Question

His name is James，but people call him Rocky.The name fits.He’s big，over six feet tall，and he’s tough when he needs to  be.James “Rocky” Robinson lives and works in New York City’s Bedford­Stuyvesant district，one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States.Yet it is here in Bed­Stuy that he is saving lives and reviving a community.

In 1966，when Rocky was twenty­six years old，his seven­year­old niece was struck by a car on the street of Bed­Stuy.Had someone at the scene known first aid or CPR，she might have lived.But by the time she reached a hospital，she was dead.

His niece’s unnecessary death was one reason why Rocky became a paramedic (护理人员)．Working for the Emergency Medical Service of New York City，he realized that more than half the city’s emergency calls came from high­crime areas.According to Rocky，residents of crime­plagued minority neighborhoods like Bed­Stuy sometimes had to wait as long as 26 minutes after calling 911 for an ambulance while calls in richer white communities were answered in_a_fraction_of_the_time.

Rocky decided to find out more about the problem.His research showed that the richer communities had organized their own ambulance corps (特殊部队) to improve city services because the city was overwhelmed with calls.“If that’s the key to success，”he told his friend and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) colleague，Joe Perez，“we’ll start our own corps in Bed­Stuy！”

In 1988，Rocky had no idea that he and Joe would be attempting to establish the first minority­run ambulance service in the country，or just how creative he would have to be to overcome the difficulty.The pair’s first challenge was to find a location for the headquarters.They took over an abandoned building that was commonly used by drug dealers.Because there was no electricity or running water (except for the leaks in the roof)，the two men worked during daylight hours.They used a two­way radio to receive emergency calls.

Although they could make do with their new headquarters，Rocky and Joe still lacked the most important component of an ambulance service：an ambulance.An old Chevrolet (雪佛兰) got them to the scenes of accidents，fires，shootings，and stabbings.But the car didn’t always start.At times，they were forced to strap (用带捆绑) their trauma kits and oxygen tanks to their backs and run on foot to the emergencies.Everyone laughed，except the victims who were still alive when  Rocky and Joe arrived.

1.The author believes the name “Rocky” fits James because________.

A．he is a tall and tough man

B．he is tall and does something big

C．he is living in a tough community

D．he leads a tough community

2.James’ seven­year­old niece would have been saved if________.

A．she had been sent to a better hospital

B．she had got first aid and arrived in hospital earlier

C．James had been at the spot

D．emergency calls had been available in the area

3.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 means________.

A．in a short time

B．over a long time

C．in the near future

D．from time to time

4.We can infer from Paragraph 4 that________.

A．ambulance corps were only allowed in rich white communities

B．James found white communities made more emergency calls

C．city services were not enough to meet people’s need

D．it was easy to establish the minority­run ambulance service

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

1.

解析 推理判断题。由文章第一段可知，James之所以会得到这个称呼一方面是因为他身材高大，但更重要的原因是，他建立了第一个社区救护队，做了件伟大的事情。

2.2】 B

解析 细节理解题。由文章第二段最后两句可知，James的侄女是因为事发后，现场没有人会急救，送到医院时，不治而亡。

3.3】 A

解析 推理判断题。由第一段知，Bed­Stuy是个落后的贫困区。因此，它的医疗救助服务肯定要比富人区差，等待的时间也更长。由第四段知，James发现富人区建立了自己的救护队，所以不需要等很长时间，故选A项。

4.4】 C

解析 推理判断题。文章第四段说明，有些富裕的白人区建立了自己的救护队来弥补城市医疗救护的缺陷，这说明城市医疗救护服务满足不了人们的需要。