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　　Nick Petrella is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He' s been a doctor for ten years.

　　Dr. Petrella gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn't just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrella has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.

　　Dr. Petrella produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrella says,“I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrella was young, his father didn't want him to be a singer. So he went to medical school.

　　Some people tell Dr. Petrella he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrella says he helps people when he sings, too.“I like to make people smile. Sometimes it's difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”

(1) Dr. Petrella works 60 hours a week, because he ________ .

[　　]

A. gives his patients medical advice

B. takes care of 159 patients a week

C. sings on television

D. has his own TV show

(2) Dr. Petrella ________ , so he is called a singing doctor.

[　　]

A. has been a doctor for ten years

B. always loved to sing

C. is popular with his patients

D. also sings to his patients on TV

(3) In his TV show, Dr. Petrella ________ .

[　　]

A. sings and gives medical advice

B. sings about different diseases

C. starts to explain diseases with a song

D. sings love songs he wrote

(4) Dr. Petrella's show is popular ________ .

[　　]

A. in Las Vegas

B. at medical school

C. with people who like his singing

D. with patients in Montreal

(5) Dr. Petrella says he likes to ________ .

[　　]

A. help people sing

B. make people feel better

C. do the same thing

D. make difficult people smile

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　　Nick Petrella is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He' s been a doctor for ten years.

　　Dr. Petrella gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn't just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrella has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.

　　Dr. Petrella produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrella says,“I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrella was young, his father didn't want him to be a singer. So he went to medical school.

　　Some people tell Dr. Petrella he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrella says he helps people when he sings, too.“I like to make people smile. Sometimes it's difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”

(1) Dr. Petrella works 60 hours a week, because he ________ .

[　　]

A. gives his patients medical advice

B. takes care of 159 patients a week

C. sings on television

D. has his own TV show

(2) Dr. Petrella ________ , so he is called a singing doctor.

[　　]

A. has been a doctor for ten years

B. always loved to sing

C. is popular with his patients

D. also sings to his patients on TV

(3) In his TV show, Dr. Petrella ________ .

[　　]

A. sings and gives medical advice

B. sings about different diseases

C. starts to explain diseases with a song

D. sings love songs he wrote

(4) Dr. Petrella's show is popular ________ .

[　　]

A. in Las Vegas

B. at medical school

C. with people who like his singing

D. with patients in Montreal

(5) Dr. Petrella says he likes to ________ .

[　　]

A. help people sing

B. make people feel better

C. do the same thing

D. make difficult people smile

Basketball is still a young game. It’s over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn’t play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
　　Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.
　　Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
1. How long is it since basketball was invented?
　　A. 1000 years                    　　　　　　　　　　B. More than 100 years
　　C. 1100 years                      　　　　　　　　　　D. Less than 100 years
2. The students felt unhappy because _______.
　　A. they had much homework to do
　　B. they often got into fights
　　C. they couldn’t play outdoors 
　　D. they had little time to study
3. Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?
　　A. Some students                   　　　　　　　　B. Some teachers
　　C. Some students’ parents          　　　 D. Some of his friends
4. When a student ______ , he makes a score.
　　A. receives the ball.              　　　　　　
　　B. throws the ball to another student
　　C. runs quickly with the ball in his hand  
　　D. throws the ball into the basket
5. Which sentence is right?
　　A. Dr. Naismith had to use fruit to throw the ball.
　　B. It was easy to invent the game.
　　C. The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.
　　D. The ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor.