His name is James，but people call him Rocky.The name fits.He’s big，over six feet

题文

His name is James，but people call him Rocky.The name fits.He’s big，over six feet tall，and he’s tough when he needs to  be.James “Rocky” Robinson lives and works in New York City’s Bedford­Stuyvesant district，one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States.Yet it is here in Bed­Stuy that he is saving lives and reviving a community.
In 1966，when Rocky was twenty­six years old，his seven­year­old niece was struck by a car on the street of Bed­Stuy.Had someone at the scene known first aid or CPR，she might have lived.But by the time she reached a hospital，she was dead.
His niece’s unnecessary death was one reason why Rocky became a paramedic (护理人员)．Working for the Emergency Medical Service of New York City，he realized that more than half the city’s emergency calls came from high­crime areas.According to Rocky，residents of crime­plagued minority neighborhoods like Bed­Stuy sometimes had to wait as long as 26 minutes after calling 911 for an ambulance while calls in richer white communities were answered in_a_fraction_of_the_time.
Rocky decided to find out more about the problem.His research showed that the richer communities had organized their own ambulance corps (特殊部队) to improve city services because the city was overwhelmed with calls.“If that’s the key to success，”he told his friend and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) colleague，Joe Perez，“we’ll start our own corps in Bed­Stuy！”
In 1988，Rocky had no idea that he and Joe would be attempting to establish the first minority­run ambulance service in the country，or just how creative he would have to be to overcome the difficulty.The pair’s first challenge was to find a location for the headquarters.They took over an abandoned building that was commonly used by drug dealers.Because there was no electricity or running water (except for the leaks in the roof)，the two men worked during daylight hours.They used a two­way radio to receive emergency calls.
Although they could make do with their new headquarters，Rocky and Joe still lacked the most important component of an ambulance service：an ambulance.An old Chevrolet (雪佛兰) got them to the scenes of accidents，fires，shootings，and stabbings.But the car didn’t always start.At times，they were forced to strap (用带捆绑) their trauma kits and oxygen tanks to their backs and run on foot to the emergencies.Everyone laughed，except the victims who were still alive when  Rocky and Joe arrived.
小题1:The author believes the name “Rocky” fits James because________.A．he is a tall and tough manB．he is tall and does something bigC．he is living in a tough communityD．he leads a tough community小题2:James’ seven­year­old niece would have been saved if________.A．she had been sent to a better hospitalB．she had got first aid and arrived in hospital earlierC．James had been at the spotD．emergency calls had been available in the area小题3:The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 means________.A．in a short timeB．over a long timeC．in the near futureD．from time to time小题4:We can infer from Paragraph 4 that________.A．ambulance corps were only allowed in rich white communitiesB．James found white communities made more emergency callsC．city services were not enough to meet people’s needD．it was easy to establish the minority­run ambulance service 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C

解析

小题1: B
解析 推理判断题。由文章第一段可知，James之所以会得到这个称呼一方面是因为他身材高大，但更重要的原因是，他建立了第一个社区救护队，做了件伟大的事情。
小题2: B
解析 细节理解题。由文章第二段最后两句可知，James的侄女是因为事发后，现场没有人会急救，送到医院时，不治而亡。
小题3: A
解析 推理判断题。由第一段知，Bed­Stuy是个落后的贫困区。因此，它的医疗救助服务肯定要比富人区差，等待的时间也更长。由第四段知，James发现富人区建立了自己的救护队，所以不需要等很长时间，故选A项。
小题4: C
解析 推理判断题。文章第四段说明，有些富裕的白人区建立了自己的救护队来弥补城市医疗救护的缺陷，这说明城市医疗救护服务满足不了人们的需要。

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【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。