The doctor's Handwriting
Mrs South is excited these days. A sudden terrible
disease hardly killed her son two months ago. She and her husband took the poor
boy to several hospitals, but few doctors could save him. Watching their
helpless son struggling for a bare subsistence(在死亡線上掙扎),
the woman’s and her husband’s hearts were broken. At that moment, one of their
friends introduced Mr Young who worked in a small hospital to them. Thanks to
the doctor, their son was saved and he was all right and came out of hospital
last week.
The woman decided to ask the doctor to dinner. The
invitation was sent to him yesterday. In reply she received a letter which was
impossible to read.
“I must know whether he has accepted or not.” said Mrs
South.
“If I were you,” suggested her husband. “I should take
it to a chemist(藥劑師). He can always read doctors’ letters,
however badly written.”
The chemist looked at the notepaper for a while,
without waiting for Mrs South’s explanation, and handed her a bottle.
“Here you are, madam,” he said. “That will be two
dollars.”
閱讀短文，回答以下問題(首字母已給出)，每空一詞。（每空1分，共5分）
1.Mrs South’s son hardly d________ of the sudden
terrible disease two months ago.
2.Mr and Mrs South felt very s_________ when their son
was ill.
3.Mrs South asked Mr Young to dinner to express her
t__________.
4.It was d_____ for Mrs South to know whether Mr Young
agreed to go to the dinner.
5.The chemist thought he u_______ what the doctor had
written.
