完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中,選出可以填入空白的最佳答案。
Listening is powerful medicine.
This is a very good lesson that no one can imagine it takes a(n) 16 about 18 seconds to 17 a patient, which is her unforgettable experience for all her life.
It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I 18 her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an older woman, sitting at the edge of the bed, 19 to put socks on her swollen feet. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse, 20 her chart, noting she was in stable 21 . I was almost in the clear.
I stood against the bed looking down at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks. 22 , I started a conversation like this: "How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high, but they're better today. The nurse 23 you're anxious to see your 24 who's visiting you today. It's nice to have family visit from far away. I bet you really 25 forward to seeing him."
She 26 me with a serious and firm voice. "Stop talking!Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story."
I was surprised and 27 . I sat down quietly. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him within five years. She believed that the stress of this 28 greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head “No” and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to 29 .
Each 30 is different. Some are detailed; others are unclear. Some have a beginning, middle and end. Others wander 31 a clear co
nclusion. Some are true; others are completely not. 32 what really matters to the storyteller is that the story should be 33 --- without interruption or 34 .
Listening to someone's story is a key to healing. After that I often thought of what that woman taught me, and I often 35 myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down,opening up my ears and truly listening.
A. physicist B. physician C. nurse D. dentist
A. understand B. recognize C. interrupt D. know
A. entered B. passed C. left D. approached
A. continuing B. learning C. pretending D. struggling
A. tested B. checked C. designed D. looked
A. level B. condition C. position D. period
A. So B. Otherwise C. Instead D. Moreover
A. told B. showed C. mentioned D. announced
A. son B. husband C. brother D. nephew
A. look B. wished C. hoped D. wanted
A. bothered B. influenced C. stopped D. puzzled
A. disappointed B. bored C. excited D. embarrassed
A. attached B. contributed C. devoted D. owed
A. sit B. wait C. listen D. comfort
A. feeling B. case C. life D. story
A. without B. to C. for D. at
A. And B. Yet C. So D. Then
A. read B. written C. repeated D
. heard
A. judgment B. curiosity C. encouragement D. attraction
A. convinced B. informed C. reminded D. warned