Question

【題目】 John Flynn was born in Australia in 1880. His father was a schoolteacher. John studied hard and in 1911 he left the city of Melbourne and went to work in South Australia for the Presbyterian Church. The church wanted to help the sheep farmers who lived in the outback many kilometers from towns and cities. They built a number of small hospitals and found nurses to work there, but at that time there were only two doctors in all of South Australia.

One story Flynn often told was about Jimmy Darcy. One day, Jimmy had an accident on his farm so friends took him to see F.W. Tuckett, who worked at the post office at Halls Creek. It was a journey of 22 km. Tuckett was the only person in the area who knew anything about medicine. He tried to help but Jimmy was too ill. Tuckett finally talked by radio to a doctor in Perth, a city 1, 500 km away. The doctor took ten days to arrive. He travelled by car, by horse and on foot and when he arrived, Jimmy was dead. Flynn saw the planes could really help people in the outback. He wrote about his idea for a “Flying Doctor” in 1917, but it wasn’t until 1928 that a flying doctor actually took off. By the 1930s there was a Flying Doctor plane in every part of Australia.

【1】The underlined word “outback” means" a_________ place.

A.popularB.lonelyC.beautifulD.wonderful

【2】What was the problem in South Australia?

A.The nurses weren’t very good.B.There were no hospitals.

C.There weren’t enough doctors.D.There were too many people.

【3】What does Flynn tell us about Jimmy?

A.He know something about medicine.

B.He was a doctor.

C.He had an accident.

D.He wrote the book Flying Doctor.

【4】What do we know about the doctor from Perth?

A.He travelled too slowly to save Jimmy.

B.He had problems with his car.

C.He didn’t know the way to Halls Creek.

D.He saved Jimmy’s life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文講述了約翰·弗林的故事。他1880年出生在澳大利亞。1911年他離開墨爾本，到南澳大利亞為長(zhǎng)老會(huì)工作。教會(huì)想幫助住在離城鎮(zhèn)數(shù)公里遠(yuǎn)的內(nèi)陸地區(qū)的養(yǎng)羊農(nóng)民。他們建了一些小醫(yī)院，并找了護(hù)士在那里工作，但那時(shí)整個(gè)南澳大利亞只有兩名醫(yī)生。吉米·弗林經(jīng)常講一個(gè)因?yàn)槁猛静槐愫腿鄙籴t(yī)生，沒能及時(shí)得到救助的吉米故事。他在1917年提出“飛行醫(yī)生”的想法，1928年實(shí)現(xiàn)了。到了20世紀(jì)30年代，澳大利亞的每一個(gè)地方都有一架飛行的醫(yī)生飛機(jī)。

【1】

詞句猜測(cè)題。popular流行的；lonely偏僻的，寂寞的；beautiful美麗的；wonderful精彩的。此句“The church wanted to help the sheep farmers who lived in the outback many kilometers from towns and cities.”句意是：教會(huì)想幫助住在離城鎮(zhèn)數(shù)公里遠(yuǎn)的內(nèi)陸地區(qū)的養(yǎng)羊牧民。根據(jù)outback的后置定語“many kilometers from towns and cities（離城鎮(zhèn)數(shù)公里遠(yuǎn)的）”可知“outback”意思是“一個(gè)偏僻的地方”。故選B。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第1段最后1句“They built a number of small hospitals and found nurses to work there, but at that time there were only two doctors in all of South Australia.（他們建了一些小醫(yī)院，并找了護(hù)士在那里工作，但那時(shí)整個(gè)南澳大利亞只有兩名醫(yī)生。）”可知“南澳大利亞的問題是醫(yī)生太少了�！惫蔬xC。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段第1句中“One day, Jimmy had an accident on his farm…（一天，吉米的農(nóng)場(chǎng)出了事故……）”可知“關(guān)于吉米，弗林告訴我們他出了事故�！惫蔬xC。

【4】

細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段第7和8句“The doctor took ten days to arrive. He travelled by car, by horse and on foot and when he arrived, Jimmy was dead.（醫(yī)生花了十天才到。他坐汽車、騎馬和步行，當(dāng)他到達(dá)時(shí)，吉米已經(jīng)死了。）”可知“他走得太慢了，沒有救了吉米�！惫蔬xA。