Question

My wife passed away seven and a half years ago, and I went through a huge depression (消沉), the worst time in my life. I even wanted to end my life. I continued to work as a small-town doctor at my medical clinic in Kilauea, Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was alone. On a family trip, we turned on the TV and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. I said to my kids, “I’m going to Afghanistan.” International Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in some provinces where people had no health care. Eventually, the clinics were serving 27,000 patients a month. I had such a sense of accomplishment, a sense of purpose. My depression went completely away.

I go wherever disasters strike: Indonesia after the tsunami, Pakistan after the earthquake. I was just in Kenya. After their presidential election, at least a thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands were forced out. We set up mobile clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees (难民). Measles broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and medical equipment were also problems.

When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done. But really, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, my wife fell into a coma (昏迷). I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit, the exciting adventures we would have. I think about this moment many times during my “adventures”. I did not know then how prophetic (先知的) those words would be. She is with me still.

1.The first country where the author provided people with medical care is _____

A．Indonesia             B．Pakistan

C．Kenya                 D．Afghanistan

2.The underlined word “Measles” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ____

A．a kind of fire               B．a kind of polluted water

C．a kind of medicine           D．a kind of disease

3.The author and his wife ______.

A．experienced a lot of exciting adventures

B．loved each other very much

C．lived on the mainland

D．would travel to many places together

4.From this passage we know that the author _____

A．is a famous doctor

B．got over his wife’s death

C．is always in depression

D．experienced many disasters

5.Which of the following word can best describe the story in this passage?

A．Sad. B．Exciting. C．Inspiring. D．Disastrous

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲述了一名医生在妻子去世后，一度非常消沉，甚至想要自杀。但是后来他参加了国际医疗服务，之后在为难民们服务的过程中，找到人生新的意义，感觉时刻是与妻子在一起的，从而度过了妻子过世后的悲伤期。

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2.是难民营里的孩子最大杀手之一，可知这种东西可致命，根据常理可知难民营里最怕的是传染性的疾病。故选D。

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考点：考查故事类短文阅读。