1 . In 2014, Time, a leading American magazine chooses the heroic health care workers caring for Ebola (埃博拉) patients in west Africa as their “Person of the Year”.

In February, 2014, the largest Ebola outbreak in world history began in the west African countries of Guinea (几内亚), Liberia and Sierra Leone (塞拉利昂). At the time, there was little to stop the disease from spreading further. Neither the governments nor the World Health Organization (WHO) was ready to fight it.

“But the Doctors Without Borders (无国界医生组织) and many others from all over the world fought side-by-side with local doctors and nurses, ambulance drivers and burial teams,” Time describes in an article.

Ebola has now killed more than 6,000 people (mostly in west Africa), and more than 17,000 people have been infected.

According to the WHO, 622 health care workers have been infected with Ebola through the end of Novembers 346 of them have died. The incidence rate (感染率) of Ebola in Sierra Leone is about 100 times higher for health care workers than it was for other people in the country.

Sierra Leone doctor KombaSongu-M’briwa got infected after treating a patient (who later died). He said that the Ebola field work was “the most difficult, most pitiful work of his life.” Luckily he survived and has decided to return to the field. “I don’t have regrets because I’m enjoying my job.”

Ebola is a contagious (传染性的) and very dangerous disease. It can lead to serious bleeding, organ failure (器官衰竭) and death. The disease kills about 50 percent of those infected.

1. Who is Time’s 2014 “Person of the Year”?

A．The Ebola patients.

B．The Ebola fighters.

C．The African government.

D．The World Health Organization.

2. We can tell from the story that Ebola mainly broke out in        .

A．Southeast Asia	B．South America
C．West Africa	D．East Africa

3. How many health care workers have been infected with Ebola by the end of November?

A．6,000.

B．17 ,000.

C．346.

D．622.

4. What is the main idea of the article?

A．The Ebola virus is very terrible.

B．Heroic Ebola fighters.

C．A famous American magazine.

D．The largest Ebola outbreak in world history.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Where was John from?

A．The UK.

B．China.

C．Australia.

2. What did John do on the flight?

A．He cured the captain.

B．He saved a passenger.

C．He chatted with a patient.

3. What did John get at his hotel?

A．A dinner party.

B．A better room.

C．A thank-you note.

3 . 假设你是李华，上周你因病住院，在住院期间你的主治大夫黄医生对你精心照顾，现在你已经出院回家。请你按照以下提示写封信给黄医生表达感谢。
1. 对黄医生的精心照顾表示感谢
2. 描述黄医生对你住院期间的帮助
3. 邀请黄医生参加你的18岁生日聚会。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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4 . Standing outside my hospital the other day, I was struck by a sight. In fact, it’s a sight we’ve all seen countless times: obese (肥胖的) nurses standing around outside a hospital. It is estimated that one in four nurses is obese, with nearly two-thirds being overweight.

While some have argued that obese nurses may be less productive and take more time off sick, this isn’t my concern at all. I’m just worried about the example they set to others. Yes, of course, nurses and doctors struggle with having a healthy lifestyle like everyone else. But if they can’t stick to the basic principles of maintaining a healthy lifestyle that they are promoting themselves, then in my opinion they have no business being on the front line. No patient is going to take them seriously unless they can demonstrate that they at least try to practise what they promote.

It’s a serious professional failing, because it sends the disastrous message of “do as I say not as I do”, which is never going to result in someone changing their ways. You wouldn’t take advice about reducing your drinking from an alcoholic, would you? So why should you be expected to listen to an overweight healthcare professional who is telling you to lose a few pounds?

Of course, there are lots of instances when a doctor or nurse’s personal struggles can really help. For example, I used to smoke and I find this actually helps me because I can relate to patients — I know their struggles, I know their concerns and I know the things they say to themselves to avoid quitting. Knowing that I used to smoke helps me come across as more human to my patients — I’ve done silly things but I’ve changed and so can they.

Similarly, a nurse who was previously obese but has now lost weight could be a real motivation for patients. But until they have lost weight and can demonstrate that they practise what they promote, they risk alienating (使疏远) the very patients they are charged with helping.

1. What worries the author concerning obese nurses?

A．They will have difficulty getting along with patients.

B．They will be unlikely to take patients seriously.

C．They will fail to play their role in health promotion.

D．They will be incompetent at their job on the front line.

2. What is the author’s attitude to “do as I say not as I do”?

A．Tolerant.

B．Contradictory.

C．Uncaring.

D．Disapproving.

3. In what way is the author’s experience of quitting smoking helpful?

A．He understands smokers better.

B．He manages to maintain a healthier lifestyle.

C．He has become brave in the face of struggles.

D．He sets a good example to his workmates.

4. What can we infer about the author?

A．He is an alcoholic.	B．He is a doctor.
C．He is overweight.	D．He is impatient.

5 . The University of Miami’s newest hospital has a six-bed emergency room, operating room, a birthing room and outpatient clinics. The only thing missing is patients. Instead, nursing students get a realistic clinical experience using computerised mannequins (fake patients) and staff actors.

“Practising on real people can be a bit frightening environment, and as our patients become more knowledgeable, they tend to hesitate when a student walks in,” said Susana Barroso-Fernandez, who oversees UM’s simulation (模拟) program. “We created this environment to allow students to practise and make mistakes and never put a patient or student at risk.”

This hospital is part of a growing trend of colleges building simulation centres to provide real-life experience for students. The move towards simulation has increased as nursing programs have grown faster than hospitals’ capacity to accommodate these students.

A 2014 study found that colleges could use simulation to replace up to half of all clinical experience without any negative results. The students scored just as well on nursing license exams as those getting most of their experience in hospitals and healthcare centres.

There are major benefits of simulation, officials said. In addition to giving students a safe environment to practise, it also gives students experience with situations that are rare, but still important for them to know how to handle them.

The Simulation Hospital will also be used as a training place for people outside of UM, including hurricane training. “It’s not just about nursing education,” said Susan.

1. Which of the following best proves UM’s simulation program worked well?

A．Students performed as well.

B．It offered students all clinical experience.

C．Nursing programs have grown faster.

D．The hospital will be used as a training place.

2. What does the underlined part “a growing trend” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Launching nursing programs.

B．Building more healthcare centres.

C．Improving hospitals’ capacity.

D．Colleges building simulation centres.

3. What’s the function of Paragraph 4 for the whole passage?

A．To make the point more persuasive.

B．To make the description more vivid.

C．To make the program more appealing.

D．To make the topic more interesting.

4. What might be the best title for the passage?

A．More Experience, Less Risk

B．Safer Environment, More Patients

C．More Practice, Fewer Mistakes

D．Newest Hospital, Best Accommodation

6 . A woman thought to be Britain’s oldest and longest-serving nurse says she has no plans to hang upher scrubs (手术服) after 60 years of working for the NHS (英国国家医疗服务体系).

Norma Newcombe started her __________as a cadet (实习生) at a hospital for babies in August,1958. She has been a full-time school _________ at Wrightington,Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 1973.

Rabina Tindale,chief nurse at WWL said,“we are ________ proud to have Norma as part of the WWL team and access to her significant _________and wisdom. Norma’s commitment (奉献) to her ________ over so many years is astonishing, and we_______ her all the best as she continues to care for the school-age population in the Hindley area.

Modest Norma ________ herself as “a school nurse who just does her job ”. She said,“I’m proud to be where I am and I’m very passionate about the local area and everything ________ to Hindley and school nursing. I have no plans to _________ down. I’ll probably do school nursing until I die.”

Zoe Corday-Taylor, a school nurse at Hindley Town Hall, said she has been “________”to have worked with Norma for the last 11 years. Zoe said,“She ________a very special place in the hearts of the children and families that she has helped over the years. She never________ a face or name and is now_________ the grandchildren of the children that she used to look after. Norma is a very________ part of our school nursing A family and is loved by all of the team for her heart of gold and her ________ to the students.

1.

A．education

B．career

C．training

D．teaching

2.

A．nurse

B．master

C．instructor

D．manager

3.

A．properly

B．quickly

C．generally

D．extremely

4.

A．experience

B．guideline

C．performance

D．memory

5.

A．image

B．leadership

C．profession

D．appearance

6.

A．make

B．wish

C．cure

D．bond

7.

A．describes

B．treats

C．serves

D．requires

8.

A．turned

B．agreed

C．donated

D．related

9.

A．break

B．set

C．slow

D．cut

10.

A．bored

B．lucky

C．jealous

D．confident

11.

A．receives

B．expects

C．holds

D．seeks

12.

A．forgets

B．recognizes

C．remembers

D．makes

13.

A．coming across

B．working with

C．caring for

D．picking up

14.

A．different

B．special

C．talented

D．huge

15.

A．inspiration

B．donation

C．restraint

D．devotion

7 . 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.

8 . Reread the text and fill in the blanks based on the text with correct forms of words.

Cholera     1    (think) as one of the most     2    (frighten) diseases in the world before John Snow, a British doctor, demonstrated     3     to overcome it. The illness was so severe     4     it could cause diarrhoea, dehydration, and even death. In the early 19^th century, when cholera broke out in Europe, millions of people     5    (kill) by the disease. The disease     6    (frustrate) John Snow as a young doctor at that time because it couldn’t be prevented or treated. With time     7    (go) on, Snow grew to be a well-known doctor, who even attended     8     Queen Victoria when she gave birth. However, his desire to destroy cholera     9    (complete) never     10    (death).

9 . Costa Rica’s jungles might seem an unlikely spot for a group of medics (医学工作者) to gather together. But struggling through this dense stretch of Central American wilderness, that’s exactly who you might encounter.

Trading medical instruments and lab-made medicines for rafts and snake venom, these medics come together under the guidance of World Extreme Medicine (WEM), an organisation training medical staff like nurses and doctors to work in the world’s most unstable and remote conditions.

Extreme medicine is a subdiscipline (分支) of medicine in which healthcare providers respond to crises in war zones, assist those left behind after humanity’s most horrific disasters, and conduct medicine not just on land, but also deep beneath the sea and even in outer space. While all medics need to think on their feet, Mark Hannaford, the founder of WEM, explains that for extreme medics, that need is heightened. Medics might treat a patient in the burning heat of a desert, on an ice-cold tundra(苔原), or stabilize a person at altitude or in the dark. Despite this, he says, “you don’t need to run a marathon with a backpack on every day to be an extreme medic. Physical fitness is not the challenge. The challenge is adequately preparing yourself for the environment you are going into.”

“You really have to take good self-care in these environments,” adds pre-hospital lead and extreme medicine trainer, Eoin Walker. In places like Costa Rica, he teaches medics skills in security, diet and wound closure etc.. But medics also learn to care for their own physical and mental health. “In the UK, we don’t have to remember to drink every hour, or clean and dry our feet, or look at our calorie content — but you do in that environment,” he says.

“People who live where disaster hits still have issues like diabetes, babies are still being born, people need medical treatment,” says Mark. And with more disasters set to strike, their needs will only increase. “Training extreme medics is becoming more important as we face environmental challenges like climate change,” he adds.

1. Costa Rica’s jungles in this text are where ______.

A．extreme medical service is offered	B．extreme medics create new medicine
C．the head office of WEM is located	D．extreme medics do business with locals

2. What does the underlined phrase “that need” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Being physically healthy.	B．Providing healthcare in crisis.
C．Responding wisely and quickly.	D．Analyzing working environment.

3. What message does Eoin Walker want to convey?

A．It’s never too late to learn.	B．Self-care cannot be stressed enough.
C．Prevention is better than cure.	D．Healthy environment matters a lot.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To call on people to be extreme medics.

B．To introduce a new rising branch of medicine.

C．To recommend a medical training organization.

D．To show the growing demand of medics in remote areas.

10 . Andrew Chilton was diagnosed with autism (自闭症) at age eight. There was a lot to _________. Would he ever have a job? Live _________? Doctors and school officials _________ that Andrew might not even graduate from high school.

Andrew’s family would do anything for him. Christy Chachere, the boy’s personal care attendant, saw the _________ right away. “You have to let him _________,” she told the family. “It’s the _________ way he learns to do things on his own.”

No longer would Andrew’s mother write his papers. His younger brother wouldn’t _________ him to operate the computer. Christy wouldn’t help him with homework either.

Andrew _________ loudly at times. But then what Christy expected began to _________. Andrew would come home from school, get a snack and start on his homework. Christy was ____________ there. She wouldn’t do his papers for him. But she showed him how to get organized. Best of all, Christy offered ____________ once his work was done. She’d ____________ him to a store where he could buy Pokémon cards. To the movies. Or out to eat his favorite food.

Christy has been with Andrew for six years. She has successfully helped ____________ the life of a boy with autism. One ____________ at a time, Andrew gained independence. He graduated from high school and entered community college. “Life has never been ____________,” said Andrew.

1.

A．put off

B．worry about

C．set aside

D．settle down

2.

A．flexibly

B．fortunately

C．creatively

D．independently

3.

A．whispered

B．desired

C．predicted

D．witnessed

4.

A．opinion

B．chance

C．problem

D．ability

5.

A．fail

B．escape

C．protect

D．promise

6.

A．easy

B．normal

C．quick

D．only

7.

A．help

B．inspire

C．allow

D．refuse

8.

A．apologized

B．complained

C．requested

D．argued

9.

A．pass

B．reduce

C．spread

D．happen

10.

A．always

B．sometimes

C．seldom

D．never

11.

A．quality

B．measure

C．freedom

D．strength

12.

A．follow

B．take

C．force

D．introduce

13.

A．ruin

B．change

C．occupy

D．admire

14.

A．discovery

B．competition

C．choice

D．step

15.

A．better

B．busier

C．easier

D．quieter