Question

Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He's been a doctor for ten years.

Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn't just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.

Dr. Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform(表演) in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, "I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing." But when Dr. Petrels was young, his father didn't want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.

Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. "I like to make people smile. Sometimes it's difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment(娛樂) both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good."

1. Dr. Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _______.

A. gives his patients medical advice

B. takes care of 159 patients a week

C. sings on television

D. has his own TV show

2.Dr. Petrels _______, so he is called a singing doctor.

A. A. has been a doctor for ten years

B. always loved to sing

C. is popular with his patients

D. also sings to his patients on TV

48. In his TV show, Dr. Petrel _______.

A. sings and gives medical advice

B. sings about different diseases

C. starts to explain diseases with a song

D. sings love songs he wrote

3.Dr. Petrels' show is popular _______.

A. in Las Vegas.

B. at medical school

C. with people who like his singing

D. with patients in Montreal

4. Dr. Petrels says he likes to _______.

A. help people sing B. make people feel better

C. do the same thing D. make difficult people smile

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是派垂斯醫(yī)生除了看病照顧患者，還在電視上唱歌給他的病人聽然后給出相應的醫(yī)囑。他想通過給患者唱歌帶走他們的煩惱，傳播正能量。

1. works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office.句意：他每周工作60小時，每周還要在醫(yī)院或是他的工作室照顧159位病人。因為照顧的病人較多所以每周工作60小時，故選B.

2.

3.

4. program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing.句意：節(jié)目非常受他的病人和喜歡聽他唱歌的人歡迎。A.在拉斯維加斯B.在醫(yī)學院C.那些愛聽他唱歌的人 D.在蒙特利爾的病人們 故選C.

5. like to make people smile. Sometimes it's difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment(娛樂) both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good."句意：我喜歡讓人們笑。有時很難讓一個病人微笑。醫(yī)學和娛樂兩者都應努力做同樣的事情，它們都應該讓人們感覺更棒。A.幫人們唱歌 B.讓人們感覺更好C.做同樣的事情 D.讓困難中的人們笑。故選B.

考點：考查人物傳記閱讀。