Question

  The story happened in Vietnam during the war. A bomb(炸彈)landed in an orphanage(孤兒院)and several children were wounded, (1) an 8-year-old girl. People from the village requested medical help from the nearby American forces. Soon,an American doctor and a nurse arrived in a jeep. They found out the girl was the most seriously injured. (2) quick transfusion( putting new blood into a person's body) ，she would die of shock and (3) of blood. A quick test showed that (4) American had the correct blood (5) but several of the uninjured orphans (children losing their parents) did. Speaking poor Vietnamese, the doctor tried to explain to those (6) orphans that unless they could replace some of the girl's lost blood，she would die. Then they asked if anyone would be willing to give blood to help. The request was met with (7) After several moments, a small hand slowly went up,dropped back down,and then went up again. He was Heng.

  Heng was quickly (8) on a bed,and a needle(if) was inserted in his arm. After a moment, he let out a sob(抽泣)，quickly covering his face with his (9) hand. When the doctor asked him if the needle hurt,he (10) his head. But soon his occasional sobs gave (11) to a steady, silent crying. Something seemed (12) . At this point, a Vietnamese nurse arrived to help. She spoke to the boy rapidly in Vietnamese and after a moment, the patient stopped crying and a(n) (13) of happiness spread over his face.

  Glancing up,the nurse said to the American, "He thought he was dying. He misunderstood you. He thought you had asked him to give all his blood (14) the little girl could live."

  "But why would he be willing to do that?"

  The Vietnamese nurse (15) the question to the boy,who answered simply, "She's my friend.”

(   ) 1. A. including    B. concerning C. containing    D. regarding

(   ) 2. A. Without    B. For        C. Besides    D. Except

(   ) 3. A. lay    B. increase      C. leak    D. loss

(   ) 4. A. both    B. neither      C. either    D. each

(   ) 5. A. kind    B. type        C. sort    D. form

(   ) 6. A. frightened    B. injured    C. surprised    D. hurt

(   ) 7. A. peace    B. calm        C. absence    D. silence

(   ) 8. A. lain    B. laid       C. lied    D. lay

(   ) 9. A. free    B. another    C. extra    D. second

(   ) 10. A. raised    B. lowered    C. shook    D. nodded

(   ) 11. A. way    B. time        C. room    D. chance

(   ) 12. A. correct    B. right      C. normal    D. wrong

(   ) 13. A. appear    B. sight     C. sense    D. look

(   ) 14. A. because    B. when      C. so    D. although

(   ) 15. A. gave    B. replied      C. repeated    D. said

Answer 1

1. A including意為"包括"。

2. A  如果不趕快輸血，這個(gè)女孩就會(huì)死于休克和失血過(guò)多。

3. D loss是lose的名詞形式,意為"損失，減少，虧損"，這里指血的流失。

4. B 通過(guò)下句but several of the uninjured orphans did可知兩個(gè)美國(guó)人的血型都不合。

5. B 表示"血型"應(yīng)用blood type。

6. A 表示受到炸彈轟炸的孩子肯定會(huì)感到害怕。

7. D 由于關(guān)H醫(yī)護(hù)人員越南語(yǔ)差，所表達(dá)的意思孤兒們聽(tīng)不懂，所以當(dāng)醫(yī)護(hù)人員請(qǐng)求孤兒們獻(xiàn)血給那個(gè)重傷女孩時(shí)，他們?cè)獾搅死溆觥?/p>

8. B  男孩被放在床上。

9. A 一只手在輸血，另一只手是空出來(lái)的。

10. C shake one's head意為"搖頭"。

11. A give way to意為"讓步，聽(tīng)任"。本句意為:偶爾的抽泣變成了不停的、默不出聲的哭泣。

12. D小男孩哭個(gè)不停,似乎哪里出了差錯(cuò)。

13. D look指高興的"表情"。

14. C小男孩誤認(rèn)為為了使小女孩能夠活下來(lái)，醫(yī)生要把他的血抽光，而他將會(huì)死去，所以他哭了。

15. C越南護(hù)士向小男孩重復(fù)那個(gè)問(wèn)題。