Jeff Jensen, the business and Boy Scout leader, was in a dilemma and had painful damage in his leg and foot. He needed surgery, but he doubted whether he could afford it, even with insurance. “There’s nothing more depressing than seeing a bill for 24, 000 dollars and going. How much of this will my insurance cover and how much is mine to cover?” Jensen told WWAY-TV.

Luckily for Jensen, his doctor is Demetrio Aguila. The nerve specialist gives patients the option to pay for surgery through volunteer work. He founded an organization called M25 Program. “We can’t ignore the people in our own backyard,” Aguila told CBS. “We want to be able to offer hope to patients who have lost hope medically.”

Using an algorithm (算法), the clinic calculates community service hours based on the price of the surgery. In Jensen’s case, the $12, 000 operation equaled 560 hours of helping out at one of the local charitable organizations registered with the M25 Program.

Like 10 percent of Aguila’s patients, Jensen chose the community service. And because hundreds of hours of community service can seem difficult, Aguila, 50, not only lets others participate, he encourages it. “I had this hope that we would reawaken in our neighbors and in ourselves a sense of volunteerism,” he told CNN.

Jensen, whose surgery was completed in February 2020, was helped by more than 100 friends and strangers who volunteered at Orphan Grain Train, which donates food, clothing, and medicine nationally and globally.

Dave Harvey, founder of the homeless aid organization Least of My Brethren, is counted as one who is inspired by Aguila. “He is making things easier by sending volunteers our way!” he told KMTV in Omaha. “What a cool thing!”

【小题1】What can a patient do if he can’t afford surgery according to the text?

A．Seek aid from social media.	B．Raise money in the hospital.
C．Join in the voluntary service.	D．Turn to the insurance company.

【小题2】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．People’s help.	B．The M25 Program.
C．Community service.	D．Medical assistance.

【小题3】What’s Harvey’s attitude to Aguila?

A．Cautious.

B．Concerned.

C．Grateful.

D．Doubtful.

【小题4】Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A local newspaper.	B．A medical journal.
C．A clinic advertisement.	D．An insurance brochure.