备战英语六级听力练习题第15期

 

Passage Three

17. 

A) A visit to a prison. 

B) The influence of his father.　　

C) A talk with some miserable¹ slaves. 

D) His experience in the war between France and Austria.

18. 

A) He sent surgeons to serve in the army.

B) He provided soldiers with medical supplies.

C) He recruited volunteers to care for the wounded. 

D) He helped to flee the prisoners of war.

19. 

A) All men are created equal.

B) The wounded and dying should be treated for free.

C) A wounded soldier should surrender before he receives any medical treatment.

D) A suffering person is entitled to help regardless of race, religion or political beliefs.

20. 

A) To honor Swiss heroes who died in the war.

B) To show Switzerland was neutral.

C) To pay tribute to Switzerland.

D) To show gratitude² to the Swiss government for its financial support.

答案及参考原文：

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The worldwide organization of the Red Cross stems from the idea of Henri Dunant, a Swiss banker. In 1838, at the age of 10, Dunant was taken by his father to visit a prison. There he saw prisoners chained together exercising in the yard and breaking stones along the road. This experience left a deep impression on him, and made him determined³ to do something for convicts and slaves, and for all who were oppressed(17) and deprived of their liberty. On 24th June, 1859 while he was away from Geneva to France, Dunant witnessed the battle between the French and Austrian armies. It was one of the fiercest battles of the 19th century. Shocked by the lack of medical supplies and the attention given to the wounded, Dunant decided⁴ volunteer services have to be organized. He gathered together a number of women who attended hundreds of wounded soldiers(18) of all nationalities and helped the surgeons as best as they could. From that battle Dunant determined to form a body of people who were ready to gather in times of war and attended to the needs of wounded and dying. Dunant held that suffering human being should be helped for his own sake only without regard to race, religion of political beliefs(19). Many European states supported him and on 22 August, 1864, the first Geneva Convention was signed. This lays down that once the soldier is wounded, he and everyone who comes to his help ceases to be an enemy. A symbol by which the relief works could be recognized was devised. As a tribute to Switzerland, the symbol was a Swiss flag reversed, that is a red cross on a white ground(20). So the Red Cross was born.

17. What first led Henri Dunant to think of helping⁵ the oppressed?

18. What did Henri Dunant do during the battle between the French and Austrian armies?

19. What was Henri Dunant's belief when he founded the Red Cross?

20. Why was the symbol of the Red Cross designed with a red cross on white ground?

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

2 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。