Question

    Peter and Cheryl Pitzer met in 1999. After training together, they fell in love and finally married in 2011. The Pitzers have been using their professional aviation skills to help people around the world regain sight. They are both volunteers for Orbis, a non-profit organization that turns airplanes into teaching hospitals and brings eye care and ophthalmology (眼科学) training to places around the world. The organization’s Flying Eye Hospital that the Pitzers fly together is an ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft.

The Pitzers flew their first flight together with Orbis in November, a journey that took them from Dubai to Saudi Arabia and finally to Ghana, a country in West Africa. The couple stayed an extra week after landing the plane in order to be on the ground to help other Orbis volunteers treat people in need, and to train medical staff in the community. “There was a woman named Mary. When we met her on Monday she was almost completely blind and when we left she could see,” recalled Peter.

“They also did surgeries in the local hospitals with the local doctors and their equipment, and they provide continuing education afterwards,” Cheryl said of the team’s work in Ghana.“The idea is to leave the knowledge behind so that people will have access to proper eye care after the plane is gone.”

The couple say they are grateful to share an occupation that they love-one they can do together and that allows them to give back. “It's awesome to see so many people in poverty regain sight. Our work is worth it,” said Peter. “Cheryl and I have a great personal and working relationship. It's just an interesting and incredible way to give back.”

Cheryl noted the intense (紧张的) planning and coordination it takes to fly a major plane carrying a teaching hospital to remote locations. She said she and her husband have an advantage with that complex task because they “understand each other.”

1.What are Peter and Cheryl Pitzer by trade?

A.They are doctors. B.They are pilots.

C.They are physicians. D.They are teachers.

2.What do we know about Flying Eye Hospital?

A.It is a mobile teaching hospital.

B.It is a modern general hospital.

C.It is a private hospital in Dubai.

D.It is a famous hospital in Africa.

3.Flying Eye Hospital is intended for__________.

A.the wealthy B.the poor

C.the disabled D.the wounded

4.What does Peter think of his volunteer work?

A.It is tiring. B.It is boring.

C.It is rewarding. D.It is upsetting.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了飞行员Peter和Cheryl Pitzer夫妇为一家名为Orbis的非盈利组织服务，这是一个把飞机变成教学医院，把眼科护理和培训带到世界各地的组织。文章介绍了他们与Orbis首次同机飞行时的情况，以及他们对这份工作的看法。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中The Pitzers have been using their professional aviation skills to help people around the world regain sight.可知，Pitzers夫妇一直在用他们的专业航空技能帮助世界各地的人们重见光明。由此可知，Peter和Cheryl Pitzer的职业是飞行员。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第一段中The organization’s Flying Eye Hospital that the Pitzers fly together is an ophthalmic teaching hospital on board an MD-10 aircraft.可知，该组织的飞行眼科医院是一架MD-10飞机上的眼科教学医院。由此可推知，飞行眼科医院在一架飞机上面，因此是一所流动教学医院。故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据第一段中They are both volunteers for Orbis, a non-profit organization that turns airplanes into teaching hospitals and brings eye care and ophthalmology training to places around the world.可知，他们都是Orbis的志愿者，Orbis是一个非盈利组织，把飞机变成教学医院，把眼科护理和培训带到世界各地。以及倒数第二段中“It’s awesome to see so many people in poverty regain sight. Our work is worth it,” said Peter.可知，“看到这么多贫困人口重见光明，真是太棒了。我们的工作是值得的，” Peter说。由此可推知，飞行眼科医院是为穷人设立的。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“It’s awesome to see so many people in poverty regain sight. Our work is worth it,” said Peter.可知“看到这么多贫困人口重见光明，真是太棒了。我们的工作是值得的，” Peter说。由此可推知，Peter觉得他的志愿工作很值得的。故选C。