1阅读理解训练题（七十六） AAt one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurseToday, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2, 000, 000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages large enough to threaten（= say that you will hurt somebody ff they dont do what you want）the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that woman have greater career options （职业选择）. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the work force, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status（地位） 。 A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as “merely a nurse”. Teachers may be also at fault. Many high school students are actually being steered （劝 导）away from nursing, told by teachers that they are “too bright to be a nurse”.Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal diseases mean long drawn - out hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.56Why is America facing its worst nurse shortage?A. Because the demand of nurses has been doubled.B. Because more and more women prefer to be teachers and doctors.C. Because women have been provided with many different jobs.D. Because women no longer choose to be nurses.57The passage tells us that high school teachers are at fault for_.A. not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the USB. introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their studentsC. not asking the government to raise the nurses paymentD. persuading the students not to be nurses58The author wrote this passage in order to_.A. describe the unequal treatment of women in the USB. warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problemC. tell us womens free choice of jobs todayD. call on women not to be nurses59Which of the following is true according to the passage?2A. high school students think themselves too bright to be nursesB. Women in the US have greater career choice than those in other countries.C. Of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed.D. Nursing used to be a popular job among women. BThe producer appeared behind the recording studio window and smiled and waved to me like an old friend. And after I had read out a little test piece, he said, “Thats fine, wonderful, your voice is perfect, lovely, wonderful.” Then I read a longer passage in English about the delights of touring in Britain, and another about the delights of visiting London, and both were“excellent” and“just right”, and I began to consider a job in radio.To be honest, I was fairly sure of myself though I lacked experience. Across the room in the Hamburg News Agency where we both worked, a friend named Peter Turner called to me, “I say, Mike, a man on the phone here wants someone to do a recording in English, and Im booked up. Would you read something to him in English as a sort of test?”I did, and they said“ Perfect, lovely, wonderful, . ”Would I come round? It was after reading their passage in English in the studio that they noticed my vowel pronunciations were not altogether Kings English, or even Prince Philips, there was a larger silence than usual, then the voice said: “Fine, lovely. , but you said the wordcastlewith a shorta. Could we have the passage again please, but this time say carsele.”This was easy. But then he noticed other differences in my pronunciation.“Its my northern English accent, ”I said, angry, because I had to apologize for it.“Oh, I see. but My Jamieson, well have to get it right, Im afraid. The recording is for teaching English to German schoolchildren, and it must be spoken in the way it is taught in German school.”I read the passage again. and again. and again. But of course you cannot change the pronunciation of a lifetime in an hour. The studio men were in the state of having lost hope and underlined the vowels which caused me to feel angry, so that Id remember them. Few, really. But because I had to concentrate （集中）on them, I made a lot of mistakes in my reading. Everyone got somewhat irritable（easily made angry）, so we all went out for a beer.60Broadcasting did not mak