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1、13年四川卷第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题（请注意问题后的词数要求。）A nurse of 78 this weekend celebrates 60 years of walking the wards-and she has no plans to retire.Jackie Reid was 18 when she started work in 1953-when the National Health Service（NHS）was just five years old-and is believed to be the
2、 oldest nurse in Britain.The diabetes（糖尿病）specialist had to retire at 65 but returned as a nurse within two weeks and still does up to four seven-and-a-half hour shifts（轮班）each week.Mrs. Reid said, ”Nursing is hard if you do it correctly but I love my job. Working for the NHS has been my life. I hav
3、e no other hobbies because I have worked all my life.”Jackie has worked at a number of different hospitals-including one in Scotland.Her specialist field has been diabetes for the past 40 years. She retrained after her 12-year-old daughter Michelle developed the disease. She currently works at South
4、end Hospital, Essex.Over the last 60 years she has treated tens of thousands of patients.Jackie believes nursing should be protected from government cuts. She said, “Theres lots of things I would say to the government. If you are going to get good care you have to have the resources（资源）, you cant do
5、 it without enough money. They shouldnt need the cuts that there are in the NHS. Its hard now because theres a shortage of staff.”Jackie has lived alone in Grays, Essex, since her husband died three years ago.The couple have two daughters Michelle, 50, and Karen, 54.Jackie added, “My youngest daught
6、er worries about me-she doesnt think I should work as much as I do. I constantly say dont worry about me, Im fine, but she never believes me. I dont like the thought of giving it up and will try to keep going forever.”56. In which year was the NHS set up? (within 2 words)57. What does Jackie think o
7、f nursing? (within 6 words)58. When did Jackie retrain in the field of diabetes? (within 6words)59. What does Jackie wish the government to do? (within 7 words)60. Why does Jackies daughter worry about her? (within 8 words)02Many high schools and colleges with a football team in the United States us
8、ually have a homecoming day. This can be the most important event of the year next to graduation. Students plan homecoming day for many weeks. When the day arrives，they begin before dawn to decorate the schools. There are signs to wish luck to the team and many other signs to welcome back the gradua
9、tes from other years. Many people still come to homecoming clubs build booths and sell lemonade，apples or sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors. During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those h
10、appy years in school. Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over，the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the homecoming queen/king appears. All the students vote for another student who is popular. It is a great honor to
11、become_. Homecoming is a happy day. Even if the team loses，the students still enjoy homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance，and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day to remember for a long，long time.1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)_2. Of all th
12、e events，what are the two things that all the students do on this day? (Please answer within 15words.)_3. Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)_4. Why do the students still enjoy homecoming even if the team loses? (Please answer within 15 words.)_5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese._
