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1、2014届高考英语一轮复习全方位配套训练人教版必修一Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero阅读表达3阅读下面短文并回答问题（请注意题后的词数要求）。 （2013四川高考）A nurse of 78 this weekend celebrates 60 years of walking the wardsand she has no plans to retire.Jackie Reid was 18 when she started work in 1953when the National Health Service（NHS） was just five y
2、ears oldand is believed to be the 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 f
3、or the NHS has been my life.I have no other hobbies because I have worked all my life.”Jackie has worked at a number of different hospitalsincluding 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 diseas
4、e.She currently works at Southend 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：“Therere lots of things I would say to the government.If you are going to get good care you have to have the
5、 resources （资源），you cant do 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：
6、“My youngest daughter worries about meshe 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 Jac
7、kie think of nursing？（within 6 words）58.When did Jackie retrain in the field of diabetes？（within 6 words）59.What does Jackie wish the government to do？（within 7 words）60.Why does Jackies daughter worry about her？（within 8 words）答案：56.In 1948.57.Its hard but she loves it.58.After her daughter developed diabetes.59.Not to make cuts in nursing.60.Because she thinks her mother works too hard.
