Question

Narayana Hrudayalaya, a complex of health centers based in southern India, offers low-cost, high-quality specialty care in a largely poor country of 1.2 billion people. By thinking differently about everything from the unusually high number of patients it treats to the millions for whom it provides insurance, the hospital group is able to continually reduce costs. Narayana Hrudayalaya’s operations include the world’s largest and most productive cardiac (心臟病的) hospital, where the average open-heart surgery runs less than $2,000, a third or less what it costs elsewhere in India.

Narayana Hrudayalaya’s origins date back to 2001, when it built its massive cardiac center on the outskirts （市郊）of Bangalore. But it has expanded since then into what founder Dr. Devi Shetty calls a "health city," a series of centers specializing in eye, trauma, and cancer care. Narayana Hrudayalaya now manages or owns hospitals in 14 other Indian cities.

Expanding access is paired with a ongoing focus on efficiency. Typically, says Shetty, private hospitals in India focus on patients who can easily afford treatment. "We did it the other way around," he says. "This hospital is for poor people, but we also treat some rich people. We don’t look at people who are sgabbily dressed and have trouble paying as outsiders. "  Narayana Hrudayalaya’s flagship hospital has 3,000 beds and negotiates for better prices and buys directly from manufacturers, cutting out distributors.

In addition to cost-cutting, Narayana Hrudayalaya finds creative ways to make the economics work. The company started a micro-insurance program backed by the government that enables 3 million farmers to have coverage for as little as 22 cents a month in premiums（保險費）. Patients who pay discounted rates are in effect compensated by those who pay full price

Doing something--doing more, actually--is the point. By 2017, Shetty, 58, plans to expand from 5,000 beds throughout India to 30,000. Before becoming one of India’s best-known health-care entrepreneurs, Shetty was its best-known heart surgeon. He was interrupted in surgery one day during the 1990s by a request to make a house call. "I said, 'I don’t make home visits,'?" Shetty says, "and the caller said, 'If you see this patient, the experience may transform your life.'?" The request was from Mother Teresa. Inspired by the her work with the poor, he then set out to create a hospital to deliver care based on need, not wealth.  "One lesson she taught me," he says, quoting a saying he keeps framed in his office, "is 'Hands that sew are holier than lips that pray.'?"

1.Narayana Hrudayalayastarted a micro-insurance to _______.

A．cut down on the cost of the treatment       B．get the support of the government

C．make the company run smoothly            D．attract more people to its hospital

2.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．the cost of medicine care in India is very low

B．Shetty wouldn’t have succeeded without Mother Teresa

C．Shetty and his colleagues are likely to make home visits now

D．Shetty has expanded his hospitals to most of other cities in India

3.Why did Shetty build the massive cardiac center in 2001?

A．He wanted to build a health city.

B．He was motivated and decided to help more people.

C．He intended to develop his career in different areas.

D．He meant to help more poor people get free treatment.

4.How would you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph ?

A．It’s doing something and doing more that really matters.

B．It’s not easy to take positive action to contribute to society.

C．Healthcare workers are the holiest persons in the world.

D．Praying alone is of no significance in face of difficult situation.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了Narayana Hrudayalaya是一個印度的綜合醫療機構，它的目的是給人們提供低價錢的高質量的醫療服務。本文同時介紹了它的歷史，它的創始人Shetty為什么要創辦這所醫院。

1.細節題。倒數第二自然段In addition to cost-cutting, Narayana Hrudayalaya finds creative ways to make the economics work.可知，除了上述的削減成本以外，他們這么做是為了使經濟狀況更加好，故選C

2.推斷題。從文章的最后一段可知Shetty是著名的外科醫生，她接到一個電話，電話是特麗莎修女打來的，起先他并不樂意出門會診，后來被特麗莎幫助窮人的事情感動后，他就創建了一個只為尋求而不為名利的醫院來幫助那些需要幫助的人，所以可以推斷出他和他的同事現在可能很樂意出門會診了，故選C

3.推斷題。從第三自然段"This hospital is for poor people, but we also treat some rich people. We don’t look at people who are sgabbily dressed and have trouble paying as outsiders. 可知，他的這所醫院是給窮人看病的同時也給富人看病，他們不會以貌取人也不會像個局外人一樣任憑那些付不起醫療費的人處于困境中，故選B，他是積極的，樂意去幫助更多的人，而并非是幫助更多的窮人得到免費的醫療。

4.推斷題。雙手合十要比只是嘴上祈禱要神圣的多，通過最后一段第一句，可知要做一些真正重要的、要緊的事情。故選A

考點：社會現象類說明文

點評：本文較難，其中的生詞較多，要有一定的文化背景才能真正理解文意。文中提到的特麗莎修女是意大利修女，長期在加爾各答貧民窟從事救濟工作，獲1997年諾貝爾和平獎，所以Shetty被她的事例所感動。解答此類文章要注重細節，對長句子要耐心分析成分，結合題目仔細的作答。