Our listener question this week comes from Abdullahi Farah, who wants to know about the life and work of Doctor Benjamin Carson.
Doctor Carson is an internationally recognized doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been the director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the hospital for twenty-five years. At the age of thirty-three, he became one of the youngest doctors in the United States to hold that position. And he was the first African-American to have that position at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Ben Carson is known for his work as a brain surgeon for children. For example, in nineteen eighty-seven, he led a team of seventy doctors and nurses in an operation to separate two babies joined at the head. Earlier attempts by other surgeons on other babies had failed. Doctor Carson successfully performed the operation. Both babies were able to survive independently.
Doctor Carson has written four books. His first book, "Gifted Hands," tells the story of his life. Benjamin Carson was born in nineteen fifty-one in Detroit, Michigan.
As a boy, Ben was not a good student. In fact, he was the worst in his class. When his mother learned of his failing grades she asked her sons to read two library books every week. She limited the amount of time they watched television. And she told them to respect every person.
Ben Carson soon became the top student in his class. He went on to study at Yale University, one of the best universities in the country, and later to medical school at the University of Michigan.
Doctor Carson has received many awards and honors. Last year he received the nation's highest civilian honor. Former President George W. Bush presented Benjamin Carson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House.
小題1:The passage is probably taken from _____.
A．a(chǎn) radioB．a(chǎn) magazineC．TVD．a(chǎn) paper
小題2:What does the word “surgeons” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．nursesB．doctorsC．hospitalsD．points
小題3:Benjamin Carson’s change in study was largely because of ______
A．his hard workB．his teacher
C．his motherD．his father
小題4:What’s the aim to write the passage?
A．To call on us to learn from Benjamin Carson.
B．To praise Benjamin Carson for his achievements.
C．To show us how Benjamin Carson succeeded
D．To introduce Benjamin Carson’s life and work

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D

小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)句子Our listener question this week comes from Abdullahi Farah可知本文選自收音機。
小題2:詞義猜測題。早期的嘗試失敗了，其中other很關(guān)鍵，推斷doctors貼切。
小題3:推理判斷題。他母親要求他每周讀兩本書、限制他看電視的時間，很快他成為班里面的優(yōu)秀學生。
小題4:主旨大意題。文章介紹了與Ben Carson職業(yè)、生活有關(guān)的事情，由此可知作者的寫作意圖。
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