Charles R. Drew was a medical student at Columbia University in New York. Before he graduated, he wrote an article __36___ blood bank, that is, the storing of blood. Up till then, a lot of people had died from loss of blood __37___ there was no blood bank. When the United States entered the Second World War, it became __38___ to set up blood banks. Dr Drew became _39___ of the Red Cross’s first blood bank. When the Red Cross __40___ blood banks to collect and store blood for men __41__ in battle, black American gave blood along with the whites. At ___42__ their blood was not accepted. Later blood from the blacks was ___43___ but was stored in a __44___ place from “white” blood. Although the best doctors __45___ that there was _46___ difference at all between the blood of blacks and whites, the Red Cross, with the support of the government, __47___ to separate black blood from white blood. After the war, Dr Drew was ___48__ from Washington with three other doctors to attend a medical meeting in a southern state. In northern Carolina their car went __49___ a ditch（深沟）and Dr Drew was _50___ hurt. He had lost __51__ blood by the time a passing car took him to the __52___ hospital. But they were stopped at the gate of the hospital. “__53__him to the hospital for blacks.” No matter __54___ they said, they could not get into the hospital. They had to take him to the __55___ hospital, but on the way Dr Drew died because he had lost too much blood.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:A
题目分析：本文介绍了血库从无到有的发展历程，涉及到美国的种族歧视的问题。
小题1:B。介词辨析。on表示“论述”。
小题2:C。连词辨析。许多人死于缺血，是“因为”没有血库。
小题3:D。形容词辨析。由于战争，用血量大增，故建立血库显得“十分必要”。
小题4:B。上下文串联。凭语感。另根据语境较易排除其余三个选项。
小题5:A。动词辨析。started“使开始”，余者不合文意。
小题6:C。考查常识。受伤的人才有可能需要补充血液。
小题7:C。上下文串联。at first意为“起初”，与下一句中的later形成对比。
小题8:B。动词辨析。开始对黑人的血并不被接受，只是后来才被接受。
小题9:D。上下文串联。根据与from一词的搭配和第十二个空格后的内容可知。
小题10:C。动词辨析。insisted“坚持说，坚持认为”，余者不合语境。
小题11:D。上下文串联。根据文意和at all选定。
小题12:D。动词辨析。虽然专家认为两种血并无差别，但红十字会仍“继续”将两者分开。
小题13:A。上下文串联。从their car went…可知，他们一行是“驾车”去的。余者不合文意。
小题14:B。上下文串联。车子掉“进”深沟，符合文意。
小题15:C。副词辨析。从最终死亡这一事实来看，他受伤“严重”。
小题16:D。上下文串联。根据语境可推断。另文章最后一句再现了much这一词。
小题17:C。考查常识。抢救应到“最近的”医院，这是常识。
小题18:A。上下文串联。从They had to take him to …可判断出。
小题19:B。动词用法辨析。said是及物动词，须接宾语，故应填代词what。
小题20:A。考查常识。coloured hospital意为“有色人种的医院”，在美国专指黑人的医院。B、C、D不合乎常识和语境。
点评：本文内容较为简单，本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，部应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。