an could be paid that much for doing something that didn’t involve an awful lot of training or education．The Wall Street Journal called the plan“an economic crime”，and critics everywhere laughed at Ford．

4　But as the wage increased later to daily$10，it proved a Critical component of Ford’s dream to make the automobile accessible(可及的)to a11. The critics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car, the higher wages didn’t matter---except for making it possible for more people to buy Cars．

23 Paragraph 1_________.

24 Paragraph 2_________.

25 Paragraph 3_________.

26 Paragraph 4_________.

A．Ford’s Followers

B．The Assesmbly Line

C．Ford’s Great Drem

D．The Establishment of the Company

E．Ford’s Biggest Contribution

F．Ford’s Great Talent

27 The assembly line made it possible to_________.

28 Ford was the first to adopt _________.

29 Higher wages enabled many people to_________.

30 Ford’s higher—wage and lower—cost strategy was strongly_________.

A．criticized by the media

B．the low wage in the auto industry

C．own a car

D．produce cars in large numbers

E．the-8-hour-shift practice

F．combined technology and market

参考答案：

23 F 24 B 25 E 26 C 27D 28E 29.C 30 A

2004年职称英语卫生类B级考试试题及答案

第4部分：阅读理解(第31~45题，每题3分，共45分)

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有4个选项。请根据文章的内容，从每题所给的4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale was born in Florence，Italy, while her wealthy English parents were traveling in Europe．As a child，she traveled to many places with her family and learned how to speak several languages．

When Nightingale was 17，she told her family that she was going to help sick people. Her parents did not approve, but Nightingale was determined．

She traveled to hospitals all over Europe．She saw that doctors were working too hard·She saw that patients died because they did not get enough care．Nightingale felt that women could be doing more to help doctors take care of sick people．

Nightingale knew that in order for nurses to do more，they needed special training in how to take care of sick people．Nightingale went to a hospital in Germany to study nursing. Then she returned to London and became the head of a group of women called Gentlewomen During Illness．These women cared for sick people in their homes．

In 1 854，England was fighting a war with Russia，War reporters wrote about the terrible conditions in the hospitals that cared for the wounded．People demanded that something be done about it．A leader of the government asked Florence Nightingale to take some nurses into the war hospitals．So，in November 1 854，Nightingale finally got to work in a hospital.

She took along 38 nurses whom she had trained herself．

At first．the doctors on the battlefields did not want Nightingale and her nurses in their hospitals．They did not believe that women could help．But in fact，the nurses did make a difference．They worked around the clock，tending the sick．Thanks to their hard work，many wounded soldiers survived．

After the war, Nightingale and her nurses were treated like heroes．Finally，in 1860，she started the Nightingale School for Nurses．In time，thanks to Florence Nightingale，nursing became an important part of medicine．

31．Florence Nightingale was born into a rich

A．Italian family．

B．Russian family．

C．English family ．

D．German family．

32．Nightingale’s parents did not approve of her decision

A．to work as a doctor．

B．to care for sick people．

C．to fight in the War with Russia．

D．to travel to hospitals all over Europe．

33．It was not until the War with Russia that Nightingale

A．got to work in a hospital．

B．began to study nursing．

C．started to care for sick people in their homes．

D．became the head of Gentlewomen During Illness．

34．0n the battlefields Nightingale and her nurses proved to be

A．as bad as the doctors had expected．

B．quite generous．

C．less than useful．

D．very helpful．

35．Nightingale played a great role in

A．the building of war hospitals．

B．the education of women．

C．the development of nursing．

D．the improvement of working conditions for women

参考答案：

3l C 32 B 33 A 34 D 35 C

2004年职称英语卫生类B级考试试题及答案

Crystal Ear

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