Question

One night about nine o’clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon, had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.

The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o’clock.

A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.

It was after 2 o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.

The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.

“Mr. Cuninghan,” said Dr. Haydon to the man, “This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who walked all the way from Albany to save your boy.”

1.Dr. Haydon asked Dr. Eyck to come to Clens Falls because _____.

A. Dr. Eyck knew the boy was wounded by a shot

B. The boy needed the help of a surgeon

C. Dr. Eyck was the boy’s father

D. Dr. Eyck was Haydon’s friend

2.The surgeon was late because ________.

A. he was stopped by the police

B. the weather was rather terrible

C. Clens Falls was too far from Albany

D. his car was taken away

3.Choose the right order of the following events given in the story.

a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.

b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.

c. The boy shot himself.                    d. The boy died.

e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.  f. Dr. Eyck was robbed of his car.

A. c, e, f, a, b, d    B. a, c, f, d, b, e

C. c, a, f, e, d, b    D. a, c, f, e, d, b

4.The boy could have been saved if ______.

A. he had not been sent to the hospital

B. his father hadn’t arrived in time

C. Dr.Eyck had arrived earlier than the man

D. Dr. Eyck had arrived there two hours earlier

Answer

1. B

2. D

3. C

4. D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，一个小男孩在玩枪的时候被射伤了，需要立刻进行手术，外科医生Dr. Eyck要立刻去医院。半路上男孩的父亲抢走了这位医生的汽车，导致医生不能及时赶到医院，最终男孩去世了。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.可知一个小男孩在玩枪的时候被射伤了，需要立刻进行手术，所以这位外科医生才要立刻去医院。故B项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段后两句Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.可知这位医生迟到是因为他的汽车被别人抢走了。故D项正确。

3.细节理解题。根据文章内容可知小男孩受伤了，Dr Eyck被要求赶到医院手术，在路上他的汽车被抢走了，男孩死亡了，后来医生赶到了医院。故C项正确。

4.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知抢走医生汽车的正是去世的小男孩的父亲，如果他的汽车没有被抢走，他就可以12点之前到达医院抢救男孩，而他晚来了2小时。如果他早两个小时到医院，就可以救了这个男孩。故D项正确。