Hospital Mistreatment
According to a study, most medical interns report experiencing mistreatment, including humiliation by senior doctors, 1 threatened, or physical abuse in their first year out of medical school.
The findings come from analysis of the 2 a 13-page survey mailed in January 1991 to 1, 733 second-year residents. The survey and 3 appear in the April 15th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Overall, out of the 1,277 residents 4 completed surveys, 1,185 said that they had experienced at least one incident of mistreatment in their intern year. 5 reporting incidents where they were abused, more than 45% of the residents said they had witnessed at least one incident where other persons 6 false medical records. Moreover, nearly three quarters of the residents said they had witnessed mistreatment of patients by other residents, attending physicians1, or nurses. Almost 40% said patient mistreatment was a frequent 7 .
More than 10% of the residents said they were 8 to have enough sleep, and the average number of hours 9 sleep was 37.6. The average on-call hours during a 10 week was 56.9 hours, but about 25% of the residents said their on-call assignments were more than 80 hours some weeks.
11 30% of the residents said they experienced some type of sexual harassment or discrimination, verbal abuse was the most common problem cited. When abusive incidents were limited to events occurring three or more times, 53% of the respondents reported that they 12 belittled or humiliated by more senior residents, while just over 21% reported someone taking credit for their work. Being “ 13 tasks for2 punishment,” “being pushed, kicked or hit,” and
14 someone “threatening your reputation or career,” were reported as a more 15 occurrence by over 10% of the responding residents.
词汇:
mistreatment /mɪs"tritmənt/ n. 虐待
verbal /"vɜːb(ə)l/ adj. 言语(上)的
intern /"ɪntɜːn/ n. 实习医师
respondent /rɪ"spɒnd(ə)nt/ n.回答者
assignment /ə"saɪnm(ə)nt/ n. 分配任务
belittle /bɪ"lɪt(ə)l/ vt. 轻视;贬低
sexual /"sekʃʊəl; -sjʊəl/ adj. 性的
humiliate /hjʊ"mɪlɪeɪt/ vt.使蒙羞,使丢脸
harassment /"hærəsm(ə)nt/ n. 骚扰
humiliation /,hjuːmɪlɪ"eɪʃən/ n. 羞辱
discrimination /dɪ,skrɪmɪ"neɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 歧视
resident /"rezɪd(ə)nt/ adj.住院医生
abuse /ə"bjuːz/ n.&vt. 虐待,凌辱
incident /"ɪnsɪd(ə)nt/ n. 偶发事件,小事件
abusive /ə"bjuːsɪv/ adj. 侮辱人的,说人坏话
witness /"wɪtnɪs/ vt. 亲眼看见
注释:
1.attending physician:主治医师
2.take/get credit for…:因….而出名
空9
A:without B:on C:with D:because of
Global Warming
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Many scientists ___1___ the blame for1 recent natural disasters on the increase ___2___ the world"s temperatures and are convinced that, more than ___3___ before, the Earth is at ___4___ from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. ___5___ to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, ___6___ as hurricanes and droughts, even more ___7___ and causing sea levels all around the world to ___8___.
Environmental groups are putting ___9___ on governments to take action to reduce the ___10___ of carbon dioxide which is given ___11___ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in ___12___ of more money2 being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power ___13___.
Some scientists, ___14___, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait___15___ hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is here to stay.
词汇:
climate /"klaimit/n.气候,风气
hurricane /"hʌrikən/ n.咫风,暴风
drought / draut/ n.干旱,早灾
carbon dioxide /"ka:bən"dai"ɔksaid/ n.二氧化碳
solar /"səulə/ a.太阳的n.太阳能
atmosphere/"ætməsfiə/ n.大气
注释:
1. put the blame for… :把……归咎于……
2. …in favour of more money being spent on…:……赞成把钱花在……
空9
A:force B:pressure C:persuasion D:encouragement
城市道路桥梁工程主要技术标准规范共有()项。
A:6项 B:7项 C:8项 D:9项
新车用户常规免费检查服务顾问必须要对新车用户确认理解的项目是()项。
A:8项; B:9项; C:10项 D:11项
《城市规划编制办法实施细则》规定,编制城市总体规划需要收集的基础资料一般包括多少项。
A:8项 B:9项 C:11项 D:13项
设an=n2-9n-100(n=1,2,3…),则数列{an}中取值最小的项为()。
A:第4项 B:第5项 C:第6项 D:第4和第5项
(一)根据下列资料,回答以下问题。
上海市统计局发布信息显示,2010年9月上海市签订外商直接投资合同项目295项,比上年同月增长4.6%;签订外商直接投资合同金额13.19亿美元,增长19.8%;实际到位金额9.44亿美元,增长3.5%,增幅实现年内连续第9个月正增长。
一个显著的特点是第三产业对外资的吸引力特别大。2010年9月,上海市第二产业签订外商直接投资合同项目22个,比上年同月下降31.3%;吸收合同外资金额1.13亿美元,下降2.2%。第三产业签订外商直接投资合同项目272个,增长9.2%;吸收合同外资金额12.08亿美元,增长22.8%,占91.6%,比重高出第二产业83个百分点,仍占绝对主导地位。
66、
2009年9月,上海市大约签订外商直接投资合同项目()项。
A:202 B:246 C:282 D:285
数列(1/4+9),(1/2+9/2),(3/4+3),(1+9/4),(5/4+9/5),…中,数值最小的项是()。
A:第4项 B:第6项 C:第9项 D:不存在