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16．I am peter Hodes，a volunteer stem cell courier．Since  March 2012，I've done 89 trips of those，51 have been abroad，I have 42 hours to carry stem cells（干細(xì)胞）in my little box because I've got two ice packs and that's how long they last，in all，from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor（捐獻(xiàn)者） to the time they can be implanted in the patient，we've got 72 hours at most，So I am always  conscious of time．
I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America．I picked up the stem cells in Providence，Rhode Island，and was meant to fly to Washington then back to London．But when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence，the lady on the desk said："Well，I'm really sorry，I've got some bad news for you-there are no fights from Washington．"So I took my box and put it on the desk and I said："In this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient-please，please，you've got to get me back to the United Kingdom．"She just dropped everything．She arranged for a flight on a small  plane to be held for me．re-routed（改道）me through Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier than originally scheduled．
For this courier job，you're consciously aware than that box you're got something that is potentially going to save somebody's life．

29．Which of the following can replace the underlined word"courier"in Paragraph 1？B
A provider                       
B delivery man
C collector                      
D medical doctor
30．Why does Peter have to complete his trip within 42 hours？D
A．He cannot stay away from his job too long．
B．The donor can only wait for that long．
C．The operation needs that  much time．
D．The ice won't last any longer．
31．Which flight did the woman put Peter on first？B
A．To London        B．To  Newark
C．To Providence       D．To Washington．

Answer 1

分析 我是peter Hodes，是一名志愿運(yùn)送造血干細(xì)胞的送貨員．自2012三月以來(lái)，我已經(jīng)輸送了89次造血干細(xì)胞，有51次是送往國(guó)外的．干細(xì)胞在我的小箱子里只能存放42小時(shí)，因?yàn)橄渥永锩娴膬蓚�(gè)冰包只能維持這么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間．總之，從干細(xì)胞由捐獻(xiàn)者體內(nèi)取出到它們被植入到病人體內(nèi)，我們最多有72小時(shí)的時(shí)間，所以我總是有很強(qiáng)的時(shí)間觀念．
去年在美國(guó)，有一次在運(yùn)送干細(xì)胞的路上，我被的一場(chǎng)颶風(fēng)困住了．在羅得島州的首府，Providence，我?guī)е�干�?xì)胞，打算飛往華盛頓然后再回到倫敦機(jī)場(chǎng)，但是當(dāng)我到達(dá) Providence機(jī)場(chǎng)的登機(jī)手續(xù)辦理臺(tái)時(shí)，在柜臺(tái)里的一位女士說(shuō)："好吧，我真的很抱歉，我得告訴你一些壞消息，沒(méi)有飛往華盛頓的航班了．"于是我拿出箱子，并把它放在桌子上，說(shuō)："這個(gè)箱子里是病人迫切需要的干細(xì)胞，請(qǐng)你必須得讓我回到英國(guó)．"于是，她放下手頭上所有的工作，安排了一架小型飛機(jī)為我組織了一次飛行，并為我更改了航線，經(jīng)由 Newark，使我先于預(yù)定的時(shí)間到達(dá)了英國(guó)．
對(duì)于這份送貨員的工作，你會(huì)清醒地意識(shí)到你手里的不只是一個(gè)裝東西的箱子，而是可能會(huì)挽救某人生命的東西．

解答 答案：
29．B   詞義猜測(cè)題  由于"a volunteer stem cell courier"在句中作peter Hodes的同位語(yǔ)，所以courier應(yīng)該是表示一種職業(yè)；根據(jù)第一段"I've done 89 trips我已經(jīng)運(yùn)送了89次造血干細(xì)胞"；"I have 42 hours to carry stem cells干細(xì)胞在我的小箱子里只能存放42小時(shí)"以及第二段作者講述了他在運(yùn)送干細(xì)胞時(shí)被困的經(jīng)歷；可知作者是運(yùn)送干細(xì)胞的人，即B．delivery man 送貨員．A．供應(yīng)商；C．收藏家；D．醫(yī)學(xué)博士；故選B．
30．D   細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段"I have 42 hours to carry stem cells in my little box because I've got two ice packs and that's how long they last．干細(xì)胞在我的小箱子里只能存放42小時(shí)，因?yàn)橄渥永锩娴膬蓚�(gè)冰包只能維持這么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間．"可知冰包將不能存放更長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間．故選D．
31．B   細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段"She arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for me，re-routed me through Newark and got me back to the UK…她安排了一架小型飛機(jī)為我組織了一次飛行，并為我更改了航線，經(jīng)由 Newark，使我先于預(yù)定的時(shí)間到達(dá)了英國(guó)．"由此出可知那位女士先將Peter安排在了飛往Newark的航班上；故選B．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 做本題時(shí)，首先需要快速通讀全文，把握文章的主旨（即本文主要講述了送貨員peter Hodes在運(yùn)送造血干細(xì)胞時(shí)的經(jīng)歷），并完成第29題．然后針對(duì)第30.31題進(jìn)行細(xì)節(jié)閱讀，從文中找出答案．