Who Should Be Responsible for the Boy‘s Death?

陳羅月

One night about nine oclock. Dr. Eyck， a surgeon①， had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clans Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.

The doctor was soon on his way to Clans Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily. The surgeon thought he could get there before midnight. A few minutes later， the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand， the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road， leaving the doctor in the falling snow.

It was after two oclock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clans Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before. The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.

“Mr. Cunningham， ” said Dr. Haydon to the man， “this is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who came all the way from Albany to save your boy.”

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1. Choose the right order of the events given in the story.

a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clans Falls.

b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.

c. The boy shot himself.

d. The boy died.

e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.

f. Dr. Eyck was robbed of his car.

A. a， c， f， d， b， e ??? B. c， e， f， a， b， d ???????? C. a， c， f， e， d， b ???????? D. c， a， f， e， d， b

2. The boy died because ____.

A. Dr. Haydon didnt do anything to save him

B. he was too far away from hospital

C. something was wrong with Dr. Eycks car

D. Dr. Eyck was not able to arrive at the hospital in time

3. Who should be responsible for （對……負責） the boys death？

A. The hospital.? ??? B. The boys father. ?? C. Dr. Haydon.?????? ??? D. Dr. Eyck.