中考英语真题阅读（28）
中考英语真题阅读（28）
When he was a teenager, Hunter Adams was very unhappy, and he spent many years in the 1960s and 1970s in a special hospital for people with mental(精神的) health problems.
When he left hospital, Adams decided to become a doctor, so he went to Medical School in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn’t like the doctor’s white coats. He preferred to wear shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients, and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams very much because he was too different.
But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital, and often put a special red nose on his face to look like a clown and to make the children laugh.
When he finished medical school and became a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called “the Gesundheit Institute”, together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place in a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1998, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film (called Patch Adams), Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, “Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who’s a friend. I enjoyed playing him.”

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1.What probably made Hunter decide to be a doctor?

A His interest in medicine.

B His idea to open a hospital.

C His early experience as a teenager.

D His love for the lonely children around.

解析：选C。细节理解题。 根据第一段的内容可知是Hunter早期在医院的经历让他决定成为一名医生，故选C。

2.How was Hunter different from other doctors?

A He was famous before working in hospital.

B He liked to wear shirts with flowers on them every day.

C He treated his patients as friends in every possible way.

D He was good at dealing with people who were mentally ill.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第三段But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too.和最后一段Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who’s a friend.可知他把病人看做是朋友来对待，这是他与其他医生不同的地方，故选C。

3.What does the underlined word “clown” in paragraph 3 probable mean?

A 木偶.

B 小丑.

C 外星人.

D 蜘蛛侠.

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据划线词上下文often put a special red nose on his face和make the children laugh可知他经常脸上放一个红鼻子，逗孩子们笑，由此可猜测是扮演“小丑”，故选B。

4.What can we know from Robin Williams’ words?

A He thought highly of Hunter.

B Every doctor needs a patient friend.

C He became a warm person ever after.

D A good actor makes a successful film.

解析：选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段Williams said, “Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who’s a friend. I enjoyed playing him.”可知，Williams认为Hunter是一个非常热心的人，他认为病人需要的是一个医生作为朋友。由此推测Williams高度评价了亚当斯，故选A。