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When Rose Crumb first founded a volunteer hospice (临终安养院) in Port Angeles, doctors labeled her and her fellows “the death squad (小队)”.
That was 40 years ago, when medical professionals rarely talked with their patients about dying. Crumb, a nurse at a local hospital, wanted to change that. First, she had to convince those unbelieving doctors. “I said, ‘We'll kill them with kindness’,” said Crumb, 92. “And we won the medical community over, but it was a slow process.”
Today, the nonprofit organization Crumb founded is one of the few independent hospices in the US, meaning it remains unlicensed (没有执照的) by Medicare. Crumb said being unattached to Medicare allows the hospice to remain free and put families at the centre of their duties.
“We want the families to be in control of their situation,” she said. “So they'd have that feeling of independence and we'd be just providing support. There's a certain amount of healing in caring for someone because you've given your all and it helps with the grieving.”
Crumb's organization, the Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, is an exception. Today, two-thirds of all US hospices are for-profit organizations.
As the hospice's footprint grew in Port Angeles — it now has 12 paid employees, dozens of volunteers, and serves more than 120 patients at a time — so did Crumb's reputation.
“Many times, people will still call and make sure, ‘Are you Rose's hospice?’” said Bette Wood, who manages patient care for the organization. “So, yes, it's that reputation of a group of people that want to help someone and their family but not tell them what to do.”
As the years passed at the hospice, Crumb developed an idea about what a good death, and a good life, look like.
Crumb retired from the hospice when she was in her eighties.
24. What did Crumb first do to change people's opinions about dying?
A. She founded a volunteer hospital.
B. She got support from the government.
C. She persuaded those doctors with doubt.
D. She got on well with other nurses at a local hospice.
25. How is Crumb's organization now?
A. It's profitable.
B. It's the best hospice.
C. It's developing quickly.
D. It's licensed by Medicare.
26. Why does Crumb want the patients' families to control the situation?
A. The patients need their families' support.
B. The hospice doesn't have enough employees.
C. Crumb wants to decrease the hospice's responsibility.
D. The process of looking after the patients can decrease their families' sadness.
27. What can we infer from Paragraph 7?
A. Crumb has a good reputation.
B. Crumb was kind to her patients.
C. Patients care for the organization.
D. Many people want to know Crumb's hospice.

答案： 24.C 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“First, she had to convince those unbelieving doctors.”可知,Crumb想让人们改变对死亡的观点,她首先要去说服那些心存疑虑的医生。
25.C 推理判断题。根据倒数第四段内容可知,Crumb创办的免费安养院现在已经有12位有酬劳的员工和几十位志愿者,能同时为120多个病人服务,故可推知安养院发展得很快。
26.D 细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句可知,Crumb认为照顾病人的过程有助于减轻病人家人的悲伤。
27.A 推理判断题。根据第七段第一句可知,常常有人打电话确认下是不是Crumb的安养院,由此推断,Crumb拥有很好的名声。