Question

    Mrs. Jones was my first patient when I started medical school — and I owe her a lot.

She was under my care for the first two years of my medical training, yet I knew very little about her, except that she was thin, perhaps in her mid 70s. It might seem rather negligent not to know the basic facts of my patient, but I had a valid reason — Mrs. Jones was dead, and had been dead for about three years before I made a patient of her. Mrs. Jones was the dead body that I dissected (解剖) over the first two years of my medical training.

Of course, her name wasn’t really Mrs. Jones, but it seemed a little impolite to be conducting research into someone’s body without even knowing its name, so out of courtesy, I thought she should have one. “Me and Mrs. Jones, we’ve got a thing going on.” went the song coming out of the radio as I unzipped the bag of her on my first day — and so she was christened (命名).

As the months passed, I soon forgot that Mrs. Jones had, in fact, once been alive. One day, though, she suddenly became very human again. I’d been dissecting Mrs. Jones a good 18 months before I got around to the uterus (子宫). After I’d removed it, the professor came up to me, “If you look at the opening carefully, you’ll see that the angle indicates that this woman has had several children, probably three.” I stared at it, and I suddenly felt very strange. This woman, who had given me something incredibly precious that I’d begun to take for granted, wasn’t a dead body. She was a person, a mother, in fact.

At my graduation, the same professor came over to congratulate me. I explained the story about Mrs. Jones to him, and recalled what he’d told me about her having children and how that had affected me all those years ago.

“Well,” he said, “at the beginning of your training you had a dead body and managed to turn it into a person. Now you’re a doctor, the trick is to have a person and not turn them into a dead body,” and he laughed, shook my hand and walked away.

1.What does the underlined word “negligent” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Irresponsible. B.Pitiful.

C.Regretful. D.Miserable.

2.How did Mrs. Jones get her name?

A.She was named after the author’s favorite singer.

B.It came from a song being played during their first meet.

C.It was passed down from the seniors of the author’s school.

D.It just occurred to the author when he opened the bag of her.

3.What could be the author’s feeling for Mrs Jones Now?

A.Indifferent. B.Ashamed.

C.Grateful. D.Guilty.

4.What did the professor imply by his words in the last paragraph?

A.Medical students are able to bring the dead back to life.

B.Good doctors never fail to save their patients from dying.

C.Medical staff ought to have respect for life and humanity.

D.Being a doctor has nothing to do with the medical training.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，作者讲述了和自己在医学训练中解剖的尸体Jones夫人之间的故事，并从中受到启发医务人员应该尊敬生命和人性。

1.词义猜测题。根据后文not to know the basic facts of my patient可知，作者身为医生，不知道自己病人的基本情况似乎有点疏忽和不负责任。故划线单词意思为“不负责任的”。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中“Me and Mrs. Jones, we’ve got a thing going on.” went the song coming out of the radio as I unzipped the bag of her on my first day — and so she was christened (命名).可知，当我们第一次见面的时候，收音机里面正在播放一首歌《我和琼斯夫人》，她就这样命名了。由此可知，Jones夫人的名字来自于他们第一次见面时播放的一首歌。故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据第一段中Mrs. Jones was my first patient when I started medical school — and I owe her a lot.可知，Jones夫人是我刚上医学院时的第一个病人，我非常感激她。由此可知，作者现在对Jones夫人非常感激。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Well,” he said, “at the beginning of your training you had a dead body and managed to turn it into a person. Now you’re a doctor, the trick is to have a person and not turn them into a dead body,” and he laughed, shook my hand and walked away.可知，“好吧，”他说，“在你训练的开始，你有一具尸体，并设法把它变成了一个人。现在你是一名医生，诀窍是有一个人，而不是把他们变成一具死尸，”他笑了，握了握我的手，走开了。由此可推知，教授在最后一段话中暗示了医护人员应该尊重生命和人性。故选C。