“I am not crazy,” says Dr. William Farber, shortly after performing acupuncture (针灸) on a
rabbit. “I am ahead of my time.” If he seems a little defensive, it might be because even some of
his coworkers occasionally laugh at his unusual methods. But Farber is certain he’ll have the last
laugh. He’s one of a small but growing number of American veterinarians (兽医) now practicing
“holistic” medicine-combining traditional Western treatments with acupuncture, chiropractic (按
摩疗法) and herbal medicine.
Farber, a graduate of Colorado State University, started out as a more conventional
veterinarian. He became interested in alternative treatments 20 years ago when he suffered from
terrible back pain. He tried muscle-relaxing drugs but found little relief. Then he tried
acupuncture, an ancient Chinese practice, and was amazed that he improved after two or three
treatments. What worked on a veterinarian seemed likely to work on his patients. So, after
studying the techniques for a couple of years, he began offering them to pets.
Leigh Tindale’s dog Charlie had a serious heart condition. After Charlie had a heart attack,
Tindale says, she was prepared to put him to sleep, but Farber’s treatments eased her dog’s
suffering so much that she was able to keep him alive for an additional five months. And Priscilla
Dewing reports that her horse, Nappy, “moves more easily and rides more comfortably” after a
chiropractic adjustment.
Farber is certain that the holistic approach will grow more popular with time, and if the past
is any indication, he may be right: Since 1982, membership in the American Holistic Veterinary
Medical Association has grown from 30 to over 700. “Sometimes it surprises me that it works so
well,” he says. “I will do anything to help an animal. That’s my job.”
1．What do some of Farber’s coworkers think of him?
A．He’s odd. B．He’s strict. C．He’s brave. D．He’s rude.
2．Why did Farber decide to try acupuncture on pets?
A．He was trained in it at university. B．He was inspired by another veterinarian.
C．He benefited from it as a patient. D．He wanted to save money for pet owners.
3．What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A．Steps of a chiropractic treatment. B．The complexity of veterinarians’ work.
C．Examples of rare animal diseases. D．The effectiveness of holistic medicine.4．Why does the author mention the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association?
A．To prove Farber’s point. B．To emphasize its importance.
C．To praise veterinarians. D．To advocate animal protection.
Wu Xiaotian (pseudonym), aged 32, had been dealing with depression that didn’t respond
to treatment for 16 years. He tried various treatments, but the constant “black dog” of depression
wouldn’t leave him. It was only when he became the first person in the world to have a brain-
computer interface (BCI) device implanted that his life finally began to improve.
The BCI, which creates a direct link between the human brain and external devices, offered
him a ray of hope. Before the surgery, Wu Xiaotian underwent thorough checks. Although the
process was extremely painful, he woke up feeling a glimmer of optimism. However, the recovery
wasn’t immediate.
Because people are different, each patient needs regular adjustments to find the best
approach. Wu went through a three-month adjustment period. Many times, he didn’t feel well in
the “work mode” and worried that the “black dog” of depression, symbolized by the phrase “good
times don’t last,” had returned. During this time, Wu experienced unusual feelings, like feeling
betrayed by a friend during a hospital session even though he had never experienced betrayal
before, or the joy of winning a big prize.
After consulting with his doctor, they settled on a daytime “work” mode and a nighttime
“rest” mode. Currently, he is the only patient in the group who can switch modes independently.
Finding the right setting was like a sudden realization. Wu can’t explain the reason or trigger; it
was just a sudden surge of emotion, unlike anything he had felt before.
Wu Xiaotian’s battle with depression had deep roots, possibly stemming from past bullying
experiences. Despite the pain and despair, he held on to a sliver of hope, longing to return to
normal life. He firmly believes that the brain-computer interface is not a tool to control him but a
partner to help him rediscover himself. He hasn’t experienced any physical side effects; instead,
he feels healthier and more energetic. Looking ahead, Wu Xiaotian is filled with confidence and
anticipation for the future.5．What does the phrase “black dog” represent in the passage?
A．A literal dog that followed Wu Xiaotian.
B．A symbol of depression that haunted Wu Xiaotian.
C．A nickname for Wu Xiaotian’s friend.
D．A metaphor for Wu Xiaotian’s happiness.
6．According to Paragraph 3, which of the following best describes Wu Xiaotian’s emotional
state during the “work mode” of the BCI device at the beginning?
A．He felt extremely happy and excited.
B．He felt betrayed by his friend.
C．He felt his emotions were more stable and his thinking clearer.
D．He felt overwhelmed by negative emotions.
7．Why did Wu Xiaotian undergo a three-month adjustment period after the surgery?
A．Because he was consulting with his doctor.
B．Because he was trying to find the best settings for his BCI device.
C．Because he won a big prize.
D．Because he was feeling betrayed by his friend.
8．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Wu Xiaotian’s journey of finding relief from depression through BCI surgery.
B．The medical advancements in brain-computer interface technology.
C．The importance of regular adjustments in medical treatments.
D．Wu Xiaotian’s experience of betrayal by a friend during his hospital stay.
In the late 1930s, people could donate blood, but very few hospitals could store it for later
use. Whole blood breaks down quickly, and there were no methods at the time for safely
preserving it. As a result, hospitals often did not have the appropriate blood type when patients
needed it. Charles Drew, a Black surgeon and researcher, helped solve this monumental problem
for medicine, earning him the title “Father of the Blood Bank.”
In 1938, while obtaining his doctorate in medicine, Drew became a fellow at Columbia
University’s Presbyterian Hospital in New York. He studied the storage and distribution of blood,including the separation of its components, and applied his findings to an experimental blood bank
at the hospital.
As Drew was finishing his degree at Columbia, World War II was erupting in Europe. Great
Britain was asking the United States for desperately needed plasma (血浆) to help victims. Given
his expertise, Drew was selected to be the medical director for the Blood for Britain campaign.
Using Presbyterian Hospital’s blood bank as a model, Drew established uniform procedures and
standards for collecting blood and processing blood plasma from nine New York hospitals. The
five-month campaign collected donations from 15,000 Americans and was considered a success.
His discoveries and his leadership saved countless lives.
With the increasing likelihood that the nation would be drawn into war, the United States
wanted to capitalize on what Drew had learned from the campaign. He was appointed as the
assistant director of a three-month pilot program to mass-produce dried plasma in New York,
which became the model for the first Red Cross blood bank. His innovations for this program
included mobile blood donation stations, later called bloodmobiles.
9．What problem did hospitals face in the late 1930s regarding blood donations?
A．The shortage of blood donors. B．The inability to preserve blood.
C．The challenge of blood infection. D．The failure to identify blood types.
10．How did Drew contribute to the Blood for Britain campaign?
A．He gathered different standards for the blood collection.
B．He worked on the bloodmobiles for easy access to donors.
C．He helped send life-saving drugs overseas to aid in the war.
D．He organized the collection and processing of blood plasma.
11．Which of the following best describes the three-month pilot program?
A．Groundbreaking. B．Unpredictable. C．Economical. D．Controversial.
12．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．The life of Dr. Charles Drew. B．The inventor of the Blood Bank.
C．A Savior of Lives during Wartime. D．A Pioneer in Blood Transportation.
Ms. McIntyre, 38, worked as a publisher. She suffered brain cancer and her health gotworse despite some medical treatment. But she realized that in a way, she was luckier than some
other people. She had insurance to help pay for her medical care. But Ms. McIntyre and her
husband, Mr. Gregory, knew that many people with cancer face tough decisions because of the
costs of medical care and wind up owing far more than they can pay.
Though her health was failing, Ms. McIntyre decided to help pay off the medical debts of as
many people as she possibly could. The couple began donating money to a group called RIP
Medical Debt, which is committed to working to pay off the unpaid medical debts of others. The
group can pay off medical bills for about 100 times less money than they cost. In other words, for
every 100 donated, the group can pay off 10,000 in unpaid medical bills.
Unfortunately, Ms. McIntyre passed away before long. Mr. Gregory posted a message for
Ms. McIntyre on her social media accounts. “If you’re reading this, I have passed away,” the post
began. Then the post explained, “To celebrate my life, I’ve arranged to buy up others’ medical
debts and then destroy the debts.”
The couple had set up a page on a website to raise money for this purpose. They had hoped
to raise about $20,000. Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot of attention. The
donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the site had raised 10
times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November 22, 2023, Ms.
McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about $60 million in
medical debts.
Mr. Gregory planned a special event in December to celebrate Ms. McIntyre’s life and to
announce how many millions of dollars of medical debts her efforts had paid for.
13．Why did Ms. McIntyre feel luckier than some other people?
A．The doctors eventually cured her. B．Her disease didn’t become worse.
C．She had a decent job before being ill. D．She had security about medical care.
14．How did Ms. McIntyre and her husband help others?
A．By paying for their daily debts. B．By giving away money to them.
C．By ridding them of debts from treatments. D．By purchasing medical insurance for them.
15．What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A．The public involvement. B．The couple’s commitment.
C．The operation of a website. D．The increase of medical debts.
16．Which of the following words can best describe Ms. McIntyre?A．Humorous and elegant. B．Influential and understanding.
C．Cautious and promising. D．Enthusiastic and adaptable.
With the world's attention on vaccines, now it feels like a good moment to sing the praises
of an often forgotten contributor to their development. Three hundred years ago this month, Lady
Mary Wortley Montagu got her daughter inoculated（接种）against smallpox, making her child
the first person in the West to be protected in this way. Without Montagu's willingness to adopt a
practice she had learned from other cultures, the introduction of vaccines around 80 years later
would never have taken place.
Montagu first witnessed inoculation when she accompanied her husband to Turkey.
Inoculation had started in Asia, probably in China, as early as the 10th century AD. Montagu
observed how older women in Turkey took a tiny amount of pus（脓）from a person with
smallpox. They then used needles to make cuts on people's wrists and ankles and added the pus to
their bloodstream. This helped people gain immunity from future infection.
Like other visitors to the country, Montagu took steps to ensure that her son was inoculated.
This worked well, but she knew that trying it in England would be far more challenging.
Inoculation performed by unlicensed amateurs would threaten doctors' professional standing and
potentially rob them of valuable income. Some people also disagree with the practice, as they saw
it as going against nature.
Back in England, Montagu observed smallpox infections became increasingly severe.
Eventually, in April 1721, she decided to use the Turkish practice to have her daughter inoculated,
because she believed that the rewards would outweigh the risks. After a safe time had passed
following the inoculation, Montagu allowed doctors to examine her daughter.
Doctors in Britain gradually accepted the practice. About 80 years later, a pioneering
physician found smallpox vaccines to destroy smallpox completely. As early as last century,
academics argued that Montagu was no more than an enthusiastic amateur. In truth, she made a
vital scientific contribution towards finding the cure for smallpox.
17．What is the second paragraph mainly about?A．The origin of smallpox inoculation. B．Turkish women's invention of inoculation.
C．The benefits from smallpox inoculation. D．Montagu's first access to inoculation.
18．Why did Montagu know it was hard to try inoculation in England?
A．Because it might harm doctors' interests. B．Because deep down it was against nature.
C．Because it was a foreign practice. D．Because it might cost valuable money.
19．What could have led doctors in Britain to accept inoculation?
A．The severe situation in smallpox infections. B．The result of Montagu's daughter's
inoculation.
C．A physician's discovery of smallpox vaccines. D．Montagu's focus on its rewards rather
than its risks
20．Which of the following can be used to describe Montagu?
A．a fearless scientist B．a brilliant inventor C．a devoted explorer D．an unsung hero
One morning, Charile Latuske woke up feverish in his home in Surrey in the UK, leaving
him unable to function and in need of a doctor. He’d had a sore throat (咽喉痛) for a few days,
believing it would get better, but that morning in August 2017, he knew that he had to do
something about it.
“I was quite out of it,” said 27-year-old Latuske, who was also due to go on vacation with
his wife in just three days.
Short on time, he feared the idea of calling his local physician only to wait days or even a
week for an appointment, or to wait in a long line for an emergency appointment. “I just needed to
be seen without messing around with long lines of people.” he said. When you’re that ill, that’s the
last thing you want to do.
These days, this solution is some what easier, thanks to the Internet.
Latuske’s wife showed him a private medical app with which he could see a doctor within
the hour virtually. For a fee of ￡30, he could sign up, share his symptoms (症状)and videocall a
doctor in the UK using the digital health provider Push Doctor. The app is one of many now
available in the UK and worldwide to help people in need of medical attention who are unable to
get to a doctor for various reasons.“I was highly skeptical,”he said, adding that he didn’t trust such a service and questioned
the credentials (资格) of doctors available through it. “But I was in great need of a doctor.”
Within 20 minutes, he was speaking with a doctor, who soon diagnosed him with tonsillitis
(扁桃体炎).
Within the hour, he was at his nearest pharmacy (药房), collecting medicines. And three
days later, he was on vacation, as planned.
“I was impressed by the efficiency of the whole thing,” he said.
21．What was Latuske’s concern about seeing a doctor?
A．He had to do a checkup.
B．He would have a long wait.
C．He had to cancel his travel plans.
D．He needed to spend lots of money.
22．What did Latuske’s wife do to help him?
A．She gave him some money.
B．She offered him encouragement.
C．She took him to a nearby hospital.
D．She recommended a medical app to him.
23．What does the underlined world “skeptical” in Paragraph 6 mean?
A．Excited. B．Thankful.
C．Doubtful. D．Annoyed.
24．What can we learn about the new way Latuske saw a doctor?
A．It was highly efficient.
B．It cost a small sum of money.
C．It needed some improvement.
D．It was less useful than expected.
Paris Baker is a 30-year-old mother who has two daughters, Kallie, nine, and Harper, five.
One day, the three were playing at home. Harper was playing mom, feeding her mother,
then her teddy bear and finally herself. Suddenly, Paris started choking on a piece of cookie. Soon,the cookie was at the back of her throat. The two girls started hitting her back at once. After about
a minute of hitting her back, Kallie went to call an ambulance as she started to worry. As she did
this the other girl carried on doing what she had been doing and thankfully the cookie finally came
up.
Paris was diagnosed (诊断) with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2017, and was told she
had five years to live. The condition will gradually paralyse (使……瘫痪) her, leaving her trapped
inside her body.
Due to her condition, she’s more likely to fall and has received serious injuries. She felt it
was very important to teach her girls what to do in a dangerous situation she might be in. This
included applying pressure to a bleeding wound, what to do if someone is choking and how to call
emergency services.
The girls know that if their dad isn’t home and an emergency happens there are three steps.
Step one is to ring 999, ask for an ambulance and give their address. Step two is to put their dogs
in the garden, and step three is to open the front door for the emergency services.
After the accident, Paris was so grateful that she had taught her daughters what to do in
such a situation. But accidents like that can happen to anyone. So if your kid hasn’t learned first
aid skills yet, it’s time to do that now.
25．How did the two girls react as their mother choked?
A．They called an ambulance at once.
B．They took action as soon as possible.
C．They were too frightened to do anything.
D．They tried to carry their mother somewhere else.
26．Why did Paris teach her two girls first aid skills?
A．She wanted them to help others.
B．She knew she’d need their help.
C．She planned to make them doctors.
D．She was afraid of losing them in accidents.
27．What is the author’s purpose in writing the last paragraph?
A．To introduce useful first aid skills.
B．To explain kids’ role in stopping accidents.
C．To encourage the learning of first aid skills.D．To tell readers what to do in an emergency.
28．What would be the best title for the text?
A．A game puts a mother’s life at great risk
B．A mother teaches her daughters a life lesson
C．Girls learn first aid skills from their mother
D．Girls save their mother’s life using first aid skills
Horseback riding might not seem like a typical New York City activity, but one program
has several horse farms throughout the city’s busy districts. GallopNYC provides lessons to
veterans(老兵) and people with disabilities — horseback riding is their therapy(疗法).
Olivia Diver visits the GallopNYC location in the Howard Beach neighborhood in Queens.
Diver has only been riding horses for a few months, but says she’s already felt the benefits. “It
helped me come out of my comfort zone and be less shy and less in my shell,” she said. Trying
something new shows her she can accomplish other things as well.
James Wilson,executive director at GallopNYC, says there are many ways horses can be
therapeutic. “The horse sees the world in the way somebody with post-traumatic stress disor-der
(PTSD) might see the world, in a really guarded, sort of anxious way,” he explained.
“So,somebody with PTSD and a horse can sort of partner together and see the world in the same
way and kind of take care of each other.” Horses can also help with physical disabilities. After two
years of therapeutic riding, a teenager, who had so little core strength that his mother had to be in
the bathtub with him, had enough core strength that he could be in the shower by himself. Wilson
said, “The movement of the horse will loosen up muscles that might be really tight. And the
movement helps stimulate other body parts and other muscles that you might not use. ”
“CallopNYC has about 1,000 people on is waitlist for lessons, but prioritizes people with
disabilities and veterans. We believe that everybody benefits from the time on a horse, so if you
want to ride a horse, come on, let’s go,” Wilson said. Lessons are $55, but the non-profit
fundraises to help cover or lower the cost for customers who may need support.
29．Why does GallopNYC offer the lessons?
A．To make horse riding typical in NYC.B．To provide part-time jobs for veterans.
C．To promote disabled people’s incomes.
D．To offer a cure to special groups.
30．What can we infer about Olivia Diver?
A．She has learned new life skills.
B．She has found her comfort zone.
C．She has gained much confidence.
D．She has changed her attitude to horses.
31．What does paragraph 3 intend to show?
A．GallopNYC’s leader. B．The effect of the therapy.
C．Profit James Wilson has got. D．Ways of guarding people’s anxiety.
32．What does Wilson think of the program according to the last paragraph?
A．It is well received. B．It is highly profitable.
C．It needs to be more creative. D．It takes ages to see the results.
In the early nineteenth century in Britain, many improvements were made in medicine.
Illnesses that had been deadly a few years before were now curable. However, Surgeons had one
problem. They had restricted access to dead bodies to dissect (解剖), which was the only way that
they could learn about the flesh and bones inside the body and the only way to teach new surgeons
to carry out operations.
The job of finding these dead bodies was carried out by an unpleasant group of people
called “body snatchers”. They went into graveyards at night and dug up any recently buried
bodies. Then they took the bodies to the medical schools and sold them. A body could be sold for
between￡5 and 10, which was a lot of money at that time.
The most famous of these body snatchers was a man from Edinburgh called William Burke.
He was different because he did not just dig up bodies from graveyards. He got greedy and
thought of an easier way to find bodies. Instead of digging them up, he killed the poorer guests in
his small hotel. Dr. Knox, the respected surgeon he worked for, never asked why all the bodies he
brought him had been strangled (勒死).Burke was eventually arrested and put on trial in 1829. The judge showed no mercy to him
and his punishment was to be hanged. Appropriately, his body was given to the medical school
and he ended up on the dissecting table, just like his victims.
Now, over 180 years later, surgeons do not need the help of criminals to learn their skills.
However, the science of surgery could not have developed without their rather gruesome help.
33．What problem did the British surgeons in the early 19th century face?
A．Some illnesses remained incurable．
B．Dead bodies were not easily available．
C．They had only one way to carry out operations.
D．They had difficulty learning about the flesh and bones.
34．Which can be the best heading for Paragraph 3?
A．Burke’s easier way. B．Body snatchers’ job.
C．Poor guests in Burke’s hotel. D．Deals between Burke and Dr. Knox.
35．Which can best illustrate Burke’s story?
A．Justice has long arms. B．More haste, less speed.
C．Do as you would be done by. D．Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
36．What does the underlined word in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Incredibly fascinating. B．Surprisingly influential.
C．Extremely understandable. D．Unpleasantly shocking.
Tu Youyou has become the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize for her work in
helping to create an anti-malarial (疟疾) medicine. The 84-year-old’s route to the honour has been
anything but traditional. In China, she is being called the “three nos” winner: no medical degree,
no doctorate, and she’s never worked overseas.
In 1967, malaria, a deadly disease at that time, spread by mosquitoes was decimating
Chinese soldiers fighting Americans in the jungles of northern Vietnam. A secret research unit
“Mission 523” was formed to find a cure for the illness. Two years later Tu Youyou was instructed
to become the new head of “Mission 523”.
“Mission 523” read ancient books carefully for a long time to find historical methods offighting malaria. When she started her search for an anti-malarial drug,more than 240,000
compounds around the world had been tested, without any success. Finally, the team found a brief
reference to one substance, sweet wormwood (青蒿), which had been used to treat malaria in
China around 400 AD. The team took out one active compound (化合物) in wormwood, and then
tested it. But nothing was effective until Tu Youyou returned to the original ancient text. After
another careful reading, she changed the drug recipe one final time, heating the compound without
allowing it to reach boiling point.
After the drug showed promising results in mice and monkeys, Tu Youyou volunteered to
be the first human recipient (接受者) of the new drug. In any case, Tu Youyou is consistently
praised for her drive and passion. One former colleague, Lianda Li, says Ms. Tu is “unsociable
and quite straightforward”, adding that “if she disagrees with something, she will say it”.
Another colleague, Fuming Liao, who has worked with Tu Youyou for more than 40 years,
describes her as a “tough and stubborn woman”. Stubborn enough to spend decades piecing
together ancient texts, she applies them to modern scientific practices. The result has saved
millions of lives.
37．According to paragraph 1,we can learn that .
A．Tu has a medical degree
B．Tu discovered a cure for malaria
C．Tu’s road to success is not traditional
D．Tu is the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
38．The underlined word “decimating” can be replaced by .
A．encouraging B．killing
C．annoying D．benefiting
39．Which of the following statements is true?
A．Tu first invented the idea of using sweet wormwood as a cure.
B．Tu was inspired by medical textbooks published in northern Vietnam.
C．The compound needs to be heated to the boiling point to be effective.
D．Over 240,000 compounds were proved ineffective before finding an anti-malarial drug.
40．Tu Youyou can be best described as a person.
A．devoted and stubborn
B．considerate and toughC．sociable and generous
D．straightforward and mean参考答案：
1．A 2．C 3．D 4．A
【导语】本文是记叙文。文章讲述兽医威廉·法伯(William Farber)博士在从针灸中受益后，
将综合医疗应用于动物，并取得了初步成效。
1．细节理解题。根据第一段的“If he seems a little defensive, it might be because even some
of his coworkers occasionally laugh at his unusual methods.( 如果他看起来有点戒备的姿态，
那可能是因为他的一些同事偶尔会嘲笑他不寻常的方法。) ”可知，Farber的同事们有时会
嘲笑他不寻常的方法，他们认为他很奇怪。故选A。
2．细节理解题。根据第二段的“Then he tried acupuncture, an ancient Chinese practice, and
was amazed that he improved after two or three treatments. What worked on a veterinarian seemed
likely to work on his patients. So, after studying the techniques for a couple of years, he began
offering them to pets.(然后，他尝试了针灸，这是一种古老的中国疗法，并惊讶地发现，经
过两三次治疗，他的病情有所好转。对兽医有效的方法似乎对他的病人也有效。因此，在
研究了这些技术几年后，他开始把它们提供给宠物。)”可知，Farber作为患者从针灸中受
益，这促使他决定尝试在宠物上使用针灸。故选C。
3．主旨大意题。根据第三段内容“Leigh Tindale’s dog Charlie had a serious heart condition.
After Charlie had a heart attack, Tindale says, she was prepared to put him to sleep, but Farber’s
treatments eased her dog’s suffering so much that she was able to keep him alive for an additional
five months. And Priscilla Dewing reports that her horse, Nappy, “moves more easily and rides
more comfortably” after a chiropractic adjustment.(利·廷代尔的狗查理患有严重的心脏病。廷
代尔说，查理心脏病发作后，她准备让他进入睡眠状态，但法伯的治疗大大减轻了她的狗
的痛苦，她能够让它多活五个月。普里西拉·杜因(Priscilla Dewing)报告说，她的马纳皮
(Nappy)经过脊椎按摩调整后，“行动更容易，乘车更舒服”。) ”可知，本段主要讲述了两
个例子，一个是Farber通过整体医学方法帮助了患有严重心脏病的狗Charlie，另一个是马
Nappy在接受脊椎按摩治疗后移动和骑行更为舒适。这些例子都是为了说明整体医学的有
效性。故选D。
4．推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容“Farber is certain that the holistic approach will grow
more popular with time, and if the past is any indication, he may be right: Since 1982,
membership in the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association has grown from 30 to over700. ( 法伯确信，随着时间的推移，综合疗法会越来越受欢迎，如果过去有任何迹象的话，
他可能是对的:自1982年以来，美国综合兽医协会的会员已经从30个增加到700多个。)”
可知，法伯认为综合疗法会越来越受欢迎，随后作者列举了美国综合兽医协会的会员已经
从30个增加到700多个的例子，因此推断美国整体兽医协会是为证明法伯的观点。故选
A。
5．B 6．D 7．B 8．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了患有16年难治性抑郁症患者吴小天(化名)的故
事。他是世界上首位植入脑机接口设备的人，这一创新技术为他带来了希望，经过调整与
适应，他重获新生，对未来充满信心。
5．词义推测题。根据第一段中“Wu Xiaotian (pseudonym), aged 32, had been dealing with
depression that didn’t respond to treatment for 16 years.( 32岁的吴小天(化名)16年来一直患有
抑郁症，但治疗无效。)”以及“He tried various treatments, but the constant “black dog” of
depression wouldn’t leave him.(他尝试过各种治疗方法，但持续不断的’黑狗’ 抑郁始终困
扰着他。)”可知，32岁的吴小天(化名)16年来一直患有抑郁症，但治疗无效，虽然尝试过
各种治疗方法，可是这个抑郁症一直困扰着他。故“黑狗”一词是一种隐喻，用来代表抑
郁。故选B。
6．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Many times, he didn’t feel well in the “work mode” and
worried that the “black dog” of depression, symbolized by the phrase “good times don’t last,” had
returned.( 很多时候，他在 “工作模式”下感觉不好，并担心被代表为 “好时光不会持
续”这一短语所象征的抑郁“黑狗”回来了。)”可知，吴小天在BCI设备的“工作模式”
下的感受，他多次感觉不佳，并担心抑郁症的象征回来了，因此，他在该模式下经历了负
面情绪即他感到被消极情绪淹没了。故选D。
7．推理判断题。根据第三段中“Wu went through a three-month adjustment period.(吴经历了
三个月的调整期。)”以及第四段中“Currently, he is the only patient in the group who can
switch modes independently. Finding the right setting was like a sudden realization..(目前，他是
组中唯一可以独立切换模式的患者。找到合适的环境就像是一个突然的领悟。)”可知，吴
小天经历了为期三个月的调试期然后找到了BCI设备的最佳设置，由此反映了他治疗中的
个性化需求。故选B。
8．主旨大意题。通读全文，文章讲述的是32岁的吴小天经历了16年抗抑郁症的痛苦，在使用脑-计算机接口（BCI）设备后开始好转的故事。A选项“Wu Xiaotian’s journey of
finding relief from depression through BCI surgery.( 吴小天通过脑机接口手术缓解抑郁症的历
程。)”概括文章主要内容，符合标题。故选A。
9．B 10．D 11．A 12．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍了查尔斯·德鲁找到了处理和储存血液的新方法，还
发明了移动献血站，帮助在第二次世界大战期间挽救了无数的生命，被称为“血库之父”。
9．细节理解题。根据第一段中的“In the late 1930s, people could donate blood, but very few
hospitals could store it for later use.(在20世纪30年代末，人们可以献血，但很少有医院能储
存血液供日后使用。)”可知，在20世纪30年代末，医院面临的问题是无法储存血液。故选
B。
10．细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Using Presbyterian Hospital’s blood bank as a model,
Drew established uniform procedures and standards for collecting blood and processing blood
plasma from nine New York hospitals.(德鲁以长老会医院的血库为模型，制定了从纽约九家
医院采集血液和处理血浆的统一程序和标准。)”可知，德鲁组织了血浆的收集和处理。故
选D。
11．推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“He was appointed as the assistant director of a three-
month pilot program to mass-produce dried plasma in New York, which became the model for the
first Red Cross blood bank. His innovations for this program included mobile blood donation
stations, later called bloodmobiles.(他被任命为一个为期三个月的试点项目的副主任，该项目
在纽约大规模生产干血浆，成为第一个红十字会血库的模型。他在这个项目上的创新包括
移动献血站，后来被称为血液移动站。)”可知，这个为期三个月的试点项目成为第一个红
十字会血库的模型，德鲁在这个项目中贡献了创新方法，由此可推测出，这个试点项目具
有开创性（groundbreaking）。故选A。
12．标题归纳题。通读全文，尤其是第一段最后一句“Charles Drew, a Black surgeon and
researcher, helped solve this monumental problem for medicine, earning him the title ‘Father of
the Blood Bank.’(黑人外科医生兼研究员查尔斯·德鲁帮助解决了医学界的这一重大问题，为
他赢得了‘血库之父’的称号。)”可知，本文主要讲述了查尔斯·德鲁找到了处理和储存血
液的新方法，还发明了移动献血站，帮助在第二次世界大战期间挽救了无数的生命，被称
为“血库之父”，由此可推测出，B项“血库的发明者”最适合作本文标题。故选B。13．D 14．C 15．A 16．B
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了38岁的麦金太尔和丈夫建立了名为RIP医疗债
务的组织，来帮助那些无力支付医疗债务的人。
13．细节理解题。根据第一段“But she realized that in a way, she was luckier than some other
people. She had insurance to help pay for her medical care.(但她意识到，在某种程度上，她比
其他一些人幸运。她有保险来支付医疗费用)”可知，麦金太尔觉得自己比其他人幸运因为
她有医疗保障。故选D。
14．细节理解题。根据第二段“Though her health was failing, Ms. McIntyre decided to help
pay off the medical debts of as many people as she possibly could. The couple began donating
money to a group called RIP Medical Debt, which is committed to working to pay off the unpaid
medical debts of others. (尽管她的健康状况每况愈下，麦金太尔还是决定帮助尽可能多的人
还清医疗债务。这对夫妇开始向一个名为RIP医疗债务的组织捐款，该组织致力于为他人
偿还未付的医疗债务)”可知，麦金太尔女士和她的丈夫通过偿还他人的治疗债务帮助别人。
故选C。
15．主旨大意题。根据第四段“The couple had set up a page on a website to raise money for
this purpose. They had hoped to raise about $20,000. Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post
attracted a lot of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less
than a week, the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in.
By November 22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to
pay off about $60 million in medical debts.(这对夫妇在一个网站上建立了一个页面，为这个
目的筹集资金。他们原本希望筹集到大约2万美元。尽管如此，麦金太尔的最后一条帖子
还是引起了很多关注。她的网页上的捐款很快就超过了总目标。在不到一周的时间里，该
网站筹集的资金是预期的10倍，捐款仍在不断增加。到2023年11月22日，麦金太尔的网
页已经筹集了超过62.7万美元，足以偿还约6000万美元的医疗债务)”可知，第四段的主要
内容是公众参与。故选A。
16．推理判断题。根据第一段“But Ms. McIntyre and her husband, Mr. Gregory, knew that
many people with cancer face tough decisions because of the costs of medical care and wind up
owing far more than they can pay.(但麦金太尔和她的丈夫格雷戈里知道，许多癌症患者因为
医疗费用而面临艰难的决定，最终欠下的钱远远超过了他们的支付能力)”可知，麦金太尔女士能够理解他人的处境，结合第四段“Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot
of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the
site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November
22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about
$60 million in medical debts.(尽管如此，麦金太尔的最后一条帖子还是引起了很多关注。她
的网页上的捐款很快就超过了总目标。在不到一周的时间里，该网站筹集的资金是预期的
10倍，捐款仍在不断增加。到2023年11月22日，麦金太尔的网页已经筹集了超过62.7万
美元，足以偿还约6000万美元的医疗债务)”可知，麦金太尔女士很有影响力。故可推知，
麦金太尔女士有影响力和理解他人。故选B。
17．D 18．A 19．B 20．D
【分析】本文是记叙文。文章主要讲述在疫苗接种上做出努力的一个被遗忘了的应该被歌
颂的英雄Montagu的事迹。
17．主旨大意题。根据第二段首句“Montagu first witnessed inoculation when she
accompanied her husband to Turkey.”（Montagu第一次目睹接种是在她陪丈夫去土耳其的时
候。）可知，这一段主要讲述Montagu第一次接触接种的事情。故选D。
18．细节理解题。根据第三段“This worked well, but she knew that trying it in England would
be far more challenging. Inoculation performed by unlicensed amateurs would threaten doctors'
professional standing and potentially rob them of valuable income.”（这起到很好的作用，但是
她知道在英格兰尝试这个将会更难。由没有执照的业余人员接种将会威胁到医生的专业地
位并且可能抢了他们的高额收入。）可知，在英格兰实施接种很难，是因为这样会威胁到
职业医生的利益。故选A。
19．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“After a safe time had passed following the inoculation,
Montagu allowed doctors to examine her daughter.”（在接种后的安全期过去后，Montagu允
许医生给她的女儿检查。）和最后一段“Doctors in Britain gradually accepted the practice.”
（英国的医生渐渐地接受了这个做法。）可知，英国的医生接受了接种，是因为他们看到
了Montagu女儿接种的好的结果。故选B。
20．推理判断题。根据第一段“With the world's attention on vaccines, now it feels like a good
moment to sing the praises of an often forgotten contributor to their development.”（随着世界对
疫苗的关注，现在是一个很好的时刻来歌颂一个为了它们的发展而经常被遗忘的贡献者。）可知，作者认为Montagu是一个被遗忘了的应该被歌颂的英雄。故选D。
21．B 22．D 23．C 24．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Charlie Latuske利用科技求医的经历。
21．细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Short on time, he feared the idea of calling his local
physician only to wait days or even a week for an apointment, or to wait in a long line for an
emergency appointment.(由于时间紧迫，他害怕给当地的医生打电话，等待几天甚至一周才
能预约，或者排很长的队等待紧急预约)”及Latuske所说的“I just needed to be seen without
messing around with long lines of people.(我只是想让别人注意到我，而不是和排长队的人瞎
混)”可知，Latuske很发愁看医生，因为他需要等几天甚至一周才能预约上医生。他也可以
预约急诊，但需要排队等候。故选B项。
22．细节理解题。根据第五段中的“Latuske’s wife showed him a private medical app with
which he could see a doctor within the hour virtually.(拉图斯克的妻子向他展示了一个私人医
疗应用程序，他可以在一个小时内看到在线医生)”可知，Latuske的妻子给他推荐了一款私
人医疗应用程序。故选D项。
23．词句猜测题。根据第六段中的“he didn’t trust such a service and questioned the
credentials of doctors available through it.(并补充说他不相信这样的服务，并质疑通过该服务
获得的医生的资质)”及Latuske所说的“But I was in great need of a doctor.(但是我非常需要
一位医生)”可知，起初，Latuske并不依赖妻子推荐的那款应用程序。由此推断，skeptical
在此应表示“怀疑的”，doubtful译为：怀疑的。故选C项。
24．推理判断题。根据倒数第三段“Within 20 minutes, he was speaking with a doctor, who
soon diagnosed him with tonsillitis.(不到20分钟，他就和医生谈了起来，医生很快诊断出他
得了扁桃体炎)”及倒数第二段中的“Within the hour, he was at his nearest pharmacy (药房),
collecting medicines.(不到一个小时，他就去了最近的药店取药)”及最后一段中的Latuske所
说的“I was impressed by the efficiency of the whole thing(整个项目的效率给我留下了深刻的
印象)”可知，通过妻子推荐的医疗应用程序，Latuske很快就弄清楚了自己的病情，并且买
到了药。由此可推断，与传统的就医方式相比，Latuske所使用的新的就诊方式很高效。故
选A项。
25．B 26．B 27．C 28．D【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述帕里斯被一块饼干噎住了，她的女儿对她进行
了急救。文章通过这个故事告诉人们急救的重要性。
25．细节理解题。根据第二段“Suddenly, Paris started choking on a piece of cookie. Soon, the
cookie was at the back of her throat. The two girls started hitting her back at once. After about a
minute of hitting her back, Kallie went to call an ambulance as she started to worry. As she did this
the other girl carried on doing what she had been doing and thankfully the cookie finally came up.
(突然，帕里斯被一块饼干噎住了。很快，饼干就到了她的喉咙后面。那两个女孩立刻开始
拍打她的后背。大约一分钟后，凯丽开始担心起来，她去叫了救护车。当她这样做的时候，
另一个女孩继续做她一直在做的事情，谢天谢地，饼干终于出来了)”可知，当她们的母亲
窒息时，两个女孩尽快采取了行动。故选B。
26．细节理解题。根据第四段“Due to her condition, she’s more likely to fall and has received
serious injuries. She felt it was very important to teach her girls what to do in a dangerous
situation she might be in. (由于她的情况，她更有可能摔倒，并受到了严重的伤害。她觉得
教女儿们在她可能身处的危险情况下该怎么做是非常重要的)”可知，帕里斯教她的两个女
儿急救技能，是因为她知道她需要她们的帮助。故选B。
27．推理判断题。根据最后一段“After the accident, Paris was so grateful that she had taught
her daughters what to do in such a situation. But accidents like that can happen to anyone. So if
your kid hasn’t learned first aid skills yet, it’s time to do that now. (事故发生后，帕丽斯非常感
激，她教会了女儿们在这种情况下该怎么做。但这样的意外谁都有可能发生。所以，如果
你的孩子还没有学会急救技能，现在是时候去学了)”可推断，作者写最后一段的目的是鼓
励人们学习急救技能。故选C。
28．主旨大意题。根据第二段“Suddenly, Paris started choking on a piece of cookie. Soon, the
cookie was at the back of her throat. The two girls started hitting her back at once. After about a
minute of hitting her back, Kallie went to call an ambulance as she started to worry. As she did this
the other girl carried on doing what she had been doing and thankfully the cookie finally came up.
(突然，帕里斯被一块饼干噎住了。很快，饼干就到了她的喉咙后面。那两个女孩立刻开始
拍打她的后背。大约一分钟后，凯丽开始担心起来，她去叫了救护车。当她这样做的时候，
另一个女孩继续做她一直在做的事情，谢天谢地，饼干终于出来了)”及全文可知，文章主
要讲述帕里斯被一块饼干噎住了，她的女儿对她进行了急救。由此可知，“Girls save their
mother’s life using first aid skills(女孩使用急救技能挽救了母亲的生命)”作为文章标题最为合适。故选D。
29．D 30．C 31．B 32．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文，文章主要介绍了GallopNYC为退伍军人和残疾人提供的课程，
该课程使用骑马作为治疗方法。
29．细节理解题。根据第一段中“GallopNYC provides lessons to veterans(老兵) and people
with disabilities — horseback riding is their therapy(疗法).(GallopNYC为退伍军人和残疾人提
供课程——骑马是他们的治疗方法)”和第三段中“So, somebody with PTSD and a horse can
sort of partner together and see the world in the same way and kind of take care of each other.(因
此，患有创伤后应激障碍的人和一匹马可以在某种程度上成为伴侣，以同样的方式看待世
界，并互相照顾)”可知，GallopNYC提供骑马课程是为了给特殊群体提供治疗方法。故选
D。
30．推理判断题。根据第二段中“Trying something new shows her she can accomplish other
things as well.(尝试新事物让她知道她也能完成其他事情)”可知，Olivia Diver通过骑马获得
了很多自信。故选C。
31．推理判断题。根据第三段内容，结合首句“James Wilson, executive director at
GallopNYC, says there are many ways horses can be therapeutic.(GallopNYC的执行董事James
Wilson表示，马有很多疗效)”以及“Horses can also help with physical disabilities.(马还可以
帮助身体残疾)”可知，本段旨在表明骑马疗法的效果。故选B。
32．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“CallopNYC has about 1,000 people on is waitlist for
lessons(CallopNYC有大约1000人在等待课程的名单上)”可知，Wilson认为这个项目深受欢
迎。故选A。
33．B 34．A 35．A 36．D
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍19世纪英国一群特殊工作者：盗尸者。
33．细节理解题。由第一段中的“However, Surgeons had one problem. They had restricted
access to dead bodies to dissect (解剖), which was the only way that they could learn about the
flesh and bones inside the body and the only way to teach new surgeons to carry out operations.
(然而，外科医生有一个问题。他们接触尸体进行解剖很有限，这是他们了解体内骨骼和肌
肉的唯一途径，也是教会新外科医生进行手术的唯一途径)”可知，19世纪初的英国外科医生面临的问题是接触尸体进行解剖的机会很有限，换句话说，可利用的尸体不容易找到。
故选B项。
34．主旨大意题。由第三段中的“The most famous of these body snatchers was a man from
Edinburgh called William Burke. He was different because he did not just dig up bodies from
graveyards. He got greedy and thought of an easier way to find bodies. Instead of digging them
up, he killed the poorer guests in his small hotel. (其中最著名的盗尸人是来自爱丁堡的威廉·伯
克。他与众不同，因为他不只是从墓地挖出尸体。他变得贪婪，想出了一个更容易找到尸
体的方法。他没有把尸体挖出来，而是在自己的小旅馆里杀死了贫穷的客人)”可知，本段
主要讲一位与众不同的盗尸者William Burke，他投机取巧，找到一条牟利捷径，勒死店里
穷困的房客、再把尸体卖出，A项“Burke（获得尸体）的更简单的方法”符合段意。故选
A项。
35．推理判断题。由第三段内容和第四段“Burke was eventually arrested and put on trial in
1829. The judge showed no mercy to him and his punishment was to be hanged. Appropriately, his
body was given to the medical school and he ended up on the dissecting table, just like his victims.
(Burke最终被捕，并于1829年受审。法官对他毫不留情，他被惩罚处以绞刑。恰如其分，
他的尸体被送到了医学院，他最终被放在了解剖台上，就像他的受害者一样)”可知，勒死
店里穷困的房客、再把尸体卖出的Burke，最终被捕、被处以绞刑，被放在了医学院的解
剖台上，这就是A项“法网恢恢疏而不漏”，B项“欲速则不达”，C项“己所不欲勿施
于人”，D项“不入虎穴焉得虎子”。故选A项。
36．词句猜测题。由第一段中的“However, Surgeons had one problem. They had restricted
access to dead bodies to dissect (解剖), which was the only way that they could learn about the
flesh and bones inside the body and the only way to teach new surgeons to carry out operations.
(然而，外科医生有一个问题。他们接触尸体进行解剖很有限，这是他们了解体内骨骼和肌
肉的唯一途径，也是教会新外科医生进行手术的唯一途径)”，第二段中的“The job of
finding these dead bodies was carried out by an unpleasant group of people called “body
snatchers”. (寻找这些尸体的工作是由一个叫“盗尸人”的令人不快的团体进行的)”和最后
一段“Now, over 180 years later, surgeons do not need the help of criminals to learn their skills.
However, the science of surgery could not have developed without their rather gruesome help.
(现在，180多年过去了，外科医生不需要罪犯的帮助来学习他们的技能。然而，外科学的
发展离不开他们gruesome 帮助)”可知，外科医生需要尸体学习，因此衍生出了“盗尸人”这个工作，这些人售卖偷盗的尸体给外科医生使用，可以说外科学的发展离不开“盗尸
人”令人毛骨悚然的或让人不适的帮助，gruesome在此处意为“让人不适的、毛骨悚然的、
令人不快的震惊（Unpleasantly shocking）”。故选D项。
37．C 38．B 39．D 40．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了屠呦呦发现并提取青蒿素的过程及其影响。
37．细节理解题。根据该段第二句中的“The 84-year-old’s route to the honour has been
anything but traditional.(这位84岁的老人获得这一荣誉的途径一点也不传统)”可知，屠呦呦
的成功之路和传统的成功之路完全不一样。故选C项。
38．词句猜测题。根据划线词上文“In 1967, malaria, a deadly disease at that time(1967年，
疟疾，在当时是一种致命的疾病)”可知，当时疟疾是一种致命的疾病，即这种病可以导致
人死亡。由此可猜测，划线词“decimating”应是“杀死”含义，用在句中表达“这种疾病
正在杀死在越南作战的中国士兵”，与“killing”含义一致。故选B项。
39．细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“When she started her search for an anti-malarial drug,
more than 240,000 compounds around the world had been tested, without any success.(当她开始
寻找抗疟疾药物时，全世界已经测试了24万多种化合物，但没有任何成功)”可知，在发现
抗疟疾药物之前，24万多种化合物都被测试过，但是都没有成功，这些化合物对于疟疾这
种病是无效的。故选D项。
40．推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段内容“After the drug showed promising results in mice
and monkeys, Tu Youyou volunteered to be the first human recipient of the new drug.(在该药物在
小鼠和猴子身上显示出良好的效果后，屠呦呦自愿成为该新药的第一位人类受体)”可知，
她自愿成为第一位人类受体，说明她具有科学奉献精神，同时结合文章最后一段内容
“Stubborn enough to spend decades piecing together ancient texts, she applies them to modern
scientific practices.(她非常固执，花了几十年的时间拼凑古代文献，并将其应用于现代科学
实践)”可知，屠呦呦性格很固执，执着地研究了几十年的古代典籍。 由此推知，她是一个
具有奉献精神和固执执着的人。故选A项。
