I believe ___36__ is a powerful(强效的) medicine.
It was Sunday. I had the last __37__ to see and I get into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying to ____38__ her socks. Usually I said something like this: “How are you feeling? The nurse says your _39__ is visiting you today. I believe you are __40__ him.
She ___41___ with a serious voice, “ Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours.” I was surprised and ___42___. I sat down and helped her with the ___43__. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far away from her, ___44___ she had not seen him for five years. She believed her ___45__ problems were worse because of ___46__ her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was ____47___ I could do for her. She __48__ her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to __49__.
Each story is ___50__. Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not __51_. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.
Listening to someone’s story costs ___52___ but it is the key to healing(康复). I often ____53__ what the woman taught me, and I ____54__ myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I __55___ the power of listening.
| 【小题1】 | | A.speaking | B.reading | C.listening | D.writing |
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| 【小题2】 | | A.doctor | B.nurse | C.patient | D.student |
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| 【小题3】 | | A.take off | B.get off | C.clean out | D.put on |
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| 【小题4】 | | A.daughter | B.son | C.sister | D.brother |
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| 【小题5】 | | A.looking forward to | B.asking for | C.going on | D.worrying about |
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| 【小题6】 | | A.impressed | B.stopped | C.asked | D.greeted |
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| 【小题7】 | | A.excited | B.mad | C.embarrassed | D.angry |
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| 【小题8】 | | A.shoes | B.shirt | C.socks | D.shorts |
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| 【小题10】 | | A.health | B.mental | C.physical | D.aging |
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| 【小题11】 | | A.missing | B.loving | C.understanding | D.meeting |
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| 【小题12】 | | A.nothing else | B.anything | C.nothing | D.everything |
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| 【小题13】 | | A.shook | B.dropped | C.waved | D.moved |
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| 【小题14】 | | A.see | B.write | C.listen | D.feel |
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| 【小题15】 | | A.terrible | B.different | C.similar | D.true |
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| 【小题16】 | | A.happen | B.appear | C.matter | D.change |
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| 【小题17】 | | A.anything | B.everything | C.something | D.nothing |
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| 【小题18】 | | A.think of | B.dream of | C.get over | D.laugh at |
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| 【小题19】 | | A.teach | B.ask | C.remind | D.cheer |
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| 【小题20】 | | A.talk about | B.show off | C.believe in | D.run out of |
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