III. Reading Comprehension: Choose the best answer that each question asks. (20%) Passage A
Giving Matters
"My dream is of breaking barriers, moving forward with a life that can be an example and a kind of redemption
for my family." - Talisha Richardson
Life changed in a split second for alumni Elliot and Eloise Kaplan when Eloise (M.S. W. ·11) was struck
by a hit-and-run driver in February 2011. She suffered multiple injuries, spent weeks in a coma, and was
hospitalized for months. Doctors weren't sure she would ever regain her speech and memory.
Today, after countless hours of rehabilitation, Eloise's speech and memory are exceeding doctors'
expectations. To honor her courage in recovery from traumatic brain injury [TBI], the couple pledged
$ 200,000 to establish the Eloise and Elliot Kaplan Fellowship for TBI field Placements for graduate students in
the School of Social Work. The gift highlights the school's evolving collaboration with the health sciences.
Talisha Richardson is one of the first recipients of the Kaplan Fellowship. As a student in the master of
social work program with a focus on clinical practice, her foundation-level field placement is at University of
Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. For 16 hours a week, with an on-site supervisor, she is a heart transplant
social worker on a team of professionals working with patients who often arrive by helicopter after the trauma
of a heart attack or brain-injuring stroke.
Richardson brings personal experience of trauma to her study and work. Raised in poverty in St. Paul, she
lived at one point with 10 others in a one-and-a-half bedroom house and was eventually raised by her
grandmother. She spent a lot of time in medical settings, eventually losing both parents and her grandmother.
Witnessing her mother's struggle, in particular, influenced her growing interest in the connection between
trauma and mental health disorders.
In addition to earning a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies, Richardson has worked in social services with
people with disabilities and long-term illness. She sees herself as a bridge between different cultures and
communities.
''The fellowship means I can pursue this degree without making every decision based on finances," she
says. "I desire to work in a medical setting where people are being attended to, mended and healed."
【題組】31. As a consequence of the automobile accident, Eloise
(A) underwent a heart transplant operation.
(B) remained unconscious for a while.
(C) suffered permanent brain damage.
(D)never recovered from speech loss.