题文
At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages, large enough to threaten the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the workforce, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as“merely a nurse”. Teachers many be also at fault. Many high school students are actually away from nursing, told by teachers that they are“too bright to be a nurse”.
Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal (致命的) diseases mean long hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.
小题1:What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?A．How nurses have been looked down upon.B．Why women have chosen many different jobs.C．What has caused nurse shortage.D．How teachers have influenced their students.小题2:The Passage tells that high school teachers are at fault for .A．not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the USB．introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their studentsC．not asking the government to raise the nurses’ paymentD．persuading the students not to be nurses小题3:The author writes the Passage in order to .A．describe the unequal treatment of women in the USB．warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problemC．tell us women’s free choices of jobs todayD．call on women to choose different kinds of jobs小题4:It can be inferred from the Passage that .A．high school students think themselves too bright to be nursesB．women in the US have greater career choices than those in other countriesC．of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly neededD．nursing used to be a popular job among women 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D
解析
本文分析了女孩不想当护士的原因，许多高中学生实际上之所以远离护理,是因为老师告诉他们“你们太聪明了，当一名护士是不值得的。目前，在美国60%的医院护士短缺，将要威胁医疗护理的质量。从中可以看出作者想让人们重视护士问题。
小题1:细节理解题。第二段的The answer lies in not one but several causes.第二段主要分析女孩不想当护士的原因。故选C。
小题2:细节理解题。第二段的Many high school students are actually away from nursing, told by teachers that they are“too bright to be a nurse许多高中学生实际上之所以远离护理,是因为老师告诉他们“你们太聪明了，当一名护士是不值得的”。故选D。
小题3:作者意图题。第一段的Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages, large enough to threaten the quality of care provided目前，在美国60%的医院护士短缺，将要威胁医疗护理的质量。从中可以看出作者想让人们重视护士问题。故选B。
小题4:推理判断题。第二段的told by teachers that they are“too bright to be a nurse”是老师说的而不是学生说的，排除A；B项文章没提，故排除；第一段的60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages是说美国60%的医院护士短缺，而不是全世界的医院，故排除C项；第二段的In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. 过去妇女到外面找工作，经常选择护士和教师。故选D。
考点
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社会现象类阅读概念：
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社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
