题文
Narayana Hrudayalaya, a complex of health centers based in southern India, offers low-cost, high-quality specialty care in a largely poor country of 1.2 billion people. By thinking differently about everything from the unusually high number of patients it treats to the millions for whom it provides insurance, the hospital group is able to continually reduce costs. Narayana Hrudayalaya’s operations include the world’s largest and most productive cardiac (心脏病的) hospital, where the average open-heart surgery runs less than $2,000, a third or less what it costs elsewhere in India.Narayana Hrudayalaya’s origins date back to 2001, when it built its massive cardiac center on the outskirts （市郊）of Bangalore. But it has expanded since then into what founder Dr. Devi Shetty calls a "health city," a series of centers specializing in eye, trauma, and cancer care. Narayana Hrudayalaya now manages or owns hospitals in 14 other Indian cities.
Expanding access is paired with a ongoing focus on efficiency. Typically, says Shetty, private hospitals in India focus on patients who can easily afford treatment. "We did it the other way around," he says. "This hospital is for poor people, but we also treat some rich people. We don’t look at people who are sgabbily dressed and have trouble paying as outsiders. " Narayana Hrudayalaya’s flagship hospital has 3,000 beds and negotiates for better prices and buys directly from manufacturers, cutting out distributors.
In addition to cost-cutting, Narayana Hrudayalaya finds creative ways to make the economics work. The company started a micro-insurance program backed by the government that enables 3 million farmers to have coverage for as little as 22 cents a month in premiums（保险费）. Patients who pay discounted rates are in effect compensated by those who pay full price
Doing something--doing more, actually--is the point. By 2017, Shetty, 58, plans to expand from 5,000 beds throughout India to 30,000. Before becoming one of India’s best-known health-care entrepreneurs, Shetty was its best-known heart surgeon. He was interrupted in surgery one day during the 1990s by a request to make a house call. "I said, 'I don’t make home visits,' " Shetty says, "and the caller said, 'If you see this patient, the experience may transform your life.' " The request was from Mother Teresa. Inspired by the her work with the poor, he then set out to create a hospital to deliver care based on need, not wealth. "One lesson she taught me," he says, quoting a saying he keeps framed in his office, "is 'Hands that sew are holier than lips that pray.' "
小题1:Narayana Hrudayalayastarted a micro-insurance to _______.A．cut down on the cost of the treatmentB．get the support of the governmentC．make the company run smoothlyD．attract more people to its hospital小题2:We can infer from the passage that _______.A．the cost of medicine care in India is very lowB．Shetty wouldn’t have succeeded without Mother TeresaC．Shetty and his colleagues are likely to make home visits nowD．Shetty has expanded his hospitals to most of other cities in India小题3:Why did Shetty build the massive cardiac center in 2001?A．He wanted to build a health city.B．He was motivated and decided to help more people.C．He intended to develop his career in different areas.D．He meant to help more poor people get free treatment.小题4:How would you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph ?A．It’s doing something and doing more that really matters.B．It’s not easy to take positive action to contribute to society.C．Healthcare workers are the holiest persons in the world.D．Praying alone is of no significance in face of difficult situation. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析
文章讲述了Narayana Hrudayalaya是一个印度的综合医疗机构，它的目的是给人们提供低价钱的高质量的医疗服务。本文同时介绍了它的历史，它的创始人Shetty为什么要创办这所医院。
小题1:细节题。倒数第二自然段In addition to cost-cutting, Narayana Hrudayalaya finds creative ways to make the economics work.可知，除了上述的削减成本以外，他们这么做是为了使经济状况更加好，故选C
小题2:推断题。从文章的最后一段可知Shetty是著名的外科医生，她接到一个电话，电话是特丽莎修女打来的，起先他并不乐意出门会诊，后来被特丽莎帮助穷人的事情感动后，他就创建了一个只为寻求而不为名利的医院来帮助那些需要帮助的人，所以可以推断出他和他的同事现在可能很乐意出门会诊了，故选C
小题3:推断题。从第三自然段"This hospital is for poor people, but we also treat some rich people. We don’t look at people who are sgabbily dressed and have trouble paying as outsiders. 可知，他的这所医院是给穷人看病的同时也给富人看病，他们不会以貌取人也不会像个局外人一样任凭那些付不起医疗费的人处于困境中，故选B，他是积极的，乐意去帮助更多的人，而并非是帮助更多的穷人得到免费的医疗。
小题4:推断题。双手合十要比只是嘴上祈祷要神圣的多，通过最后一段第一句，可知要做一些真正重要的、要紧的事情。故选A
点评：本文较难，其中的生词较多，要有一定的文化背景才能真正理解文意。文中提到的特丽莎修女是意大利修女，长期在加尔各答贫民窟从事救济工作，获1997年诺贝尔和平奖，所以Shetty被她的事例所感动。解答此类文章要注重细节，对长句子要耐心分析成分，结合题目仔细的作答。
考点
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