Passage 4
I’m Joan Croft. I have to say that I came into nursing by chance. I didn’t really like my first job, which was office work. It was all right—but that’s just about all you can say about it. I stayed in the same place with the same people around me all day and every day. Then I became a singer, which I enjoyed very much, but after a while the singing group broke up (解散) and I had to start looking for something else.
Some girls have wanted to be nurses ever since they were children, but it never entered my head until I saw an advertisement in a paper. I wrote in and thought, “Oh, well, I’ll give it a try.” One thing I liked about it was going away from home.
The training itself is very interesting and most of it is just on the wards (病房), so that you very quickly begin nursing real patients.
I lived in the nurses’ home when I arrived and I had my own room, which was very nice.
I like nursing more than I ever thought I would. I’ll always carry on nursing. I’ve got a boyfriend who is a doctor, so I hope to get married sometime, but wherever I live there’s sure to be a hospital in the place and there’s always a job for a nurse.
1.What was John’s first job?
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2.Why didn’t Joan like her first job?
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3.Why didn’t Joan go on with her second job?
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4.How did Joan find out the information about the nursing job?
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5.What was Joan’s plan for the future?
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(选自2003年江西省试题)
【解题思路点拨】这是Joan Croft的一篇自述。由于不喜欢自己的第一份工作,Joan Croft后来做了一名歌手。可因为歌舞团不久解散了,她只好另谋职业。小时候从未想过要当护士的Joan 因为偶然的一次机会成了一名护士,并且从此喜欢上了这一职业。
1.It was office work. 短文开头的第三句“I didn’t really like my first job, which was office work.”即是答案的依据。
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