In 2011, Nancy Ballard went for a routine checkup that turned into something extraordinary. In fact,
英语试题 08-01
In 2011, Nancy Ballard went for a routine checkup that turned into something extraordinary. In fact, she was carrying a painting of a plant she’d done when she arrived at her doctor’s San Francisco office. “It would be great if we had artwork like that for our chemotherapy (化疗) rooms,” the nurse said. Ballard asked to see one.
She was shocked by what she found. The walls were dull and bare, and the paint had fallen off. It was a room where sad patients are receiving their routine—patients limited themselves to chemo drips (点滴) for perhaps several hours, often with nothing to look at except those sad walls. Ballard didn’t have cancer herself, but she had pity on the patients. “I couldn’t imagine how anyone could even think about getting healthy in a room like that,” she says. As it happens, Ballard’s doctor, Stephen Hufford, was ill with cancer himself, so finding time to decorate the rooms was low on his to-do list. So Ballard made it her mission to brighten the place up.
She started by emailing 20 local designers. “I wrote, ‘You don’t know me. But my heart hurts after seeing these rooms.’” she said. She then asked whether they would donate their time and money to transform just one of Dr. Hufford’s rooms each.
As it happens, six of them wrote back almost immediately. Six rooms got new paint, light fixtures, artwork, and furniture. Dr. Hufford was delighted. “All the patients feel the relief of the pain because of it,” he said. He even noted that his own voice was different in the rooms and that he was better able to connect with his patients.
Ballard was so encouraged by the patients’ reaction that she created a non-profit organization, Rooms That Rock Chemo, to raise money and decorate more spaces. Since then, she has worked on 20 projects, including one in Pennsylvania. “We were in Philadelphia for an opening ceremony, and a woman was there on her third battle with cancer,” says Ballard. “When she saw what we’d done, she said, ‘I’m gonna beat it this time. I thought I wasn’t going to, but now I’m gonna beat it.’”
4. What made Ballard decide to help decorate the chemotherapy rooms?
A. Her pity for cancer patients.
B. Her passion for room decoration.
C. The good relationship with Hufford.
D. The request of a nurse in San Francisco.
5. What result does Ballard’s efforts bring about?
A. More hospitals will be built.
B. Hufford cured more patients.
C. The cancer patients were feeling better.
D. Hufford’s chemotherapy rooms got good reputation.
6. Which words best describe Nancy Ballard?
A. Rich and generous. B. Talented and energetic.
C. Loving and devoted. D. Ambitious and creative.
7. Which can be a suitable title for the passage?
A. Battle Against Cancer B. Design for Hope
C. Donation for Patients D. Decoration in Hospital
【答案】
She was shocked by what she found. The walls were dull and bare, and the paint had fallen off. It was a room where sad patients are receiving their routine—patients limited themselves to chemo drips (点滴) for perhaps several hours, often with nothing to look at except those sad walls. Ballard didn’t have cancer herself, but she had pity on the patients. “I couldn’t imagine how anyone could even think about getting healthy in a room like that,” she says. As it happens, Ballard’s doctor, Stephen Hufford, was ill with cancer himself, so finding time to decorate the rooms was low on his to-do list. So Ballard made it her mission to brighten the place up.
She started by emailing 20 local designers. “I wrote, ‘You don’t know me. But my heart hurts after seeing these rooms.’” she said. She then asked whether they would donate their time and money to transform just one of Dr. Hufford’s rooms each.
As it happens, six of them wrote back almost immediately. Six rooms got new paint, light fixtures, artwork, and furniture. Dr. Hufford was delighted. “All the patients feel the relief of the pain because of it,” he said. He even noted that his own voice was different in the rooms and that he was better able to connect with his patients.
Ballard was so encouraged by the patients’ reaction that she created a non-profit organization, Rooms That Rock Chemo, to raise money and decorate more spaces. Since then, she has worked on 20 projects, including one in Pennsylvania. “We were in Philadelphia for an opening ceremony, and a woman was there on her third battle with cancer,” says Ballard. “When she saw what we’d done, she said, ‘I’m gonna beat it this time. I thought I wasn’t going to, but now I’m gonna beat it.’”
4. What made Ballard decide to help decorate the chemotherapy rooms?
A. Her pity for cancer patients.
B. Her passion for room decoration.
C. The good relationship with Hufford.
D. The request of a nurse in San Francisco.
5. What result does Ballard’s efforts bring about?
A. More hospitals will be built.
B. Hufford cured more patients.
C. The cancer patients were feeling better.
D. Hufford’s chemotherapy rooms got good reputation.
6. Which words best describe Nancy Ballard?
A. Rich and generous. B. Talented and energetic.
C. Loving and devoted. D. Ambitious and creative.
7. Which can be a suitable title for the passage?
A. Battle Against Cancer B. Design for Hope
C. Donation for Patients D. Decoration in Hospital
【答案】
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