Once Dr. Mellinkoff invited me to join him

题目内容：

once Dr. Mellinkoff invited me to join him at the hospital to discuss interesting cases（案例， 病例） with his students．The case at hand was a Guatemalan man, aged 34, who had a fever and many other medical problems．His condition was not improving, and there was not much hope he would live．

Dr.: Mellinkoff asked to see the patient．He introduced himself in Spanish and, in a very gentle voice, asked how he felt．The patient smiled and said everything was all right．Then the doctor asked if he was able to eat．The patient said that he had no desire to eat．

"Are you getting food you like?"

The patient said nothing．

"Do you get the kind of food you have at home?"

The answer was no．

The doctor put his hand on the man's shoulder and his voice was very soft．

"If you had food that you liked, would you eat it?"

"Yes, yes," the patient said．

The change in the patient's appearance couldn't have been more obvious．Nothing was said, but it was easy to tell that a message had been sent and had also been received．

Later, the doctor asked why the Guatemalan man wasn't getting food he could eat．One of the students said, "We all know how difficult it is to get the kitchen to make special meals．"

"Suppose," the doctor replied, "you felt a certain medicine was absolutely necessary but that our hospital didn't carry it, would you accept defeat or would you insist the hospital meet your request?"

"I would probably insist," the student said．

"Very well," the doctor said．"You might want to try the same method in the kitchen．It won't be-easy, but I can help you．Meanwhile, let's get some food inside this man as fast as possible, and stay with it．Or he'll be killed by hunger．By the way, there must be someone among you who can speak Spanish．If we want to make real progress, we need to be able to talk with him．"

Three weeks later．Doctor Mellinkoff told me that the Guatemalan man had left the hospital under his own power．It takes more than medicine to help sick people; you also have to talk to them and make them comfortable．

小题1:The patient had no desire to eat because __________________.

A．he was not hungry

B．he was seriously ill

C．he was given special meals

D．he was not satisfied with the food小题2:According to the passage, we can conclude that __________________.

A．the patient’s native language was Spanish

B．the patient’s illness was caused by hunger

C．Dr. Mellinkoff performed an operation on the patient

D．the hospital failed to provide the right medicine for the patient小题3:Which of the following words can be used to describe Dr. Mellinkoff?

A．Cold.

B．Considerate.

C．Curious.

D．Careless.小题4:What do you think Dr. Mellinkoff wanted to tell his students in this case?

A．Doctors should be good at foreign languages.

B．Doctors should know their patients’ real problems.

C．Doctors should try to improve their medical skills.

D．Doctors should have a good relationship with their patients.

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:A

小题3:B

小题4:B

答案解析：

医者仁心。做一名医生要知道病人生病的真正原因是什么才可以对症下药。

小题1:推理题。根据文章中的那段对话可知，病人对医院的食物不满意。

小题2:推理题。根据第2段He introduced himself in Spanish和倒数第2段By the way, there must be someone among you who can speak Spanish．可知A正确，那个病人是将西班牙语的。

小题3:推理题。根据文章倒数2,3，4段可知这个医生非常体贴，非常善解人意。

小题4:推理题。根据整个故事可知文章告诉我们医生应该知道病人生病的真正原因是什么。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。