Question

His name is James，but people call him Rocky.The name fits.He’s big，over six feet tall，and he’s tough when he needs to? be.James “Rocky” Robinson lives and works in New York City’s Bedford?Stuyvesant district，one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States.Yet it is here in Bed?Stuy that he is saving lives and reviving a community.

In 1966，when Rocky was twenty?six years old，his seven?year?old niece was struck by a car on the street of Bed?Stuy.Had someone at the scene known first aid or CPR，she might have lived.But by the time she reached a hospital，she was dead.

His niece’s unnecessary death was one reason why Rocky became a paramedic (護理人員)．Working for the Emergency Medical Service of New York City，he realized that more than half the city’s emergency calls came from high?crime areas.According to Rocky，residents of crime?plagued minority neighborhoods like Bed?Stuy sometimes had to wait as long as 26 minutes after calling 911 for an ambulance while calls in richer white communities were answered in_a_fraction_of_the_time.

Rocky decided to find out more about the problem.His research showed that the richer communities had organized their own ambulance corps (特殊部隊) to improve city services because the city was overwhelmed with calls.“If that’s the key to success，”he told his friend and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) colleague，Joe Perez，“we’ll start our own corps in Bed?Stuy！”

In 1988，Rocky had no idea that he and Joe would be attempting to establish the first minority?run ambulance service in the country，or just how creative he would have to be to overcome the difficulty.The pair’s first challenge was to find a location for the headquarters.They took over an abandoned building that was commonly used by drug dealers.Because there was no electricity or running water (except for the leaks in the roof)，the two men worked during daylight hours.They used a two?way radio to receive emergency calls.

Although they could make do with their new headquarters，Rocky and Joe still lacked the most important component of an ambulance service：an ambulance.An old Chevrolet (雪佛蘭) got them to the scenes of accidents，fires，shootings，and stabbings.But the car didn’t always start.At times，they were forced to strap (用帶捆綁) their trauma kits and oxygen tanks to their backs and run on foot to the emergencies.Everyone laughed，except the victims who were still alive when? Rocky and Joe arrived.

1.The author believes the name “Rocky” fits James because________.

A．he is a tall and tough man

B．he is tall and does something big

C．he is living in a tough community

D．he leads a tough community

2.James’ seven?year?old niece would have been saved if________.

A．she had been sent to a better hospital

B．she had got first aid and arrived in hospital earlier

C．James had been at the spot

D．emergency calls had been available in the area

3.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 means________.

A．in a short time

B．over a long time

C．in the near future

D．from time to time

4.We can infer from Paragraph 4 that________.

A．ambulance corps were only allowed in rich white communities

B．James found white communities made more emergency calls

C．city services were not enough to meet people’s need

D．it was easy to establish the minority?run ambulance service

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

1.

解析　推理判斷題。由文章第一段可知，James之所以會得到這個稱呼一方面是因為他身材高大，但更重要的原因是，他建立了第一個社區(qū)救護隊，做了件偉大的事情。

2.2】　B

解析　細節(jié)理解題。由文章第二段最后兩句可知，James的侄女是因為事發(fā)后，現(xiàn)場沒有人會急救，送到醫(yī)院時，不治而亡。

3.3】　A

解析　推理判斷題。由第一段知，Bed?Stuy是個落后的貧困區(qū)。因此，它的醫(yī)療救助服務肯定要比富人區(qū)差，等待的時間也更長。由第四段知，James發(fā)現(xiàn)富人區(qū)建立了自己的救護隊，所以不需要等很長時間，故選A項。

4.4】　C

解析　推理判斷題。文章第四段說明，有些富裕的白人區(qū)建立了自己的救護隊來彌補城市醫(yī)療救護的缺陷，這說明城市醫(yī)療救護服務滿足不了人們的需要。