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He was put in a small ward(病房) with another patient in a hospital. The ward had nothing
1 a
small window that
2 to the outside world.
His roommate was allowed to
3 in bed because some medical instruments would take some liquid
out of his lung every afternoon,
4 he could only lie in bed all day long
His roommate's bed was close to the
5 . Every afternoon, when sitting up by the window, his
roommate would happily
6 him the ongoing scenes outside the window.
His roommate's vivid descriptions made him feel like seeing the
7 scene with his own eyes. Never
ever had he been so
8 for a look at the world outside the window as he was now.
On a slightly rainy evening, he didn't feel satisfied with his
9 suddenly: Why could his roommate
10 the beautiful landscapes outside the window while he couldn't?
At midnight, he stared at the ceiling and
11 into thought. All of a sudden, his roommate began
coughing
12 and wanted to call the nurse, but failed to
13 the button of the bell. He
14 to be
sound asleep, but after second thoughts he wanted to
15 the bell button. In his
16 of seconds, he
shockingly found that his roommate had stopped
17 .
On his roommate's death, he felt lonely, greatly miserable and guilty for not
18 his roommate.
The doctor thought that he did not want to face a(n)
19 bed every day, so he promised to
20 another ward for him. Just the moment he was lifted onto the stretcher(担架), he spotted the scene
outside the window-a pale wall.
( )1. A. less than ( )2. A. referred ( )3. A. sit up ( )4. A. when ( )5. A. park ( )6. A. bring ( )7. A. real ( )8. A. delighted ( )9. A. nurse ( )10. A. share ( )11. A. sank ( )12. A. politely ( )13. A. reach ( )14. A. attempted ( )15. A. give ( )16. A. wonder ( )17. A. speaking ( )18. A. saving ( )19. A. extra ( )20. A. spare |
B. other than B. led B. write B. although B. wall B. tell B. obvious B. sorry B. disease B. enjoy B. broke B. hardly B. hold B. managed B. press B. failure B. calling B. teaching B. empty B. seek |
C. rather than C. connected C. look out C. because C. window C. show C. clear C. thirsty C. doctor C. imagine C. ran C. constantly C. change C. pretended C. remove C. doubt C. breathing C. thanking C. old C. clean |
D. more than D. appealed D. read D. while D. door D. draw D. original D. grateful D. situation D. experience D. stepped D. heavily D. use D. agreed D. repair D. hesitation D. coughing D. informing D. horrible D. find |