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It was only a few weeks after my surgery. I went to Dr. Belt's office for a
1 . It was just after my first
chemotherapy treatment (化疗). My scar was still very tender.
2 , I was taken to an examination room to
have my blood
3 , again-a terrifying process for me, since I'm so frightened of
4 .
I lay down on the
5 . Then Ramona entered the room. Her
6 smile was familiar, and
7 in contrast
to my fears. I'd first seen her in the office a few weeks earlier. She wasn't my
8 on that day, but I remember
her because she was laughing. What could she
9 find to laugh about at a time like this? So I decided she was
n't
10 enough about the whole thing.
But this day was
11 . Ramona had taken my blood before. She
12 my fear of needles, and she kindly
13 the medical equipment under a magazine. As we opened the layers of bandage, the
14 scar on my chest could
be seen.
She gently
15 over and ran her hand across the scar,
16 the smoothness of the healing skin. I began to cry
gently and quietly. She brought her warm eyes to mine and said, "You haven't
17 it yet, have you?" And I said,
"No."
I continued to cry gently. In
18 tones she said, "This is part of your body. This is you. It's okay to touch it."
But I couldn't. So she touched it for me. The
19 . The healing wound. And beneath it, she touched my heart.
That night as I lay down, I gently placed my hand on my chest and I left it there
20 I fell asleep. I knew I
wasn't alone.
( )1. A. prescription
( )2. A. At once
( )3. A. drawn
( )4. A. doctors
( )5. A. operation table
( )6. A. warm
( )7. A. worked out
( )8. A. girl
( )9. A. accidentally
( )10. A. serious
( )11. A. difficult
( )12. A. talked about
( )13. A. found
( )14. A. old
( )15. A. came
( )16. A. examining
( )17. A. watched
( )18. A. tough
( )19. A. bandage
( )20. A. until |
B. discussion
B. As usual
B. mixed
B. nurses
B. office floor
B. bitter
B. stood out
B. partner
B. particularly
B. curious
B. different
B. got around
B. replaced
B. fresh
B. went
B. covering
B. discovered
B. soft
B. soul
B. after |
C. conversation
C. In fact
C. corrected
C. blood
C. examining bed
C. shy
C. found out
C. nurse
C. possibly
C. worried
C. pleasant
C. knew about
C. showed
C. worn
C. searched
C. pressing
C. touched
C. cold
C. pain
C. since |
D. checkup
D. In addition
D. cleaned
D. needles
Do test bed
D. weak
D. gave out
D. companion
D. actually
D. nervous
D. common
D. put away
D. hid
D. fine
D. reached
D. removing
D. unfolded
D. strict
D. scar
D. when |