One night, a little before nine o’clock, Dr Johnson answered a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls, sixty miles away from Dr Johnson’s city – Albany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident and he was in danger, but his family was so poor that they could not pay the doctor anything. After hearing all this, Dr Johnson decided to save the boy. Soon, he drove his car and he thought that he could get to the hospital before 12 o’clock. A few minutes later, the doctor’s car had to stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.
“Drive on”, he said. “I’ve got a gun..”
“I’m a doctor,” said Johnson, “I’m on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick…”
“Don’t talk,” said the man in the old black coat, “Just drive.”
A mile out of the town, he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood for a moment in the snow. After half an hour, Dr Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi. At the railway station he learned that the next train to Glens Falls would not leave until 12 o’clock.
It was after two o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. Miss Clarke, a nurse, was waiting for him.
“I did my best,” said Dr Johnson. Miss Clarke said, “The boy died an hour ago.”
They walked into the waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.
“Mr. Shute,” said Miss Clarke to the man, “this is Dr Johnson. He had come all the way from Albany to try to save your boy.”
From the story we know it took Dr Johnson _________ to get to the hospital.
A.12 hours |
B.7 hours |
C.only 1 hour |
D.about 5 hours |
Dr Johnson was late because __________.
A.there was something wrong with his car |
B.a strange man made it hard to drive |
C.a strange man drove his car away |
D.the train to Glens Falls was late |
From the story we know Dr Johnson _________.
A.was a good man, he didn’t care for the money |
B.hurt himself on the way to Glens Falls |
C.did the operation and boy was saved |
D.wouldn’t do the operation until the boy’s family paid the money |
The man in a black coat __________.
A.hit the boy and ran away |
B.took the boy to the hospital |
C.was the boy’s father |
D.was the real doctor |
The man in black would feel __________ in the end.
A.happy and pleased |
B.regretful and sad |
C.worried and angry |
D.tired and hungry |