3. In his TV show, Dr. Petrella ___________________.　　　　

A. sings and gives medical advice 　 　　B. sings about different diseases

C. starts to explain diseases with a song　 D. sings love songs he wrote

2. Dr. Petrella _____________________, so he is called a singing doctor.　　　　　

A. has been a doctor for ten years　　 　　 B. always loved to sing　　　

C. is popular with his patients　　　 　　D. also sings to his patients on TV　　

1. Dr. Petrella works 60 hours a week, because he ____________________.　　　　　

A. gives his patients medical advice　 　　 B. takes care of 159 patients a week

C. sings on television 　　　　　　　　　　 　　D. has his own TV show

5. The man in black would feel __________ in the end.

A. happy and pleased　　　　 　　 　　　 B. regretful(悔恨) and sad

C. worried and angry　　　　 　　 　　　 D. tired and hungry

D. The Singing Doctor

Nick Petrella is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He has to take care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.

　 　Dr. Petrella gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrella has his own TV show. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.

　　 Dr. Petrella produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform(表演) in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a small disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrella says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrella was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.

　 Some people tell Dr. Petrella he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrella says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment(娱乐) both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”

4. The man in a black coat __________.

A. hit the boy and ran away　　　　　　 B. took the boy to the hospital

C. was the boy’s father　　　　　　　　　　 D. was the real doctor

3. From the story we know Dr Johnson _________.

A. was a good man, he didn’t care for the money

B. hurt himself on the way to Glens Falls

C. did the operation and boy was saved

D. wouldn’t do the operation until the boy’s family paid the money

2. Dr Johnson was late because __________.

A. there was something wrong with his car

B. a strange man made it hard to drive

C. a strange man drove his car away

D. the train to Glens Falls was late

1. From the story we know it took Dr Johnson _________ to get to the hospital.

A. 12 hours　　　　 B. 7 hours　　　　　　 C. only 1 hour　　　　　　　 D. about 5 hours

5. Which is the title of the passage?

A. Do Something Good to Others　 　　　　　B. Happy and Lucky　

C. Happiness　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　D. Life and Success

C

One night, a little before nine o’clock, Dr Johnson was answering a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls, sixty miles away from Dr Johnson’s city – Albany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident. His wife was in danger, but his family was so poor that they could not pay the doctor anything. After he heard all this, Dr Johnson was driving carefully. He thought that he could get to the hospital before 12 o’clock. A few minutes later, the doctor’s car had to stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.

“Drive on”, he said. “I’ve got a gun (枪).”

“I’m a doctor,” said Johnson, “I’m on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick…”

“Don’t talk,” said the man in the old black coat, “Just drive.”

A mile out of the town he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood for a moment in the snow. After half an hour, Dr Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi. At the railway station he learned that the next train to Glens Falls would not leave until 12 o’clock.

It was after two o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. Miss Clarke, a nurse, was waiting for him.

“I did my best,” said Dr Johnson. Miss Clarke said, “The boy died an hour ago.”

They walked into the waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.

“Mr. Shute,” said Miss Clarke to the man, “this is Dr Johnson. He had come all the way from Albany to try to save your boy.”

4. Why do we say “Happiness is not the same as money”? Because _______________.

A. money always brings happiness　　　　　 B. money doesn’t always bring happiness

C. everything can be bought with money　　　 D. only rich people have happiness