Question

Charles R. Drew was a medical student at Columbia University in New York. Before he graduated, he wrote an article __36___ blood bank, that is, the storing of blood. Up till then, a lot of people had died from loss of blood __37___ there was no blood bank.

When the United States entered the Second World War, it became __38___ to set up blood banks. Dr Drew became _39___ of the Red Cross’s first blood bank. When the Red Cross __40___ blood banks to collect and store blood for men __41__ in battle, black American gave blood along with the whites. At ___42__ their blood was not accepted. Later blood from the blacks was ___43___ but was stored in a __44___ place from “white” blood. Although the best doctors __45___ that there was _46___ difference at all between the blood of blacks and whites, the Red Cross, with the support of the government, __47___ to separate black blood from white blood.

After the war, Dr Drew was ___48__ from Washington with three other doctors to attend a medical meeting in a southern state. In northern Carolina their car went __49___ a ditch（深沟）and Dr Drew was _50___ hurt. He had lost __51__ blood by the time a passing car took him to the __52___ hospital. But they were stopped at the gate of the hospital. “__53__him to the hospital for blacks.” No matter __54___ they said, they could not get into the hospital. They had to take him to the __55___ hospital, but on the way Dr Drew died because he had lost too much blood.

1.                A．of             B．on             C．for  D．in

2.                A．though         B．if              C．because  D．and

3.                A．possible        B．impossible       C．unimportant   D．necessary

4.                A．visitor          B．head           C．receiver  D．supporter

5.                A．started         B．expected       C．promised D．forbade

6.                A．died           B．killed           C．wounded D．fighting

7.                A．most           B．least           C．first  D．last

8.                A．received        B．accepted        C．lost  D．found

9.                A．good           B．cool           C．hot  D．separate

10.               A．discovered      B．invented        C．insisted   D．regretted

11.               A．little           B．much          C．some D．no

12.               A．began          B．refused        C．stopped   D．continued

13.               A．driving         B．walking         C．arriving   D．running

14.               A．from           B．into           C．along D．off

15.               A．hardly         B．nearly          C．badly D．not

16.               A．some          B．little           C．all    D．much

17.               A．biggest         B．most modern    C．nearest   D．cheapest

18.               A．Take           B．Bring          C．Send for   D．Find

19.               A．how           B．what           C．where D．who

20.               A．colored        B．better          C．farthest   D．same

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了血库从无到有的发展历程，涉及到美国的种族歧视的问题。

1.B。介词辨析。on表示“论述”。

2.C。连词辨析。许多人死于缺血，是“因为”没有血库。

3.D。形容词辨析。由于战争，用血量大增，故建立血库显得“十分必要”。

4.B。上下文串联。凭语感。另根据语境较易排除其余三个选项。

5.A。动词辨析。started“使开始”，余者不合文意。

6.C。考查常识。受伤的人才有可能需要补充血液。

7.C。上下文串联。at first意为“起初”，与下一句中的later形成对比。

8.B。动词辨析。开始对黑人的血并不被接受，只是后来才被接受。

9.D。上下文串联。根据与from一词的搭配和第十二个空格后的内容可知。

10.C。动词辨析。insisted“坚持说，坚持认为”，余者不合语境。

11.D。上下文串联。根据文意和at all选定。

12.D。动词辨析。虽然专家认为两种血并无差别，但红十字会仍“继续”将两者分开。

13.A。上下文串联。从their car went…可知，他们一行是“驾车”去的。余者不合文意。

14.B。上下文串联。车子掉“进”深沟，符合文意。

15.C。副词辨析。从最终死亡这一事实来看，他受伤“严重”。

16.D。上下文串联。根据语境可推断。另文章最后一句再现了much这一词。

17.C。考查常识。抢救应到“最近的”医院，这是常识。

18.A。上下文串联。从They had to take him to …可判断出。

19.B。动词用法辨析。said是及物动词，须接宾语，故应填代词what。

20.A。考查常识。coloured hospital意为“有色人种的医院”，在美国专指黑人的医院。B、C、D不合乎常识和语境。

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