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1、2012年同等學(xué)力英語沖刺練習(xí)及詳解（十五）閱讀理解After retirement from medical，my wife and I built our home in a gated community surrounded by yacht clubs and golf courses on Hilton Head Island. But when I left for the other side of the island，I was traveling on unpaved roads lined with leaky cottages. The“l(fā)ifestyle”of ma

2、ny of the native islanders stood in shocking contrast to my comfortable existence.By talking to the local folks，I discovered that the vast majority of the maids，gardeners，waitresses and construction workers who make this island work had little or no access to medical care. It seemed outrageous to me

3、. I wondered why someone didnt do something about that. Then my fathers words，which he had asked his children daily when they were young，rang in my head again：“What did you do for someone today？”Even though my father had died several years before，I guess I still didnt want to disappoint him. So I st

4、arted working on a solution. The island was full of retired doctors. If I could persuade them to spend a few hours a week volunteering their services，we could provide free primary health care to those so desperately in need of it. Most of the doctors I approached liked the idea，so long as they could

5、 be relicensed without troubles. It took one year and plenty of persistence，but I was able to persuade the state legislators to create a special license for doctors volunteering in not-for-profit clinics.The town donated land，local residents contributed office and medical equipment and some of the p

6、otential patients volunteered their weekends ornamenting the building that would become the clinic. We named it volunteers in Medicine and we opened its doors in 1994，fully staffed by retired physicians，nurses and dentists as well as nearly 150 nonprofessional volunteers. That year we had 5000 patie

7、nt visits；last year we had 16000.Somehow word of what we were doing got around. Soon we were receiving phone calls from retired physicians all over the country，asking for help in starting VIM clinics in their communities. We did the best we couldthere are now 15 other clinics operatingbut we couldnt

8、 keep up with the need. Yet last month I think my fathers words found their way up north，to McNeil Consumer Healthcare，the maker of Tylenol（泰諾：一種感冒藥）. A major grant from McNeil will allow us to respond to these requests and help establish other free clinics in communities around the country.NextPage

9、61.What is the passage mainly about？A. The contrast between the rich and the poor on an island.B. The story of a man who likes to give others advice.C. The life and work of a great father.D. The inspiration of a fathers words.62.The author of the passage is .A. a retired physicianB. a retired teache

10、r C. a retired medical researcherD. a retired construction worker63.The purpose of Volunteers in Medicine is to .A. help retired medical workers improve their incomesB. provide free medical services to those who need themC. urge the government to set up non-profit clinicsD. make the dream of the aut

11、hors father come true64.Which of the following has been done by the author himself？A. Buying the medical equipment.B. Finding the land and the office.C. Decorating the building that would become the clinic.D. Getting a special license for the retired doctors.65.In the last paragraph，“I think my fath

12、ers words found their way up north to McNeil”implies that .A. my fathers words finally reached McNeilB. McNeil decided to do something for the needy peopleC. My father decided to assist us in opening more clinics in the northD. McNeil community was badly in need of free health care programsNextPage答

13、案解析：從醫(yī)學(xué)院退休以后，我和妻子把家建在了希爾頓海德島上的一個周圍都是游艇俱樂部和高爾夫球場的封閉社區(qū)內(nèi)。但是，當(dāng)我離開那里到島的另一端時，我走在半修砌的路上，兩邊是破爛的村舍，島上許多土著居民的“生活方式”與我舒適的生活形成了鮮明的對比。 通過與當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裾勗?，我發(fā)現(xiàn)，這里的絕大多數(shù)女傭、園丁、女服務(wù)員以及建筑工人等很少或根本享受不到醫(yī)療護理，而正是他們使該島正常運行。我感到非常憤慨。我想知道為什么沒有人為此做些什么。于是，我父親的話又出現(xiàn)在我腦中我們小時候父親每天都會這樣問我們：“今天你為別人做了什么?” 盡管我父親在幾年前就去世了，但是，我想我仍然不想令他失望。所以，我開始致力于尋求一個

14、解決方案。島上有很多退休的醫(yī)生，如果我可以說服他們每星期花費幾小時自愿提供服務(wù)，我們就為那些急需的人們提供免費的基本醫(yī)療護理。大多數(shù)我所接觸的醫(yī)生都贊同這個主意，只要他們能夠不費力地重新獲得執(zhí)照。我用了一年的時間以及不懈的努力，但是，我終于說服了這個州的立法人員為那些在非營利診所里自愿提供服務(wù)的醫(yī)生頒發(fā)了特殊的執(zhí)照。 鎮(zhèn)里捐獻了場地，當(dāng)?shù)鼐用窬栀浟宿k公室及醫(yī)療設(shè)備，一些人自愿空出他們周末的時間裝修即將成為診所的房子。我們把它叫做“醫(yī)療志愿者”，并于1994年開業(yè)，所有人員都是退休的醫(yī)生、護士和牙醫(yī)以及近150名非職業(yè)志愿者。那年有5000名病人來我們的診所；去年我們接收了16000名。 不知為

15、什么，我們所做的這些事情傳開了。不久，我們接到了來自全國各地退休醫(yī)生打來的電話，要求我們幫助在他們社區(qū)也開辦VIM診所。我們盡最大的努力，現(xiàn)在有15個診所正在營業(yè)中，但我們?nèi)匀悔s不上需要。不過，上個月，我想我父親的話在北方發(fā)揮了作用，在邁克內(nèi)爾消費者保健中心泰諾的制造商那里起了作用。邁克內(nèi)爾的一筆數(shù)額較大的贈款將使我們能夠回應(yīng)這些需求，幫助在全國范圍的各社區(qū)建立其他的免費診所。NextPage61.【正確答案】D【考點類型】主旨判斷【解析過程】文章主要是關(guān)于 。A. 島上窮人和富人的對比B. 喜歡提出建議的一個人的故事C. 一個偉大父親的工作和生活D. 一個偉大父親的激勵綜觀全文是說作者在父親

16、的鼓勵下，實現(xiàn)了他父親也是他本人的愿望。表明選項D是正確答案。其他幾個選項都不符合文章主題的含義?！究键c提示】主旨題就是把文章中最關(guān)鍵的核心詞和作者的態(tài)度放到一起，該選項就是正確答案。62.【正確答案】C【考點類型】細節(jié)判斷【解析過程】文章的作者是 。A. 一名退休的醫(yī)生B. 一名退休的老師C. 一名退休的醫(yī)學(xué)研究人員D. 一名退休的建筑工人線索：文章的第1段提到“After retirement from medical，my wife and I built our home in a gated community”表明選項C是正確答案。【考點提示】根據(jù)題干的線索范圍原文尋找答案。63.

17、【正確答案】B【考點類型】細節(jié)判斷【解析過程】醫(yī)療志愿者的目的是 。A. 幫助醫(yī)療工人提高他們的收入B. 提供免費的醫(yī)療服務(wù)給那些需要他們的人C. 督促政府建立非營利的醫(yī)療診所D. 使作者父親的夢想成真線索：文章的第1段提到“If I could persuade them to spend a few hours a week volunteering their services，we could provide free primary health care to those so desperately in need of it.”表明選項B是正確答案。選項D比較具有迷惑性，該選項

18、不正確的原因是本文主要討論的是作者幫助別人的愿望和實現(xiàn)該愿望做出的努力。不可能是作者實現(xiàn)他父親的夢想。【考點提示】根據(jù)文章的中心，做題的時候時時刻刻都要想著該文章的中心是什么，這樣可以避免做錯選項。因為正確選項都是應(yīng)該和文章中心相吻合。64.【正確答案】D【考點類型】細節(jié)判斷【解析過程】下面哪件事情是作者本人完成的？A. 購買醫(yī)療設(shè)備B. 發(fā)現(xiàn)用地和辦公地點C. 裝修會成為診所的大樓D. 給退休醫(yī)生頒發(fā)特殊的許可證線索：文章的第3段提到“.but I was able to persuade the state legislators to create a special license f

19、or doctors volunteering in not-for-profit clinics.”表明選項D是正確答案。A、B、C選項不是作者親自做的?！究键c提示】明確作者做的事情和觀點，區(qū)分和別人做的事情。65.【正確答案】B【考點類型】句子含義推斷【解析過程】最后一段“我想我父親的話語在北方起了作用”暗含的意思是 。A. 我父親的話最終到達了邁克內(nèi)爾 B. 邁克內(nèi)爾決定為那些貧困的人做一些事情C. 我父親決定幫助我們開辦更多的北部醫(yī)療診所D. 邁克內(nèi)爾社區(qū)非常的需要醫(yī)療健康保障線索：文章的第1段提到“I think my fathers words found their way up

20、 north，to McNeil Consumer Healthcare，the maker of Tylenol（泰諾：一種感冒藥）. A major grant from McNeil will allow us to respond to these requests and help establish other free clinics in communities around the country.”表明選項B是正確答案?！究键c提示】混淆選項C錯誤的原因是一個比較典型的特點，整個選項的內(nèi)容都基本符合文章，但唯獨其中有一個單詞“my father”不正確，所以該選項不能選。Ne

21、xtPage閱讀理解Passage FiveEven before Historian Joseph Ellis became a best-selling author，he was famous for his vivid lectures. In his popular courses at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts，he would often make classroom discussion lively by describing his own combat experience in Vietnam. But as Elli

22、ss reputation grew-his books on the Founding Fathers have won both the prestigious National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prizethe history professor began to entertain local and national reporters with his memories of war. Last year，after The Boston Globe carried accounts of Elliss experience in the V

23、ietnam war，someone who knew the truth about Ellis dropped a dime（揭發(fā)）. Last week The Boston Globe revealed that Ellis，famous for explaining the nations history，had some explaining to do about his own past.“Even in the best of lives，mistakes are made.”said a wretched Ellis . It turned out that while t

24、he distinguished historian had served in the Army，hed spent his war years not in the jungles of Southeast Asia，but teaching history at West Point（西點軍校）. Hed also overstated his role in the antiwar movement and even his high-school athletic records. His admission shocked colleagues，fellow historians

25、and students who wondered why someone so accomplished would beautify his past. But it seems that success and truthfulness dont always go hand in hand. Even among the distinguished achievers，security experts say，one in ten is deceiving-indulging in everything from empty boasting to more serious offen

26、ses such as plagiarism（剽竊），fictionalizing military records，making up false academic certificates or worse. And，oddly，prominent people who beautify the past often do so once theyre famous，says Ernest Brod of Kroll Associates，which has conducted thousands of background checks. Says Brod：“Its not like

27、they use these lies to climb the ladder.”Then what makes them do it？Psychologists say some people succeed，at least in part，because they are uniquely adjusted to the expectations of others. And no matter how well-known，those people can be haunted by a sense of their own shortcomings.“From outside，the

28、se people look anything but fragile，”says Dennis Shulman，a New York psychoanalyst.“But inside，they feel hollow，empty.”NextPage66.Which of the following is true about Ellis？A. He is a famous professor of history at West Point. B. His book on the Vietnam war has won two important prizes.C. He has told

29、 both students and reporters about his own experience of war.D. He has written a best-seller for a newspaperThe Boston Globe.67.While Ellis served in the Army，he .A. combated in VietnamB. taught at a military schoolC. exaggerated his part as a historianD. made mistakes in the antiwar movement68.What

30、 did Ellis lie about？A. His war experience in Vietnam.B. His athletic records in high school.C. His role in the antiwar movement.D. All of the above.69.What does“to climb the ladder”in the second paragraph mean？A. To become more successful.B. To inquire into ones background.C. To cover ones serious

31、offenses.D. To go further in beautifying ones past.70.According to psychologists，successful people who lie about themselves .A. take pride in their weaknessesB. feel weak in their hearts C. think nothing of others D. look weak to othersNextPage答案解析：在歷史學(xué)家約瑟夫埃利斯成為暢銷書作家之前，他因生動的演講而聞名。他在馬塞諸塞州Mount Holyok

32、e講課非常受歡迎，通過描述他自己在越南戰(zhàn)爭中的戰(zhàn)斗經(jīng)歷，經(jīng)常使得課堂上的討論非常活躍。但是，隨著埃利斯的名聲的擴大，他關(guān)于 開國者 的書同時獲得了享有盛譽的國家書籍獎和普利茨獎，歷史教授開始向地方和全國的記者報告他的有關(guān)于戰(zhàn)爭的記憶。去年，波士頓環(huán)球報 報道了埃利斯在越南戰(zhàn)斗中的經(jīng)歷后，一些知道埃利斯真實情況的人揭發(fā)了他。上星期，波士頓環(huán)球報 透露，埃利斯因解釋國家歷史而聞名，將必須解釋一些關(guān)于他自己的過去的事。 “即使在生命最好的時期，人們也會犯錯誤。”可憐的埃利斯說。已經(jīng)證實：當(dāng)著名的歷史學(xué)家在軍隊服兵役時，他的戰(zhàn)爭年代并不是在東南亞的叢林中度過的，而是在西點軍校教授歷史。他還夸大了他在反

33、戰(zhàn)運動中的角色，甚至是他在中學(xué)時代的運動記錄也被夸大了。他的坦白使他的同事、同伴以及學(xué)生感到震驚。他們想知道為什么一個如此有成就的人還要美化他的過去。但是，看上去成功與真相似乎并不總是緊密相連的。安全專家說，即使是在杰出的成功者中，也有1/10的人在欺騙，沉溺于空洞的吹噓和更嚴(yán)重的犯罪等，比如剽竊、虛構(gòu)軍事記錄、制作假學(xué)術(shù)證書或更糟的行為?！翱肆_爾會員”的歐內(nèi)斯特博德說，奇怪的是那些美化過去的人一旦成名后就經(jīng)常這樣做，“克羅爾會員”進行了數(shù)千次這樣的背景報告。博德說，“他們不像是在利用謊言去爬上階梯?！?那么，是什么讓他們這樣做呢？心理學(xué)家說，一些人成功了，至少一部分成功了，因為他們只是迎合了

34、其他人的期望。不管怎樣出名，他們都會因感到不足而受到困擾?！皬耐饨鐏砜?，這些人沒什么，只是有些脆弱?！钡つ崴谷鰻柭f，他是一名紐約的心理分析學(xué)家。“但是，從內(nèi)心來說，他們感到空洞、空虛?！盢extPage66.【正確答案】C【考點類型】細節(jié)判斷【解析過程】關(guān)于埃利斯下面哪句話是對的？A. 他是西點軍校一名著名的教授B. 他寫的關(guān)于越南戰(zhàn)爭的書獲得了兩個重要的獎項C. 他已經(jīng)告訴他的學(xué)生和記者關(guān)于他越南戰(zhàn)爭的經(jīng)歷D. 他成為了 波士頓環(huán)球報 的一名暢銷作者線索：文章的第1段提到“he would often make classroom discussion lively by describi

35、ng his own combat experience in Vietnam.”和“the history professor began to entertain local and national reporters with his memories of war.”表明選項C是正確答案。選項B和原文的內(nèi)容“his books on the Founding Fathers have won both the prestigious National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize”不符合，屬于偷換概念?！究键c提示】同學(xué)們在做題的時候一定要謹(jǐn)防偷換概念的錯誤，這種選項特別具有迷惑性。67.【正確答案】B【考點類型】細節(jié)判斷【解析過程】埃利斯在軍隊服役的期間，他 。A. 在越南作戰(zhàn)B. 在軍事學(xué)校教書C. 夸大他作為歷史學(xué)家的作用D. 在反戰(zhàn)的運動中犯了錯誤線索：文章的第2段提到“hed spent his war years not in the jungles of Southeast Asia，but teaching history at West Point（西點軍校）.”