Question

When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental health problems.

When he left the hospital, Adam decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn’t like the doctor’s white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.

But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown to make the children laugh

When he finished medical school and become a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called “the Gusundheit Institute”，together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.

Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said,:”hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him.”

1.When did Adams have mental health problems?

A. after he left medical school

B. during the 1980s

C. When he was a teenager boy

D. after the film came out

2.Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams?

A. because he was a warm person

B. because he had mental health problem

C. because he was a clown

D. because he wasn’t the same as others

3.The Gusundheit Institute

A. was a hospital

B. belonged to Universal Pictures

C. could make films

D. was a medical school

4.According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?

A. Adams wore shirts instead of white uniforms when visiting patients

B. Robin Williams believed that patients need a doctor who is a friend.

C. In Adams’ opinion, not only medicine was needed for patients

D. Robin Williams was an actor

5.The passage mainly tells us about

A. how to cheer up patients

B. people with mental health problems

C. a film about Adams

D. a doctor named Hunter Adams

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：青少年时的享特•亚当斯很不幸，他在一家心理疾病康复医院里过了很多年。当他离开医院时，亚当斯决定成为一名医生，因此他去了美国弗吉尼亚州的一所医学院学医。医学院毕业后，他成了一名医生。亚当斯与其他医生开办了一家自己的医院——名叫the Gusundheit Institute。在20世纪80年代，享特•亚当斯声名远扬。在1998年，环球影业拍了一部介绍他生平的电影。在电影里，罗宾•威廉斯扮演亚当斯。威廉斯说：“享特是一个真正的热心人，他相信病人需要一个能和自己做朋友的医生。我喜欢扮演他。

1. C 细节理解题。题意：亚当斯什么时候患有心理疾病？由第一段： When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental health problems.（当他还是个少年时，亚当斯不开心，他在一家心理疾病康复医院里过了很多年。）可知选项C是正确的。故选C。

2.2】D 推理判断题。题意：为什么医学院的医生不喜欢亚当斯？由第二段最后一句的：“The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.”（医学院的医生不喜欢亚当斯，因为他太不一样）可知其原因，be different=not the same。故选D。

3.3】A 推理判断题。题意：The Gusundheit Institute是一个什么地方？由第四段：Adams opened his own hospital, called “the Gusundheit Institute”（亚当斯开了一家自己的医院，叫作“the Gusundheit Institute”），可知这是一家医院。故选A。

4.4】B 推理判断题。题意：根据文章，哪句话不正确？由最后一段：hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend.亚当斯相信病人需要一个能和自己做朋友的医生，而不是罗宾•威廉斯。所以B是错误的，故选B。

5.5】D 主旨推断题。题意：文章主要向我们讲述了什么？A. how to cheer up patients如何让病人开心；文中提到此事，但不是文章的主旨。B. people with mental health problems有心理疾病的人；显然文章并未讲述这一主题。C. a film about Adams一部关于亚当斯的电影；不是文章的主题。D. a doctor named Hunter Adams一位名叫享特•亚当斯的医生；这是文章的主题，文中5段展开叙述，层层深入，把享特•亚当斯比较完整地呈现在读者面前。故选D。

【考点定位】考查人物传记类短文阅读。