When I met my husband, Mark, I found out that his parents speaks only Spanish. As our relationship 36 I know that I has to take it upon myself to learn the language. It was terrifying, but 37 and I wanted to make the effort. I thought that the best way to show his parents how much I 38 about their culture and their son was to enroll in（注册）a Spanish school in Mexico to study and learn their 39 language. I know, I could have taken Spanish class anywhere, but I 40 that if I was going to REALLY learn the language, I should 　41 it.

So I 　42 to San Miguel Allende, a small Spanish colonial（殖民的）town in central Mexico, I 　43 a house and enrolled in classes for a month. His parents were so 44 at it that they wanted to come and live with me for that month. We would be 45 ! It actually 　46 great. We cooked and shopped together, and in the evenings we would go into the town square and listen to 　47 music. It so 　48 that there were several friends of them living near the language school. We were often invited to attend their family 49 and social clubs. There I met some more friends 50 they really helped me a lot in learning Spanish.

It was 　51 . In the beginning, I only knew how to say “Hola”, but by the 52 of that trip I has a basic vocabulary and has started a great 　53 with Mark’s parents. On the last day of school my husband flew down and we had a grand party to celebrate my “ 54 ”. Needless to say, my trip to Mexico was well 55 it!

36．A．improved　　　　　　 B．progressed　　　　　 C．matched　　　　　　 D．envered

37．A．exciting　　　　　　　 B．tiring　　　　　　　　　 C．easy　　　　　　　　　 D．frightening

38．A．set　　　　　　　　　　 B．brought　　　　　　　 C．cared　　　　　　　　 D．talked

39．A．oral　　　　　　　　　　 B．spoken　　　　　　　 C．foreign　　　　　　　 D．native

40．A．figuared　　　　　　 B．counted　　　　　　　 C．doubted　　　　　　　 D．underlined

41．A．SPEND　　　　　　　 B．LIVE　　　　　　　　　 C．WORK　　　　　　　 D．ENJOY

42．A．removed　　　　　　 B．arranged　　　　　　 C．advanced　　　　　　 D．moved

43．A．rented　　　　　　　　 B．hired　　　　　　　　　 C．employed　　　　　 D．managed

44．A．disappointed　　　 B．interested　　　　　　 C．delighted　　　　　　 D．astonished

45．A．roommates　　　　 B．friends　　　　　　　 C．members　　　　　　 D．teammates

46．A．took out　　　　　　 B．looked out　　　　　 C．set out　　　　　　　 D．turned out

47．A．local　　　　　　　　　 B．popular　　　　　　　 C．folk　　　　　　　　　 D．countryside

48．A．occurred　　　　　　 B．broke out　　　　　　 C．happened　　　　　　 D．took place

49．A．meetings　　　　　　 B．parties　　　　　　　　 C．reunion　　　　　　　 D．weddings

50．A．so　　　　　　　　　　　 B．but　　　　　　　　　　 C．or　　　　　　　　　　　 D．and

51．A．impossible　　　　　 B．believable　　　　　　 C．magical　　　　　　　 D．classical

52．A．time　　　　　　　　　 B．end　　　　　　　　　　 C．year　　　　　　　　　 D．stop

53．A．organization　　　　 B．realization　　　　　 C．hardship　　　　　　 D．relationship

54．A．graduation　　　　　 B．return　　　　　　　　 C．work　　　　　　　　 D．employment

55．A．valuable　　　　　　　 B．important　　　　　　 C．helpful　　　　　　　 D．worth

　　Dr. Shetty came from a rich family in India. He had a good education and then trained as a doctor in India. After qualifying（具备资格）, he went to Birmingham in the UK where he received his first training in heart surgery（外科；手术）. Later, he moved to London where he worked as a cardiologist in Guy's Hospital. He enjoyed working in England but he knew that there was a great need for cardiologists in India. Dr. Shetty knew that there were very few hospitals in India providing good medical care for poor people.

　　Many very poor people cannot afford the cost of hospital care so they cannot receive good health care. Dr. Shetty believed that this was wrong and he set out to provide hospital care for poor people. In Kolkata there are well-equipped hospitals but they only provide health services for those who can pay. In 1987, he set up a hospital in that city and, in 1997, he founded the Manipal Heart Foundation with 450 beds for patients who need heart operations.

　　Later, he was able to set up the Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Kolkata. This center provides general health care but in particular it provides treatment for patients with heart diseases. However, he wanted to do more; he wanted to provide for people in the countryside. Now he has set up Coronary Care Units (CCUs) in the far-away areas of the northeast of India which are linked（联系）by television to the hospital in Kolkata. Patients can now go to a local hospital with a CCU and receive treatment from a doctor far away through this link.

　　The cost of running the hospital is far cheaper than in many other countries. One of the reasons for this is that the doctors are specialists in particular operations. They may perform five heart operations in one day while in other countries a heart specialist will only perform one a day. Dr. Shetty's idea is clear. He says,“I have never practised medicine for my personal gain. I began as a social worker and I am continuing in that way. I dream, breathe and live healthcare.”He operates free on children and has conducted more than 5000 operations on young people from poor families out of more than 13000.

(1)We may know from this passage that a cardiologist is ________.

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A．a doctor who is specially good at treating heart diseases

B．a person who cares the health for poor people

C．a doctor who receives his training in a foreign country

D．a person who works as a doctor in a foreign country

(2)Shetty founded the Manipal Heart Foundation ________.

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A．to offer health care for poor people

B．because there was no well-equipped hospitals for heart disease patients

C．because there was no good health care for poor people in that city

D．to offer his special help to people

(3)The setting up of CCUs can ________.

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A．offer general health care to all the people in Kolkata

B．cure（治愈）more patients with heart disease

C．offer help to those patients living far away from big cities

D．help people to receive treatment directly from Shetty

(4)By saying“... I dream, breathe and live health-care.”Shetty means ________.

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A．he lives a happy life because of his good health

B．be wants to give healthcare to more people

C．he would give all his life to people's healthcare

D．he could only do things about people's health- care