Charles R. Drew was a medical student at Columbia University in New York. Before he graduated, he wrote an article __36___ blood bank, that is, the storing of blood. Up till then, a lot of people had died from loss of blood __37___ there was no blood bank.
When the United States entered the Second World War, it became __38___ to set up blood banks. Dr Drew became _39___ of the Red Cross’s first blood bank. When the Red Cross __40___ blood banks to collect and store blood for men __41__ in battle, black American gave blood along with the whites. At ___42__ their blood was not accepted. Later blood from the blacks was ___43___ but was stored in a __44___ place from “white” blood. Although the best doctors __45___ that there was _46___ difference at all between the blood of blacks and whites, the Red Cross, with the support of the government, __47___ to separate black blood from white blood.
After the war, Dr Drew was ___48__ from Washington with three other doctors to attend a medical meeting in a southern state. In northern Carolina their car went __49___ a ditch(深沟)and Dr Drew was _50___ hurt. He had lost __51__ blood by the time a passing car took him to the __52___ hospital. But they were stopped at the gate of the hospital. “__53__him to the hospital for blacks.” No matter __54___ they said, they could not get into the hospital. They had to take him to the __55___ hospital, but on the way Dr Drew died because he had lost too much blood.
小题2: | A.though | B.if | C.because | D.and |
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小题3: | A.possible | B.impossible | C.unimportant | D.necessary |
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小题4: | A.visitor | B.head | C.receiver | D.supporter |
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小题5: | A.started | B.expected | C.promised | D.forbade |
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小题6: | A.died | B.killed | C.wounded | D.fighting |
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小题7: | A.most | B.least | C.first | D.last |
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小题8: | A.received | B.accepted | C.lost | D.found |
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小题9: | A.good | B.cool | C.hot | D.separate |
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小题10: | A.discovered | B.invented | C.insisted | D.regretted |
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小题12: | A.began | B.refused | C.stopped | D.continued |
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小题13: | A.driving | B.walking | C.arriving | D.running |
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小题15: | A.hardly | B.nearly | C.badly | D.not |
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小题16: | A.some | B.little | C.all | D.much |
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小题17: | A.biggest | B.most modern | C.nearest | D.cheapest |
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小题18: | A.Take | B.Bring | C.Send for | D.Find |
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小题20: | A.colored | B.better | C.farthest | D.same |
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