江苏省部分地区2023-2024学年高一上学期期中英语试卷汇编：阅读理解

江苏省部分地区2023-2024学年高一上学期期中英语试卷汇编 阅读理解 江苏省泰州市姜堰区2023-2024学年高一上学期11月期中英语试题 第一节 (共 12小题;每小题2.5分,满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Zhang Jinyuan graduated from a nursing college in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. She started practicing nursing at a local hospital around the same time the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. Now, Zhang, 94, still volunteers to visit and care for old people and has no plans of stopping anytime soon. “I want to keep working hard in my 100th year. Being able to work to the age of 110 would be a dream for me,” she said at a ceremony held in Beijing. The ceremony was held to honor Zhang, who received the 2023 International Achievement Award this year. Zhang is the first Chinese nurse to win the global award. Zhang began working as a nurse at a hospital in Nanchang in 1951. As a nurse, Zhang was always exploring and developing new nursing care tools and skills. She retired in 1992 but was looking for opportunities to continue playing a role in nursing care. During a visit to a patient’s home, Zhang found that the old person, whose blood pressure reading was unstable (不稳定的), often forgot to take medicines and monitor his blood pressure. So, a mission began forming in her mind— to bring nursing care services into communities and families. At first, 16 other retired nurses took part in the drive. In October 2009, Zhang set up a home-based care volunteer group to improve their services. The size of the group she led kept growing and now it consists of nearly 20,000 volunteers. They have offered services to more than 700,000 people in 350 neighborhoods. 1. How old was Zhang when she received the International Achievement Award? A. 84. B. 94. C. 100. D. 110. 2. According to para.3, what kind of nurse was Zhang? A. Hardworking. B. Practised. C. Creative. D. Brave. 3. Why did Zhang start the home-based care volunteer group? A. To offer services to people of all ages. B. To win the International Achievement Award. C. To provide more c