Not even a flooded river could stand between Mary Breckinridge and the hospital her patients needed.A heavy rain ruined the banks beside Mary Breckinridge's Wendover，Kentucky，clinic （診所）.She had to find a way to get her five patients to the hospital in Lexington.
    With a neighbour's help，Mary and the nurses built a boat.They named it Ambulance，and on the morning of 30 December 1926，Mary，another nurse，and the patients set off down the river.After sixteen wild miles on the dangerous river，they arrived at the train station in Krypton.As she watched the train pull away with her patients safely on board，Mary smiled and waved.
    Mary had not planned to be a nurse.She was the daughter of a wealthy Kentucky politician.As a child，Mary was influenced by her family who had always been concerned （擔憂） about the poor people of the state.When she grew up，Mary was inspired to become a nurse.So in 1925，Mary hired a few British-trained nurses and，with some money from her family，started the Frontier Nursing Service in Wendover，Kentucky.
    Before Mary and her nurses came，the mountain people lived a hard life.Families made so little money that they could not afford doctors or medicine.Many children had diseases and early every person was malnourished for lack of food.Mary and the nurses built clinics and a small hospital deep in the forests of Leslie County.There were no roads，electricity，or telephones.Each day the nurses rode on horseback to faraway farms，often in bad weather，to answer calls for help.They worked hard to keep an eye on their patients.
    The Frontier Nursing Service grew.Today their nursing service reaches far beyond the Kentucky mountains.Medical professionals from all over the world come to Wendover to study rural （ 鄉(xiāng)村的 ） health care in action.When these men and women go back to their own countries，they are prepared to help people in need.

（1）How did Mary get her patients to Krypton？

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A．By train.
B．By car.
C．By water.
D．On horseback.
（2）What does the underlined word "malnourished" in paragraph 4 mean？

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A．In bad health.
B．Short of money.
C．Lacking in food.
D．At risk for diseases.
（3）What can we learn about Mary Breckinridge from the text？

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A．She trained all of the nurses herself.
B．She never had enough money for her work.
C．She remains a great influence on health care today.
D．She wiped out diseases in the Kentucky mountains.
（4）What might be the mountain people's attitude towards Mary and the nurses' service？

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A．Doubtful.
B．Uncaring.
C．Supportive.
D．Thankful.