Question

Doctor and Robber

One night about nine o'clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon (外科医生), had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun. The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o'clock.A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.

It was after two o'clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls.Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.

"MR. Cunningham," said Dr. Haydon to the man, "This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who came all the way from Albany to save your boy."

1.Dr. Haydon asked Dr. Eyck to come to Clens Falls because________.

A. the boy wounded by a shot was Dr. Eyck' patient

B. the boy needed his help

C. Dr. Haydon was not a surgeon

D. Dr. Eyck was his assistant

2.The surgeon was late because________.

A. he was stopped by a beggar

B. the weather was rather terrible

C. Clens Falls was far away from Albany

D. His car was taken away

3.Choose the right order of the events given in the story.

a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.

b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.

c. The boy shot himself.

d. The boy died.

e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.

f. Dr. Eyck was robbed (抢劫) of his car.

A. c, e, f, a, b, d     B. a, c, f, d, b, e

C. c, a, f, e, d, b     D. a, c, f, e, d, b

4. The boy died because________.

A. he was too far away from hospital

B. Dr. Haydon didn't do anything to save him

C. Dr. Eyck was not able to arrive at the hospital in time

D. something was wrong with Dr. Eyck's car

5.Who should be responsible for (对……负责) the boy's death

A. The boy's father.     B. The hospital.

C. Dr. Eyck.             D. Dr. Haydon.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述外科医生博士艾克接到一个一个电话要求去那里一次，给一个重病的男孩做手术。但他没有及时赶到，孩子去世了，告诉我们造化弄人，做人要做善事。

1.B考查细节理解题。根据第一段The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy医生被 要求去那，给一个患病的孩子做手术，故选B项。

2.D考查推理题。根据第三段the man ordered the doctor to get out.可知那个人抢走了医生的车，他一路走过去才迟到的，故选D项。

3.C 考查细节理解题。根据文章可知，故事的发展顺序为小男孩射伤自己、艾克医生被要求去医院、艾克医生汽车被抢劫、穿就外套的男人到达医院、男孩死亡、艾克医生到达医院，故选C项

4.C考查细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三、四段可知，小男孩在艾克医生到达之前一个小时死去了。故选D

5.A考查细节理解题。根据文章可知小男孩的父亲就是抢劫艾克医生汽车的人，因为他艾克医生未能及时赶到医院,故选A项。

考点 ：故事类阅读。