Book6Unit1微型训练.doc

Book6 Unit1 微型训练 一、阅读理解。（共10小题； 每小题2分，满分20分） A It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. 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 puzzling. 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 in here.”? On my sixth sense, I checked the chart after another nurse had finished registering the family. No address—they were homeless. The waiting room was warm. I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses went into action immediately, much as we do when there’s a medical emergency. But this one was a Christmas emergency. We prepared a meal for our Christmas guests. We put together oranges and apples in a basket. We collected from different department’s 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 do more than 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.” 21. The family came to the emergency room because???????? . ?? A. one of the children had lan