完形填空 （ 共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分 ）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后在各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was recently invited to lecture on anxiety to several hundred mental-health professionals. My talk was scheduled to ____21__those of a number of famous psychiatrists. When my turn came, I was especially ___22__ because the speaker before me had been particularly impressive and charming. As I approached the podium(讲台)， my heart pounded and my mouth went completely ___23__.
What am I doing here? I asked myself. To make matters worse, my presentation partly __24___ with fear of public speaking. To ___25__ myself, I tried an unusual way. I asked the audience,” How many of you feel nervous__26___ you give a speech. Nearly every hand __27__. “Well, that’s exactly _28__ I feel right now!”
The audience___29__ with laughter. I relaxed and was able to get on with my __30__.
__31__, we all find ourselves in a __32___ that makes us nervous. Perhaps you’re afraid of saying __33___things at a drinking party, stumbling over a presentation at work or having your __34__go blank during a test. For some of us the anxiety is so __35__ that it is personally and professionally incapability.___36__ the years, my work with hundreds of patients has taught me that __37__ can increase his or her social ___38___, even in the most stressful situations. And I have a few simple but helpful___39__, such as tackling your fears one step at a time; focusing on others; ___40__anxity into energy and stopping comparing yourself, which I think are of great value to us in our work.

【小题1】

A．take B．follow C．observe D．learn

Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead．

I don't remember when it first started 26  me --her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and  27  against my young skin．Finally, one night, I shouted at her: “Don' t do that any more --your 28  are too rough！" She didn’t say anything in 29 ．But never again did my mother close out my day with that _30 expression of her love．

Time after time, with the  31 years, my thoughts returned to that night． I'm not a little girl any more．Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands I   32   thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my 33  .

Now, my own children are  34  Mom no longer has Dad．It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand   35   before stealing across my face to brush the   36  from  my forehead．Then a kiss, ever so _37  touched my brow．In my 38    , thousands of times, I  39  the night my young voice complained．40   Mom's hand in my hand, I said how  41   I was for that night．I thought she'd remember, as I did,_42   Mom didn't know what I was talking about．She had forgotten—and   43   —long ago．

That night, I fell asleep with a new   44   for my gentle mother and her caring hands． And the   45   I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．

1.A.surprising    B.hurting     C.annoying     D. amazing

2.A.rough          B.gentle      C.smooth        D.strong

3.A.noises     B.words           C.feelings        D.hands

4.A.anger         B.silence        C.reply                      D.fear

5.A.healthy   B.familiar           C.popular        D.perfect

6.A.coming   B.remaining       C.following      D.passing

7.A.often        B.even              C.never         D.once

8.A.family        B.neighbor    C.husband                D.home

9.A.developed  B.grown         C.moved             D.forgotten

10.A.imagined  B.hesitated    C.regretted    D.trembled

11.A.hair           B.tears           C.dirt         D.kisses

12.A.quickly   B.roughly         C.gently                     D.slowly

13.A.memory   B.opinion       C.history         D.diary

14.A.chanced   B.missed        C.hated            D.recalled

15.A.Beating   B.Picking         C.Catching       D.Stopping

16.A.happy       B.sorry                     C.annoyed      D.amused

17.A.and           B.faded                    C.because        D.but

18.A. remembered  B.while    C．forgiven     D．apologized

19.A.hope      B.appreciation  C.thought     D．approval

20.A.guilt         B.pride             C.sorrow        D.failure

Many of us learn valuable lessons from our patients. I was  36  to learn one early in my career as a nurse. I have  37  her name, but she has influenced the way I treat many other patients.
I was working the 3-11 pm shift at a small hospital at that time. The patient was a 42-year-old woman who had  38  a heart attack. She was expected to stay in  39  for about two weeks before being sent home. She was  40  that she could not see her three young children. We did not  41  children into a hospital in those days.
Every evening, we would  42  our children. I had one daughter and I loved her so much that I could not  43  not seeing her every day. The patient was getting  44  and we both knew it wouldn’t be long before she would be home  45  her little ones again.
About a week later, she  46  me to sit with her for a while. I held her hand and she told me she was  47  and thought she might not see her kids again. I tried to let her know that her  48  so far had been great. It was 10:30 pm, almost time for the  49  of my work. I told her I had to hand in my 50  and that I would come back to her room.
Then I  51  with my friends. It wasn’t until I had got home that I realized I had forgotten to keep my promise. “That’s OK,” I thought, “I will spend  52  time with her tomorrow.”
The next day I was told that she had  53  at midnight. She wanted company and I let her down. She left the world quietly. If I had stayed in her room, would she be home surrounded by her  54  right now? I would never know. What I do know is this: I have  55  every patient’s request since that night.