previous medicinal literature, collecting many prescriptions; and finally writing the medical masterpiece Shanghan Zabing Lun. Unfortunately shortly after its publication the book was lost during wartime.
Li Shizhen
Li Shizhen (1518 — 1593) was a famous medical scientist the Ming dynasty. He loved medicine from an early age and succeeded his ancestors as a doctor. He not only paid attention to accumulating experience in curing diseases, but also visited the famous mountains where medicinal materials were produced.
On this basis, it took 27 years to compile (编著) the pharmaceutical masterpiece, Compendium of Materia Medica, which is known as the “Encyclopedia of Ancient China” and has made an important contribution to the development of classical medicine China.
1. What do the three famous doctors mentioned in the passage have in common?A.Their books never come out. |
B.They travelled extensively across China. |
C.They led the way worldwide in their own experts. |
D.They contributed themselves to the development of TCM. |
A.Hua Tuo was desperate for reputation and fortune. |
B.Li Shizhen came from a family of doctors. |
C.Li Shizhen survived Zhang Zhongjing by 9 years. |
D.Zhang Zhongjing’s medical masterpiece vanished before published. |
A.Healthy lifestyles. | B.Daily entertainment. |
C.Historical figures. | D.Fitness management. |