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【真题演练5】 （2005专升本）
When I arrived in Beijing more than five years ago, I had already given blood 79 times. I wanted to
continue to be a donor (献血者). But entering a Red Cross clinic (诊所) in Beijing, I was surprised to be
received as a hero. For me, a blood donation was simply a good habit and gift of love to humans.
In Canada, donors can give 450 ml each time, every 51 days. That means six times a year. In China,

we can give only 200 ml, every four months.
In 1984, there were only 19 donors in Beijing who offered their blood for free. One year later, there
were 141. In 1986, 1,083, and so on until the figure reached 10,046 in 1990, 14,016 in 1992 and more
than double that the following year. There were 41,037 in 1994, and my statistics stop here. I’m so glad

to see that the Chinese have understood that giving blood is not dangerous, and that it’s a way to say, in a
real communist spirit, “Brother, I love you”.
In fact, every time I give blood, I think of my blood running in a man or a woman’s veins (血管).
Through donation thirteen Chinese have become my relatives now. Giving blood is like giving birth.

Some of these thirteen people may have died without my donation; doesn’t that make it worth becoming a
volunteer (志愿者)? What makes me even happier is when I can convince a Chinese friend to come with
me and become a donor too.
Things have become easier since May 1, 1996. A Hong Kong donor offered a well-equipped mobile unit

to the Red Cross here. The vehicle stands in front of the Xidan Shopping Mall every Wednesday and Sunday
morning, from May to the end of October. Donors just need a few minutes. I hope this public example will
encourage new donors, and blood donation will become a social trend among the population.

1. When the writer first went to the Red Cross clinic in Beijing to donate his blood he was surprised

for ________.
A. how he was respected by the people there
B. what a good habit blood donation is

C. that donors only gave 200 ml each time in China
D. that most Chinese people were willing to donate blood

2. The number of voluntary blood donors in Beijing in 1993 is________.
A. more than 30,000 B. more than 28,000

C. more than 15,000 D. more than 14,000

3. According to the writer, more and more Chinese are giving blood free because_____.
A. they know the advantage of blood donation
B. they have learned how to donate blood

C. they have realized its great significance
D. they know it’s a way to show their generosity

4. The word “that” in Line 3, Para. 4 mostly probably means______.

A. Becoming a volunteer B. donating blood C. having relatives D. saving people’s life

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