Question

    Christmas at the mountain cline would have to wait. The banks beside Mary Breckinridge’s Wendover, Kentucky, clinic were ruined after a heavy rain. She had to find a way to get her five patients to the hospital in Lexington.

With a neighbor’s help, Mary and the nurses built a boat. They named it Ambulance, and on the morning of December 30,1926. Mary another nurse, and the patients set off down the river. After sixteen wild miles on the dangerous river, they arrived at the train station in Krypton. As she watched the train pull away with her patients safely on board. Mary smiled and waved.

Mary had not planned to be a nurse. She was the daughter of a wealthy Kentucky politician. As a child, Mary was influenced by her family who had always been concerned about the poorer people of the state. When she grew up, Mary was inspired to become a nurse. So in 1925 Mary hired a few British-trained nurses and, with some money from her family, started the Frontier Nursing Service in Wendover, Kentucky.

Before Mary and her nurses came, the mountain people lived a hard life. Families made so little money that they could not afford doctors or medicine. Many children had diseases and nearly every person was malnourished for lack of food.

Mary and the nurses built clinics and a small hospital deep in the forests of Leslie County. There were no paved roads, electricity, or telephones. Each day the nurses rode on horseback to outlying farms, often in bad wenther, to answer calls for help. They worked hard to keep an eye on their patients.

To the grateful mountain people, Mary and the nurses seemed to be everywhere. They treated everything from cut fingers to pneumonia (肺炎), gave shots, and delivered babies. The proud countrymen liked the nurses because they treated everyone with respect.

The Frontier Nursing Service grew. Today their Nursing Service reaches far beyond the Kentucky mountains. Medical professionals from all over the world come to Wendover to study rural health care in action. When these men and women go back to their own countries, they are prepared to help people in need.

1.How did Mary Breckinridge get her five patients to Krypton?

A.By train B.By car

C.By water D.On horseback

2.The underlined word “malnourished” in Paragraph 4 most probably means     .

A.mysterious B.lacking nutrition

C.careless D.in danger of dying

3.We can learn from the text that Mary Breckinridge     .

A.remains a great influence on health care today

B.wanted to set up more clinics to help the sick

C.wiped out diseases in the Kentucky mountains

D.trained all of her assistants herself

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.Mary and her family were always helpful to others

B.The Frontier Nursing Service set up many branches

C.Rural nurses found creative ways to transport supplies and patients

D.Mary and other nurses provided kind medical care to rural people

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了前线护理服务人、先锋护士——玛丽布莱金瑞奇给山区人民提供现代医疗护理的事迹。

1.推理判断题。根据第二段中的With a neighbor’s help, Mary and the nurses built a boat. They named it Ambulance, and on the morning of December 30,1926. Mary another nurse, and the patients set off down the river.可知，在邻居的帮助下，玛丽和护士们造了一艘船。她们把它命名为救护车，在1926年12月30日的早晨。玛丽又找了一个护士，病人们沿着河出发了。由此可知，在邻居的帮助下，玛丽和护士们建造了一只船运送病人们。故选C。

2.词义猜测题。根据第四段中划线词后的for lack of food (因为缺少食物)可知，划线词意为“营养不良的”，即由于缺少食物几乎人人营养不良。故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Medical professionals from all over the world come to Wendover to study rural health care in action.可知，来自世界各地的医学专业人员来到温德沃研究农村卫生保健的实际情况。由此可知，玛丽布莱金瑞奇仍然影响着今天的医护行业。故选A。

4.主旨大意题。根据上下文可知，本文重点讲述了包括玛丽布莱金瑞奇在内的一些护士们给山区人民提供医疗帮助的事迹。故选D。