同等學(xué)力英語(yǔ)閱讀及翻譯專項(xiàng)練習(xí) 9
After retirement from medical research, my wife and I built our home in a gated community surrounded by yacht clubs and golf courses on Hilton Head Island . But when I left for the other side of the island, I was traveling on unpaved roads lined with leaky cottages. The “l(fā)ifestyle” of many of the native islanders stood in shocking contrast to my comfortable existence.
By talking to the local folks, I discovered that the vast majority of the maids, gardeners, waitresses and construction workers who make this island work had little or no access to medical care. It seemed outrageous to me. I wondered why someone didn't do something about that. Then my father's words, which he had asked his children daily when they were young, rang in my head again: “What did you do for someone today?”
Even though my father had died several years before, I guess I still didn't want to disappoint him. So I started working on a solution. The island was full of retired doctors. If I could persuade them to spend a few hours a week volunteering their services, we could provide free primary health care to those so desperately in need of it. Most of the doctors I approached liked the idea, so long as they could be relicensed without troubles. It took one year and plenty of persistence, but I was able to persuade the state legislators to create a special license for doctors volunteering in not-for-profit clinics.
The town donated land, local residents contributed office and medical equipment and some of the potential patients volunteered their weekends ornamenting the building that would become the clinic. We named it Volunteers in Medicine and we opened its doors in 1994, fully staffed by retired physicians, nurses and dentists as well as nearly 150 nonprofessional volunteers. That year we had 5,000 patient visits; last year we had 16,000.
Somehow word of what we were doing got around. Soon we were receiving phone calls from retired physicians all over the country, asking for help in starting VIM clinics in their communities. We did the best we could — there are now 15 other clinics operating — but we couldn't keep up with the need. Yet last month I think my father's words found their way up north, to McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the maker of Tylenol ( 泰諾:一種感冒藥 ). A major grant from McNeil will allow us to respond to these requests and help establish other free clinics in communities around the country.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The contrast between the rich and the poor on an island.
B. The story of a man who likes to give others advice.
C. The life and work of a great father.
D. The inspiration of a father's words.
2. The author of the passage is ______.
A. a retired physician B. a retired teacher
C. a retired medical researcher D. a retired construction worker
3. The purpose of Volunteers in Medicine is to ______.
A. help retired medical workers improve their incomes
B. provide free medical services to those who need them
C. urge the government to set up non-profit clinics
D. make the dream of the author's father come true
4. Which of the following has been done by the author himself?
A. Buying the medical equipment.
B. Finding the land and the office.
C. Decorating the building that would become the clinic.
D. Getting a special license for the retired doctors.
5. In the last paragraph, “I think my father's words found their way up north to McNeil” implies that ______.
A. my father's words finally reached McNeil
B. McNeil decided to do something for the needy people
C. my father decided to assist us in opening more clinics in the north
D. McNeil community was badly in need of free health care programs
從醫(yī)學(xué)研究工作中退休后,我同妻子在希爾頓·海德島上的一個(gè)封閉社區(qū)安了家,該社區(qū)周圍都是游艇俱樂(lè)部和高爾夫球場(chǎng)。但是,當(dāng)我動(dòng)身前往島的另一端時(shí),我走的是沒(méi)有鋪砌的路,路兩邊排列的是有漏縫的小屋。島上許多土著居民的“生活方式”與我的舒適生活形成了令人震驚的反差。
通過(guò)與當(dāng)?shù)鼐用窠徽,我發(fā)現(xiàn),絕大多數(shù)女傭、園丁、女招待以及建筑工人等這些使該島正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的人們很少享有或根本享受不到醫(yī)療保健。對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō),這種情形太令人憤慨了。我感到奇怪的是為什么沒(méi)有人為此做些什么。于是,我父親的話語(yǔ)——小時(shí)候父親每天都問(wèn)我們的話語(yǔ),又浮現(xiàn)在我腦海中:“你今天為別人做了什么?”
盡管我父親幾年前就去世了,但是,我認(rèn)為我還不想令他失望。因此,我開(kāi)始尋求解決辦法。島上到處都是退休的醫(yī)生。如果我能夠勸他們一星期花幾小時(shí)的時(shí)間做志愿服務(wù)工作,我們就可以為那些急需保健的人們提供基本的醫(yī)療保健服務(wù)。我所接觸的大多數(shù)醫(yī)生都贊同這種想法,只要他們能夠毫不費(fèi)力地重新獲得執(zhí)照。我費(fèi)了一年的時(shí)間以及不懈的努力,但是,我終于說(shuō)服州立法者為那些在不贏利的診所做志愿服務(wù)的醫(yī)生頒發(fā)了特殊執(zhí)照。
鎮(zhèn)政府捐獻(xiàn)了場(chǎng)地,當(dāng)?shù)鼐用窬栀?zèng)了辦公及醫(yī)療設(shè)備,一些可能的患者自愿在周末裝飾即將成為診所的房子。我們把診所命名為“醫(yī)療志愿者”,并于一九九四年開(kāi)門營(yíng)業(yè),所有人員都是退休的醫(yī)生、護(hù)士和牙醫(yī),還有將近一百五十名非專業(yè)志愿人員。當(dāng)年我們出診的病人有五千名;去年我們則為一萬(wàn)六千名。
不知何故,有關(guān)我們所作所為的消息傳開(kāi)了。不久,我們收到了全國(guó)各地退休醫(yī)生打來(lái)的電話,要求我們幫助在他們社區(qū)也開(kāi)辦 VIM 診所。我們竭盡所能——如今開(kāi)辦了十五家其他的診所,但我們還是滿足不了需要。不過(guò),上個(gè)月,我認(rèn)為我父親的話語(yǔ)在北方產(chǎn)生了效應(yīng),在邁克內(nèi)爾消費(fèi)者保健中心——泰諾的制造商——產(chǎn)生了效應(yīng)。邁克內(nèi)爾的一筆較大贈(zèng)款使我們能夠?qū)@些需求做出回應(yīng),幫助在全國(guó)各社區(qū)建立其他的免費(fèi)診所。
參考答案 : 1 . D 2 . C 3 . B 4 . D 5 . B
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