【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ting their meals. Many of our patients are elderly and can be confused by the noisy, busy environment of the hospital and so won39。t focus on eating. explains Yvonne DonglasMorris, head of volunteering, who oversees the activities of all 528 of the trusty volunteers. Staff are busy with the clinical side of things, so the dining panions were introduced. They will assist the patients and encourage them to eat. Violette, a retired library manager, has been helping out for six years. It makes me feel a bit more plete, she says simply. Helping with the meals frees up the nurses to get on with other things. I believe in being a part of the munity and this hospital is part of my munity. Another key role is played by the discharge volunteers, who offer support to the elderly, especially those aged 70 and overleaving hospital to return to an empty home. The team has a budget of ￡10 per person and will pop to the shops and buy milk, bread and a meal to tide them over for the first few hours. They then call the patients regularly, for as long as they need, to check how they are getting on and if they need extra support. The volunteers in Kingston work from a dedicated officea small room in one of the buildings on the hospital grounds, where a Christmas tree decorated with baubles (小飾物) bearing the faces of volunteers sits in the corner. All the volunteers e and gather here, it gets very busy at times, smiles Nicola Hutin, 67, a discharge support volunteer. A mother of two, and grandmother of four, she was a membership coordinator (協(xié)調(diào)員) for a trade association until she retired, and has since volunteered at the hospital one morning a week for 18 months.（1）What can we learn about dining panions? A.Their working conditions are noisy.B.They are great assistants for doctors.C.They often make patients more nervous.D.The occupation existed more than ten years ago.（2）What does Violette think of her work? A.She finds it tiring and boring.B.She finds it easy to plete her work.C.She believes it gives her a sense of belonging.D.She believes helping patients with meals is to free up the munity.（3）What does a discharge volunteer do for the patients? A.Raise money for the elderly.B.Pay a visit to them at home C.Buy daily necessities for them.D.Ring to check their health condition.（4）Which of the following can best describe the theme of the text? A.It is never too old to learn.B.Many hands make light work.C.Health is better than wealth.D.God helps those who help themselves.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，通過講述志愿者的工作，告訴我們的是人多力量大。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的Many of our patients are elderly and can be confused by the noisy, busy environment of the hospital and so won39。t focus on eating. 我們的許多病人都是老年人，可能會被醫(yī)院嘈雜繁忙的環(huán)境所迷惑，因此不會集中精力吃飯。 so the dining panions were introduced. They will assist the patients and encourage them to eat. 所以介紹了吃飯的同伴。他們會幫助病人，鼓勵他們吃東西。可知，關(guān)于用餐同伴，我們能了解到他們的工作環(huán)境很嘈雜。故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Violette, a retired library manager, has been helping out for six years. ‘It makes me feel a bit more plete,’” Violette是一名退休的圖書館經(jīng)理，她已經(jīng)幫了六年的忙。這讓我覺得更完整了”，以及“ I believe in being a part of the munity and this hospital is part of my munity. ”我相信成為社區(qū)的一份子，而這家醫(yī)院也是我社區(qū)的一份子?？芍琕iolette覺得她的工作會給她一種歸屬感。故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“They then call the patients regularly, for as long as they need, to check how they are getting on and if they need extra support.”然后他們會定期給病人打電話，只要他們需要，檢查他們的情況以及是否需要額外的支持?？芍鲈褐驹刚邽椴∪舜螂娫拋頇z查他們的健康狀況。故選D。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The volunteers in Kingston work from a dedicated officea small room in one of the buildings on the hospital grounds, where a Christmas tree decorated with baubles (小飾物) bearing the faces of volunteers sits in the corner.” Kingston的志愿者們在一間專門的辦公室里工作，這是醫(yī)院場地上一棟大樓里的一個小房間，角落里有一棵圣誕樹，上面裝飾著印有志愿者面孔的小玩意?？芍?，本文告訴我們的是人多力量大。故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Nine years ago, a few days before Christmas, I was a director at a pany in San Francisco, and I was called into a meeting that was already in progress. That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn39。t pletely unexpected. I signed a pile of papers and left the pany. So, 40 plus years of employment was over. I had a good reputation and background. Retirement was not a choice for me. I wanted to do something. And then an idea came into my mind, born from my concern for our environment. I wanted to build my own business, designing and producing biodegradable(可生物降解的)packaging from waste. This is called clean technology, and it was really meaningful to me. It could help reduce billions of pounds of singleuse plastic packaging wasted each year. Five years later, I39。m delighted and proud to share with you that our ine has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we39。ve won more than 20 awards for the work that we39。ve done. And I am doing the most rewarding and meaningful work of my life right now. But what I really long for is to find other firsttime entrepreneurs(企業(yè)家)who are my age. I want to connect with them. So I want to do something about that in a few years. I want us to start talking more about people who don39。t bee entrepreneurs until they are seniors. And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a munity.（1）What happened to the author nine years ago? A.He retired from his former pany.B.He failed an interview.C.He had a good family background.D.He changed his job to a better one.（2）Why was the new business meaningful to the author? A.It was beneficial to the environment.B.It developed a clean technology.C.It provided jobs for lots of people.160