Charles R. Drew was a medical student at C

题目内容：

Charles R. Drew was a medical student at Columbia University in New York. Before he graduated, he wrote an article __36___ blood bank, that is, the storing of blood. Up till then, a lot of people had died from loss of blood __37___ there was no blood bank.

When the United States entered the Second World War, it became __38___ to set up blood banks. Dr Drew became _39___ of the Red Cross’s first blood bank. When the Red Cross __40___ blood banks to collect and store blood for men __41__ in battle, black American gave blood along with the whites. At ___42__ their blood was not accepted. Later blood from the blacks was ___43___ but was stored in a __44___ place from “white” blood. Although the best doctors __45___ that there was _46___ difference at all between the blood of blacks and whites, the Red Cross, with the support of the government, __47___ to separate black blood from white blood.

After the war, Dr Drew was ___48__ from Washington with three other doctors to attend a medical meeting in a southern state. In northern Carolina their car went __49___ a ditch（深沟）and Dr Drew was _50___ hurt. He had lost __51__ blood by the time a passing car took him to the __52___ hospital. But they were stopped at the gate of the hospital. “__53__him to the hospital for blacks.” No matter __54___ they said, they could not get into the hospital. They had to take him to the __55___ hospital, but on the way Dr Drew died because he had lost too much blood.

小题1:

A．of

B．on

C．for

D．in小题2:

A．though

B．if

C．because

D．and小题3:

A．possible

B．impossible

C．unimportant

D．necessary小题4:

A．visitor

B．head

C．receiver

D．supporter小题5:

A．started

B．expected

C．promised

D．forbade小题6:

A．died

B．killed

C．wounded

D．fighting小题7:

A．most

B．least

C．first

D．last小题8:

A．received

B．accepted

C．lost

D．found小题9:

A．good

B．cool

C．hot

D．separate小题10:

A．discovered

B．invented

C．insisted

D．regretted小题11:

A．little

B．much

C．some

D．no小题12:

A．began

B．refused

C．stopped

D．continued小题13:

A．driving

B．walking

C．arriving

D．running小题14:

A．from

B．into

C．along

D．off小题15:

A．hardly

B．nearly

C．badly

D．not小题16:

A．some

B．little

C．all

D．much小题17:

A．biggest

B．most modern

C．nearest

D．cheapest小题18:

A．Take

B．Bring

C．Send for

D．Find小题19:

A．how

B．what

C．where

D．who小题20:

A．colored

B．better

C．farthest

D．same

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题2:C

小题3:D

小题4:B

小题5:A

小题6:C

小题7:C

小题8:B

小题9:D

小题10:C

小题11:D

小题12:D

小题13:A

小题14:B

小题15:C

小题16:D

小题17:C

小题18:A

小题19:B

小题20:A

答案解析：

本文介绍了血库从无到有的发展历程，涉及到美国的种族歧视的问题。

小题1:B。介词辨析。on表示“论述”。

小题2:C。连词辨析。许多人死于缺血，是“因为”没有血库。

小题3:D。形容词辨析。由于战争，用血量大增，故建立血库显得“十分必要”。

小题4:B。上下文串联。凭语感。另根据语境较易排除其余三个选项。

小题5:A。动词辨析。started“使开始”，余者不合文意。

小题6:C。考查常识。受伤的人才有可能需要补充血液。

小题7:C。上下文串联。at first意为“起初”，与下一句中的later形成对比。

小题8:B。动词辨析。开始对黑人的血并不被接受，只是后来才被接受。

小题9:D。上下文串联。根据与from一词的搭配和第十二个空格后的内容可知。

小题10:C。动词辨析。insisted“坚持说，坚持认为”，余者不合语境。

小题11:D。上下文串联。根据文意和at all选定。

小题12:D。动词辨析。虽然专家认为两种血并无差别，但红十字会仍“继续”将两者分开。

小题13:A。上下文串联。从their car went…可知，他们一行是“驾车”去的。余者不合文意。

小题14:B。上下文串联。车子掉“进”深沟，符合文意。

小题15:C。副词辨析。从最终死亡这一事实来看，他受伤“严重”。

小题16:D。上下文串联。根据语境可推断。另文章最后一句再现了much这一词。

小题17:C。考查常识。抢救应到“最近的”医院，这是常识。

小题18:A。上下文串联。从They had to take him to …可判断出。

小题19:B。动词用法辨析。said是及物动词，须接宾语，故应填代词what。

小题20:A。考查常识。coloured hospital意为“有色人种的医院”，在美国专指黑人的医院。B、C、D不合乎常识和语境。

点评：本文内容较为简单，本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，部应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。