C.warmer D.older
解析:选B 根据"we both knew it wouldn't be long before she would be home"可知,病人病情有所"好"转。
10.A.between B.against
C.with D.on
解析:选C 那位病人挂念自己的孩子,故这里是指回家和孩子们在"一起"。
11.A.asked B.paid
C.permitted D.ordered
解析:选A 那位病人"请求"作者和她坐一会儿。
12.A.relaxed B.scared
C.confident D.honest
解析:选B 根据"thought she might not see her kids again"可知,那位病人感到"害怕"。
13.A.attitude B.method
C.progress D.idea
解析:选C 作者试图安慰她,因此会提到她的病情,说"进展"很好。
14.A.development B.period
C.change D.end
解析:选D 根据"I was working the 3~11 pm shift at a small hospital"可知,十点半时,作者当天的工作要接近"尾声"了。
15.A.homework B.report
C.design D.drawing
解析:选B 作者是护士,故快下班时她应该把一天的"报告"交上去。
16.A.argued B.arrived
C.boarded D.left
解析:选D 根据"I had got home"可知,作者跟她的朋友们一起"离开"回家了。
17.A.extra B.useful
C.valuable D.little
解析:选A 作为补偿,作者计划第二天和病人"多"待些时间。
18.A.died B.disappeared
C.escaped D.agreed
解析:选A 根据"She left the world quietly."的语境可知,那位病人那晚午夜时分"去世"了。
19.A.kids B.patients
C.nurses D.doctors