Question

    John Flynn was born in Australia in 1880. His father was a schoolteacher. John studied hard and in 1911 he left the city of Melbourne and went to work in South Australia for the Presbyterian Church. The church wanted to help the sheep farmers who lived in the outback many kilometers from towns and cities. They built a number of small hospitals and found nurses to work there, but at that time there were only two doctors in all of South Australia.

One story Flynn often told was about Jimmy Darcy. One day, Jimmy had an accident on his farm so friends took him to see F.W. Tuckett, who worked at the post office at Halls Creek. It was a journey of 22 km. Tuckett was the only person in the area who knew anything about medicine. He tried to help but Jimmy was too ill. Tuckett finally talked by radio to a doctor in Perth, a city 1, 500 km away. The doctor took ten days to arrive. He travelled by car, by horse and on foot and when he arrived, Jimmy was dead. Flynn saw the planes could really help people in the outback. He wrote about his idea for a “Flying Doctor” in 1917, but it wasn’t until 1928 that a flying doctor actually took off. By the 1930s there was a Flying Doctor plane in every part of Australia.

1.The underlined word “outback” means" a_________ place.

A.popular B.lonely C.beautiful D.wonderful

2.What was the problem in South Australia?

A.The nurses weren’t very good. B.There were no hospitals.

C.There weren’t enough doctors. D.There were too many people.

3.What does Flynn tell us about Jimmy?

A.He know something about medicine.

B.He was a doctor.

C.He had an accident.

D.He wrote the book Flying Doctor.

4.What do we know about the doctor from Perth?

A.He travelled too slowly to save Jimmy.

B.He had problems with his car.

C.He didn’t know the way to Halls Creek.

D.He saved Jimmy’s life.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

本文讲述了约翰·弗林的故事。他1880年出生在澳大利亚。1911年他离开墨尔本，到南澳大利亚为长老会工作。教会想帮助住在离城镇数公里远的内陆地区的养羊农民。他们建了一些小医院，并找了护士在那里工作，但那时整个南澳大利亚只有两名医生。吉米·弗林经常讲一个因为旅途不便和缺少医生，没能及时得到救助的吉米故事。他在1917年提出“飞行医生”的想法，1928年实现了。到了20世纪30年代，澳大利亚的每一个地方都有一架飞行的医生飞机。

1.

词句猜测题。popular流行的；lonely偏僻的，寂寞的；beautiful美丽的；wonderful精彩的。此句“The church wanted to help the sheep farmers who lived in the outback many kilometers from towns and cities.”句意是：教会想帮助住在离城镇数公里远的内陆地区的养羊牧民。根据outback的后置定语“many kilometers from towns and cities（离城镇数公里远的）”可知“outback”意思是“一个偏僻的地方”。故选B。

2.

细节题。根据第1段最后1句“They built a number of small hospitals and found nurses to work there, but at that time there were only two doctors in all of South Australia.（他们建了一些小医院，并找了护士在那里工作，但那时整个南澳大利亚只有两名医生。）”可知“南澳大利亚的问题是医生太少了。”故选C。

3.

细节题。根据第2段第1句中“One day, Jimmy had an accident on his farm…（一天，吉米的农场出了事故……）”可知“关于吉米，弗林告诉我们他出了事故。”故选C。

4.

细节题。根据第2段第7和8句“The doctor took ten days to arrive. He travelled by car, by horse and on foot and when he arrived, Jimmy was dead.（医生花了十天才到。他坐汽车、骑马和步行，当他到达时，吉米已经死了。）”可知“他走得太慢了，没有救了吉米。”故选A。