61. What is the passage mainly about ？

A. The contrast between the rich and the poor on an island.

B. The story of a man who likes to give others advice.

C. The life and work of a great father.

D. The inspiration of a father’s words.

62. The author of the passage is .

A. a retired physician B. a retired teacher

C. a retired medical researcher D. a retired construction worker

63. The purpose of Volunteers in Medicine is to .

A. help retired medical workers improve their incomes

B. provide free medical services to those who need them

C. urge the government to set up non-profit clinics

D. make the dream of the author’s father come true

64. Which of the following has been done by the author himself ？

A. Buying the medical equipment.

B. Finding the land and the office.

C. Decorating the building that would become the clinic.

D. Getting a special license for the retired doctors.

65. In the last paragraph ，“ I think my father ’ s words found their way up north to McNeil ” implies that .

A. my father’s words finally reached McNeil

B. McNeil decided to do something for the needy people

C. My father decided to assist us in opening more clinics in the north

D. McNeil community was badly in need of free health care programs

Passage Five

Even before Historian Joseph Ellis became a best-selling author ， he was famous for his vivid lectures. In his popular courses at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts ， he would often make classroom discussion lively by describing his own combat experience in Vietnam. But as Ellis ’ s reputation grew-his books on the Founding Fathers have won both the prestigious National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize — the history professor began to entertain local and national reporters with his memories of war. Last year ， after The Boston Globe carried accounts of Ellis ’ s experience in the Vietnam war ， someone who knew the truth about Ellis dropped a dime （揭发） . Last week The Boston Globe revealed that Ellis ， famous for explaining the nation ’ s history ， had some explaining to do about his own past.

“ Even in the best of lives ， mistakes are made. ” said a wretched Ellis . It turned out that while the distinguished historian had served in the Army ， he ’ d spent his war years not in the jungles of Southeast Asia ， but teaching history at West Point （西点军校） . He ’ d also overstated his role in the antiwar movement and even his high-school athletic records. His admission shocked colleagues ， fellow historians and students who wondered why someone so accomplished would beautify his past. But it seems that success and truthfulness don ’ t always go hand in hand. Even among the distinguished achievers ， security experts say ， one in ten is deceiving-indulging in everything from empty boasting to more serious offenses such as plagiarism （剽窃）， fictionalizing military records ， making up false academic certificates or worse. And ， oddly ， prominent people who beautify the past often do so once they ’ re famous ， says Ernest Brod of Kroll Associates ， which has conducted thousands of background checks. Says Brod ：“ It ’ s not like they use these lies to climb the ladder.”