It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25.
I was nurse on duty that day. I didn’t think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies showed up at my desk, a pale woman and four small children.
“Are you all sick?” I asked suspiciously.
“Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when it came to descriptions of their presenting problems, things got a little vague. Two of the children had headaches, but the headaches weren’t accompanied by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.
Something was wrong, but I didn’t say anything but explained that it might be a little while before a doctor saw her. She responded, “Take your time; it’s warm here.”
On a hunch (出于直覺), I checked the chart after the admitting clerk had finished registering the family. No address---they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.
I looked out at the family huddled by the Christmas tree. The little one was pointing at the television and exclaiming something to her mother. The oldest one was looking at an ornament on the Christmas tree.
I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses, grumbling about working Christmas, turned to compassion for a family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a medical emergency. But this one was a Christmas emergency.
We were all offered a free meal in the hospital cafeteria on Christmas Day, so we claimed that meal and prepared a banquet for our Christmas guests. We needed presents. We put together oranges and apples in a basket. We collected from different departments candies, crayons and other things available that could be presents. As seriously as we met the physical needs of the patients that came to us that day, our team worked to meet the needs, and exceed the expectations, of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas Day.
Later, as the family walked to the door to leave, the four year old came running back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”
小題1:Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A．Working Christmas DayB．Christmas Day is Coming
C．A Happy FamilyD．A Pale Woman and Four Small Children
小題2:What kind of person do you think the author is?
A．Hardworking and outgoingB．Serious and careful
C．Hardworking and warmheartedD．Serious and stubborn
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Something was wrong with one of the children’s heads.
B．The pale woman forgot to write the address.
C．The author did not understand the truth.
D．The children’s mother told a lie.
小題4:It can be inferred from the text that______.
A．The author didn’t think there would be any patients on Christmas Day
B．The woman was uncomfortable when she lowered her head
C．The family appeared in the emergency room on Christmas Eve
D．The woman and four small children were satisfied and grateful

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析：本文記敘了圣誕節(jié)的作者值班室經(jīng)歷的一次特殊的“急診”——圣誕節(jié)，一個無家可歸的家庭為了到醫(yī)院來御寒而假裝孩子生病到醫(yī)院看病，作者及醫(yī)院的其他值班人員熱心的讓他們一家度過一個真正溫暖的圣誕節(jié)的故事。
小題1:綜合本文，本文講述圣誕節(jié)的“急診”故事，故選A工作著的圣誕節(jié)。
小題2:從文章中可知，作者在圣誕節(jié)日當(dāng)天還辛勤的值班，并且通過宴會滿足這家人想過一個溫暖的圣誕節(jié)的愿望，說明作者既勤奮又熱心腸。
小題3:細節(jié)題，從第五段至第七段可知，這一家人中并沒有人生病，他們只是無家可歸的一家子，他們是為了到醫(yī)院御寒而撒了一個謊，故選答案D
小題4:推斷題。答案AB是文章中直接提到的信息，不是推斷出來的，不入選。C答案錯誤在Christmas Eve，應(yīng)該是Christmas .故選D
點評：本文記敘了圣誕節(jié)的作者值班室經(jīng)歷的一次特殊的“急診”。答題前一定要讀懂全文。本文是以“孩子生病”為引線，一定要注意體會該重要線索，然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。
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