1992年高考英语试题及答案

　　第三部分(U) 英语应用

　　UI.阅读理解(共20小题，计分40%)

　　阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

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　　Shu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten (咬)by snakes."It was seeing people with snake bites (伤口) that led me to this career," he said.

　　In 1963, after his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.

　　"I was greatly upset by the story of an old farmer I met .It was a very hot afternoon. The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt a pain in his left hand. He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. In no time he wrapped a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison spreading to his heart. Rushing home he shouted,`Bring me the knife' Minutes later the man lost his arm forever."

　　"The sad story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes"Shu said.

　　66. The best headline (标题) for this newspaper article is

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　　A. Astonishing Medicine

　　B. Farmer Loses Arm

　　C. Dangerous Bites

　　D. Snake Doctor

　　67. The farmer lost his arm because .

　　A. the cloth was wrapped too tightly

　　B. he cut it off to save his life

　　C. Shu wasn't there to help him

　　D. he was alone in the fields

　　68. Shu decided to devote himself to snake medicine because

　　.

　　A. he wanted to save people's arms and legs

　　B. he had studied it at a medical school

　　C. he had seen snakes biting people

　　D. his army service had finished

　　69. Why did Shu go into the mountains?

　　A. He wanted to study snake bites.

　　B. He wanted to help the farmers.

　　C. He was being trained to be a doctor.

　　D. He was expected to serve in the army.

　　70. Which of the following words can take the place of the word careerin the first paragraph (段)?

　　A. conclusion

　　B. story

　　C. incident

　　D. job