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In midMarch，he was a warning tale for medical workers: an unnamed doctor in his 40s with a case of COVID19 so bad that he was near death.
Almost a month later，45yearold emergency physician Ryan Padgett is back in his home in Seattle，rebuilding his strength and being surprised at how quickly the new virus laid him low.
Padgett works at EvergreenHealth，the hospital in suburban Seattle that saw the country's first known COVID19 deaths at the end of February，primarily patients from the Life Care Nursing Home.At first，he says he just had a headache and some muscle soreness (肌肉酸痛)，but within just a few days his health took a sharp downturn—he could hardly breathe.
It took the urging (催促) of his wifetobe，Connie Kinsley，to get him back to hospital.“He didn't want to，”she says.“Doctors are the worst patients，he argued.”
Within hours of getting to EvergreenHealth，they were putting him on a ventilator (呼吸机)．“I have no personal memory，but evidently I told Kinsley where some important documents were，just in case，”he says.“And the next memory I had was about 16 days later，waking up at Swedish Medical Centre.”
While he was unconscious，he'd been transferred to a different hospital－Swedish Medical Centre near downtown Seattle，because it's one of only two hospitals in the state with an extreme form of life support called ECMO.
Padgett is impressed by how quickly people's understanding of COVID19 has changed，just during the weeks he was on a ventilator.“Not only has people's understanding of the illness changed，but the world has also changed，”he says.
He also found out his wedding had been put off.However，he and his wifetobe don't seem too concerned about it.“When you survive something like I survived，you'll realize that's all window dressing.It doesn't matter，”Padgett says.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了被确诊感染新冠病毒的Padgett命悬一线，经过治疗康复后对人生有所顿悟的故事。
1．What can we infer about Padgett?
A．He donated a ventilator to a hospital.
B．He was a famous physician before his illness.
C．He found the first case of COVID19 in his hospital.
D．He had probably been in contact with COVID19 patients.
D [推理判断题。根据第三段的“Padgett works at...saw the country's first known COVID19 deaths...”和“...had a headache...could hardly breathe.”可推断，他很可能接触过新冠肺炎病人，继而被感染。]
2．Why did Padgett ask Kinsley to deal with his important documents?
A．He had no confidence in overcoming the disease.
B．He would lose his memory completely.
C．He wanted to show his love for her.
D．He had no one to turn to.
A [推理判断题。根据第五段“...I told Kinsley where some important documents were，just in case”可知，他没有信心战胜疾病，怕自己万一醒不过来，就把重要文件托付给了Kinsley。]
3．Which of the following can properly show Padgett's opinion after recovery?
A．Life comes first.
B．COVID19 is nothing terrible.
C．There's no need to hold the wedding.
D．Doctors are always the worst patients.
A [推理判断题。根据最后一段“When you survive something ...that's all window dressing.It doesn't matter，”可推断，康复后Padgett认为生命才是第一位的。]
4．What can be the best title for this text?
A．An Emergency Physician's New Findings on COVID19
B．The Influence of COVID19 on the World
C．The Rapid Advances in Medical Science
D．A Narrow Escape from COID19
D [标题归纳题。根据全文内容尤其是前两段的描述可知，本文主要讲述了感染新冠病毒的Padgett命悬一线后，经过治疗死里逃生的故事。]
