A.approach B.access C.transport D.convenience
Ⅱ. 完形填空(共20小题,满分20分)
Many of us nurses learn valuable lessons from our patients. I was __16__ to learn one early in my career as a nurse. I have __17__ her name, but she has influenced the way I treat many other patients.
I was working the 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm shift at a small hospital at that time. The patient was a 42yearold woman who had __18__ a heart attack. She was expected to stay in __19__ for about two weeks before being sent home. She was __20__ that she could not see her three young children. We did not __21__ children into the hospital in those days.
Every evening, we would __22__ our children. I had one daughter and I loved her so much that I could not __23__ not seeing her every day. The patient was getting __24__ and we both knew it wouldn't be long before she was home __25__ her little ones again.
About a week later, she __26__ me to sit with her for a while. I held her hand and she told me she was __27__ and thought she might not see her kids again. I tried to let her know that her __28__ so far had been great. It was 10:30 pm, almost time for the __29__ of my work. I told her I had to hand in my __30__ and that I would come back to her room.
Then I __31__ 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 __32__ time with her tomorrow."
The next day I was told that she had __33__ at midnight. She wanted company and I let her down. She left the world __34__. If I had stayed in her room, would she be home surrounded by her kids right now? I would never know. What I do know is this: I have __35__every patient's request since that night.
16.A.fortunate B.afraid C.smart D.brave
17. A.replaced B.spread C.formed D.forgotten
18.A.treated B.suffered C.checked D.damaged
19.A.town B.school C.room D.hospital
20.A.delighted B.calm C.upset D.hopeful
21.A.need B.allow C.pull D.force
22.A.talk about B.look after C.play with D.deal with
23.A.imagine B.avoid C.enjoy D.practice
24.A.fatter B.better C.warmer D.older
25.A.between B.against C.with D.on
26.A.asked B.paid C.permitted D.ordered
27.A.relaxed B.scared C.confident D.honest
28.A.attitude B.method C.progress D.idea
29.A.start B.period C.change D.end
30.A.homework B.report C.design D.drawing
31.A.argued B.arrived C.boarded D.left
32.A.extra B.useful C.valuable D.little
33.A.died B.disappeared C.escaped D.agreed
34.A.quietly B.surprisingly C.lately D.closely
35.A.learned from B.looked for C.cared about D.made up
III. 任务型阅读(共10小题,满分10分)
Ambition is a necessary quality in life. It is the force which drives us on to use whatever talent we have got. If we haven't got some degree of ambition, these talents will not be used for our own and others' benefit. We must continually want to be better than we are. Without ambition