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When medical staff are in full scrubs(手术衣), their faces are almost completely covered by their caps and face masks, and we can only see their eyes and eyebrows. In order to solve the problem, a doctor in Sydney Australia, called Rob Hackett launched a campaign named “Theatre(手术室) Cap Challenge” to encourage medical staff to write their names and roles on their caps. At first, his colleagues didn’t take it seriously. However, with time going on, it has been adopted around the world with studies from the US and UK reporting how this simple idea can decrease human errors in health care.
“I went to a theatre where there were about 20 doctors and nurses in the room, ” Dr. Rob Hackett said. “I struggled to even ask to be passed some gloves because the person I was pointing to thought I was pointing to the person behind him, because I don’t know their names, ” said Rob. As we all know, doctors are a stressful profession. When faced with life and death, they need to save the patient’s life for a second. At the moment, effective communication is important.
“The ’Theatre Cap Challenge’ is in response to the concern that avoidable mistakes and poor communication are contributing to many harmful events for our patients, ” said Rob. “We need to develop systems which reduce mistakes and misunderstanding without causing any harm. Besides, we need to let the patients know we’re humans, ” he added.
On the other hand, from the patients’ viewpoint, caps with names on them can make patients more unworried. When everyone appears the same, it is extremely difficult to distinguish who is who. Knowing the name and position of every staff member around them can make them relaxed.
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文, 文章介绍了澳大利亚医生Rob发起了一项活动, 该活动旨在鼓励医务人员在手术帽上写上名字和职位, 以便改善医务人员之间的交流, 减少错误的发生, 同时也使病人更加放松。
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A. Hospital staff are asked to cover their faces in hospitals.
B. Rob is in favor of writing names and roles on caps.
C. Rob wants to be a professional doctor in the near future.
D. Rob’s idea can increase human errors in health care.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段中的 Rob Hackett launched a campaign named “Theatre Cap Challenge” to encourage medical staff to write their names and roles on their caps 可知, Rob发起活动, 鼓励医务人员在手术帽上写上名字和职位, 由此可知他支持在手术帽上写明名字和职位, 故B项正确。
2. What can we know about the “Theatre Cap Challenge”?
A. It can make the caps more fashionable.
B. It is opposed by all the doctors and nurses.
C. It aims to reduce mistakes and improve poor communication.
D. It can help people pass some gloves in a theatre.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段中Rob的经历和第三段中的“The ’Theatre Cap Challenge’ is in response to the concern that avoidable mistakes and poor communication are contributing to many harmful events for our patients”可知, “Theatre Cap Challenge”这项活动的目的是减少错误、改善交流不畅的局面, 故C项正确。
3. Which of the following best explains “we’re humans” underlined in Paragraph 3?
A. We’re generous. B. We’re negative.
C. We’re satisfied. D. We’re kind.
【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据画线部分所在句及其前一句可知, 我们需要开发减少错误和误解且不对病人造成伤害的系统; 此外, 我们需要让病人知道医务人员也是人, 即让病人感受到医务人员的善意。D项与画线部分表达的意思最为接近。
4. What may be the patients’ attitude towards the campaign?
A. Supportive. B. Disapproving.
C. Doubtful. D. Uncaring.
【解析】选A。观点态度题。根据最后一段可知, 手术帽标注名字以及职位可以让病人减轻焦虑, 并且感到放松; 由此可推知, 病人对这一做法应该是支持的, 故A项正确。
