A nurse and her elderly uncle were waiting for a bus at a corner in downtown Chicago. Buses came by, not the one they wanted. The woman finally half-entered one of the buses and asked the driver if the bus she wanted stopped at that corner.
The driver looked at her but made no answer, so she repeated the question. To her surprise, he then closed the door, on her arm, and drove off.
The woman, her arm stuck in the door, ran alongside the bus, shouting. Passengers said the driver stopped after almost a block only because they, too were shouting.
When the driver finally did stop and open the door, the woman jumped on the bus to get his bus number. Then he took off again and went another couple of blocks before other shouting passengers persuaded him to stop and let the woman off.
After the driver' s bossed at a tax-support governmental company(CTA) heard of the incident, they looked into it and set his punishment: a five-day suspension (停职) without pay. That struck me as rather light.
But Bill Baxa, the company' s public-relation man, "That' s a pretty serious punishment.
Five days off work is a serious punishment for dragging a woman alongside a bus by her arm? Baxa said, "Any time you take money away from someone, it is a terrible punishment. The driver make $14 an hour. Multiply(乘)that by 40 and you can see that he lost."
Yes, that come to $560, a good sum. But we know that people in the private company are fired for far less every day. If the people who run the bus company think that the loss of a week' s pay is more than enough, I offer them a sporting suggestion: Give me a bus. Then have their arms in the doorway of the bus, and I' 11 slam the door shut, shut the bus quickly and take them for a fast one block run.
And I'll pay $560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it. Any takers? Mr Baxa? Anyone?
I didn't think so.
The nurse half-entered one of the buses because ______.
A.the bus they wanted didn't stop
B.She wanted the driver to stop the bus
C.She wanted to get some information from the driver
D.She and her uncle couldn't wait any longer at the corner
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It must be difficult for her to cope()three small children and a job.
A . to
B . on
C . with
D . for
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After the family pays respect the elders ask the younger ones to forgive them for speaking jkljl during the past year and the elders give them a blessing and words of wisdom.
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_________ such a man disappointed both her parents and her grandparents.
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Laura has made a promise to her friends and will notbeak her promise.
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________ helped her husband and her son to build up a country
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Nancy is only a sort of _____ of her husband's opinion and has no ideas of her own.
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her nurse doctor early
A.her
B.nurse
C.doctor
D.early
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She believed that her attraction to nursing was God's will, or a "calling".
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
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Poor food contributed______her illness and her illness had a strong impact______her character.
A.to; for
B.for; on
C.to; on
D.with ; at
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听力原文:M: You think young people are given too much freedom nowadays, and that, as a result, they lost respect for their parents and their elders generally.
W: I don't think so. My parents never interfered with my plans too much. They advised me but never forced me to do anything I didn't want to do. I was allowed to take up the career I wanted. I think I respect and love them more for this.
M: Are you quite independent of them now?
W: Yes. As soon as I left high school and started my college studies as an elementary school teacher, I became independent financially. I have a government grant which is enough for my keep. But I still stay with them a lot as you know.
M: You seem very close to your parents.
W: I am. I know that many young people today say they have nothing in common with their parents. But I'm rather lucky because I get on very well with mine. What about you?
M: Well, we value family life very much in my country. I'm very fond of my family, but I don't always get on very well with them. They try to control me too much.
W: But they allowed you to come to study in England on your own.
M: Yes, but only after a lot of persuasion. Your parents treat you as an adult. Mine treat me as a child.
W: As I said, I'm lucky. Some English parents are like yours. They interfere too much and they're out of sympathy with our generation.
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A.They are dominating.
B.They are not respectable.
C.They are persuasive.
D.They are very helpful.
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Your friend has invited you to his home to celebrate Spring Festival. When you arrive, you see a room full of elderly grandparents, your friend’s parents and a couple of your friend’s cousins. What do you think or say?
A.I must speak to my friend’s parents first, then introduce myself to his grandparents.
B.I didn’t expect to see so many peopl
E.I can’t stand crowds.
C.“It’s a great privilege to meet so many members of your family.”
D.“What a lovely big family! Do your grandparents live here too”
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With the exception of teaching and nursing, these jobs require little specialized training, and for most a good physical appearance is a(an)_________ advantage.
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Between her third and fourth albums, there was a ___ of four years.A.time
B.space
C.generation
D.gap
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He took her by _____ hand and led her into a dar
He took her by _____ hand and led her into a dark room 中间加定冠词还是不定冠词
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in a traditional chinese family, the elders are respected and children need to support their parents in their old age. ()
此题为判断题(对,错)。
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Although she had sacrificed so much for her family, her husband accused her of being () of her duty as a wife and mother.
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Mrs. Keller had a big family. Her husband had a factory in the town. One of her sons was a lawyer and the other two were drivers. And her two daughters worked in the post office. The old woman stayed at home and could do all housework and wouldn't employ anybody.
One evening, the telephone rang while the old woman was preparing supper. She went to answer it. She was told that one of her sons died in a traffic accident. She heard this and fell in a faint(晕倒). When she came back to life, she was in hospital. And she needed to be helped after that.
Several months later she was told on the telephone her daughter died while she was being operated on. The old woman was so sad that she had to be in hospital again. From then on she was afraid to answer any telephones and sometimes she was afraid to hear the bell. Of course it brought them some trouble and some important business was held up(耽误). So her husband advised her to see a psychiatrist(精神病医生). The man examined her carefully and then asked her some questions.
"You'll soon be all right if you follow my advice, Mrs. Keller, "said the psychiatrist.
The old woman took the medicine the doctor gave on time and tried to forget her dead son and daughter. And two months later she went to see the psychiatrist again.
"You've saved me , Doctor , "the old woman said, as soon as she saw him.
"Are you afraid to answer the telephones now?"
"No," answered Mrs. Keller. "I dare(敢)answer it whether it rings or not!"
Mrs. Keller could do all housework because ______ .
A.she had no money to employ a helper
B.she was strong enough to do all at home
C.she didn't believe anybody
D.only she was free at home
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请作答______。 A)Give her neighbors a call and make her requests. B)Meet her neighbors and tell them her trouble. C)Report the incident to the police directly. D)Keep silent until she can't bear them any more.
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Private enterprise is the thing. We went to a party on the river earlier this summer. The host【B1】is old enough to know better, served a lunch made with his home-made wine. As I was driving, I was【B2】to decline, but my wife politely took a glass and subsequently fell upstairs. The wound【B3】weekly dressing by the district nurse, a talkative soul who enjoyed the social【B4】of her work. She stayed for most of the afternoon, admiring things and gossiping about village life. At about the【B5】time I called in the regional crime officer, to advise me on how to make the house reasonably secure against the child criminals who commit most of the【B6】in these parts. He,【B7】, was a companionable soul and made an afternoon of it.
And why is it that when I write to a public utility【B8】as the gas board. I get a printed card to tell they received my letter and will shortly act on it? The money spent on printing, typing, filling in and stamping these cards【B9】add up to a very large sum indeed, when spread over all these industries. No commercial house sends such acknowledgements. Money,【B10】it reaches a public service, loses the value that was stamped on it by the trouble to get it.
【B1】
A.here
B.she
C.which
D.who
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A 28-year-old G2P0 at 39 weeks is in early labor. She is 2 cm dilated and 90% effaced, with contractions every 4 to 5 minutes.The fatal heart tones are reassuring.Her nurse steps out for a moment and
A.response to pressor amines
B.plasma volume
C.total body sodium
D.uric acid
E.serum liver functions
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The elderly gentleman was forced into a purchase ofthe pudding, which he could not possibly afford and, ()no longer appearedat the shop.
A.onwards
B. backwards
C. afterwards
D. forwards
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Which assessment finding will the nurse monitor in a patient with chronic kidney to disease to determine fluid and sodium retention status?
A.Capillary refill
B.ABG
C.Muscle strength
D.Daily weight
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The nurse it popular among her patients because she is _________ full of thought for them.
A.always
B.sometimes
C.seldom
D.never
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The client has a high-priority nursing diagnosis of Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to the need for several weeks of imposed bed rest. The nurse evaluates the client after 1 week and finds the skin integrity is not impaired. When the care plan is reviewed, the nurse should perform which of the following?
A.Delete the diagnosis since the problem has not occurreD
B.Keep the diagnosis since the risk factors are still present.
C.Modify the nursing diagnosis to Impaired Mobility.
D.Demote the nursing diagnosis to a lower priority.