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1、浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（73）阅读下列短文，然后从所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。AIt’simpossibletodeterminehowmanypeoplewouldhavelosttheirliveswithoutthecontributionofAfrican-AmericaninventorDrCharlesDrew.CharlesDrewwasbornonJune3,1904,inWashington,DC.Hisearlyinterestwasined
2、ucation,buthewasalsoanoutstandingathlete.Whileincollege,hewasawardedasthemanwhocontributedthemosttosportsduringhisfouryearsinschool.Drew’ssisterElsiesufferedfromtuberculosis(肺结核)anddiedin1920.Herdeathinfluencedhisdecisiontostudymedicine.Afterbecomingadocto
3、randworkingasacollegeinstructor,DrewwenttoColumbiaUniversity,whereheearnedhisDoctorofMedicalSciencedegree.Duringthistimehebecameinvolvedinresearchonbloodandbloodtransfusions(输血).AtColumbia,hewroteapaperon“bankedblood”,inwhichhedescribedatechniquehedevelope
4、dforthelong-termpreservationofbloodplasma(血浆).Beforehisdiscovery,bloodcouldnotbestoredformorethantwodaysbecauseoftherapidbreakdownofredbloodcells.Drewhaddiscoveredthatbyseparatingtheplasmafromthewholebloodandthenrefrigerating(冷冻)themseparately,theycouldbec
5、ombinedaweeklaterforabloodtransfusion.DrewbecamethefirstAfricanAmericantoreceiveaPhDinmedicalscience.AfterWorldWarIIbrokeout,Drewwascalledupontoputhistechniquesintopractice.HewasnamedaprojectdirectorfortheAmericanRedCrossbutsoonquithispostafterthegovernmen
6、tissuedanorderthatbloodtakenfromwhitedonors(献血者)shouldbeseparatedfromthatofblackdonors.OnApril1,1950,afterheattendedtheannualfreeclinicattheJohnA.AndrewMemorialHospital,heandotherthreephysiciansdecidedtodrivebackhome.Ashewastiredfromspendingthenightbeforei
7、ntheoperatingroom,helostcontrolofhiscar.DrewwasbadlyinjuredandwastakentoAlamanceGeneralHospitalinBurlington,NorthCarolina.Hewaspronounceddeadhalfanhourafterhefirstreceivedmedicalattention.Drew'sfuneralwasheldonApril5,1950,attheNineteenthStreetBaptistChurch
8、inWashington,DC.Butcontrarytopopularlegend,hewasnotrefusedabloodtransfusionbyanall-whitehospital.Heindeedreceivedatransfusionbutwasbeyondthehelpofthephysiciansattendingtohim.AsDr.JohnFord,oneofthedoctorswhosu
