Recently, David Deutchman, an 82-year-old man, was nicknamed “the ICU Grandpa” at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital. For 12 years or so, he has been _________ babies, children there.
Deutchman said he was coming to the _________ for a recovery after a running injury 12 years ago when he first _________ some of the patients’ mothers. From conversations with them, he _________ that he wanted to make more connection with parents and children being_______ at the hospital. Therefore, he started _________ at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital after he retired from a job in international business marketing.
He _________ babies and sometimes he even gets peed (小便) on, but he is _________ to carry on. “It’s been wonderful because it gives me something to do that has _________ to it. Every day I drive in here, I don’t know which kids and parents I’ll __________ and what the issues will be and how I can help, but I __________ it. You just can’t imagine the kind of________ that I can get from holding a baby and talking with parents”, he said.
In the ICU, there are only two to three new admits every night so the first thing he will do is to __________ the parents who have been admitted the previous night. “Usually they needed a________ after a whole night. And I make sure they can go down for breakfast and I’ll stay with the __________ until they get back,” he said.
MaryBeth Brulette, the mother of baby Logan, has been at the hospital for six weeks. On a recent morning, she returned to the hospital to find Logan in Deutchman’s __________. Seeing this, she said, “All my __________ was gone.”
Elizabeth Mittiga, an ICU nurse at the hospital, said that the staff __________ Deutchman’s calming presence and appreciated Mr. Deutchman’s __________ to his cause. He’s a great help to babies in the ICU care. He’s just a really special person to us, as nurses, and the babies just adore him.
“Right now, I’m still going strong and enjoying it an awful lot,” he said. “So as long as they’ll have me, I’ll be there.” What an outstanding human being! Truly, Mr. Deutchman is the typical example of a __________ man with a sincere desire to make his life worthwhile by helping others.
1.A.tending B.educating C.examining D.curing
2.A.house B.hospital C.apartment D.center
3.A.disturbed B.persuaded C.accepted D.noticed
4.A.imagined B.remembered C.realized D.studied
5.A.treated B.injured C.interviewed D.ignored
6.A.teaching B.instructing C.volunteering D.exhibiting
7.A.holds B.praises C.seeks D.raises
8.A.concerned B.annoyed C.confused D.determined
9.A.training B.meaning C.thinking D.ending
10.A.protect B.greet C.meet D.call
11.A.miss B.fear C.control D.enjoy
12.A.trouble B.reward C.effort D.change
13.A.rescue B.visit C.inform D.count
14.A.break B.message C.lesson D.drive
15.A.doctors B.cleaners C.children D.partners
16.A.arms B.bed C.hands D.room
17.A.relief B.sorrow C.anxiety D.curiosity
18.A.shared B.regretted C.complained D.treasured
19.A.evaluation B.devotion C.application D.explanation
20.A.brave B.creative C.careless D.selfless
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When I was a student, I 1. (perform) better in Chinese language and history. But when 2. (surround) by a variety of bronzeware (青铜器) dating back thousands of years at an exhibition, I often feel I should brush up on my knowledge of the Chinese language. Characters, such as zun and ding, are widely used to describe various types of bronze vessels. But many others are rarely seen, and therefore difficult for us 3. (recognize) and correctly pronounce. Qingong Bo is a musical instrument to produce sounds similar to that of a bell. It also bears an inscription of 135 characters, 4. can help historians learn more about the history of the Qin state.
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Nowadays, some parents like to make decisions 1. their children, such as education, work or even marriage. How to solve such serious 2. (problem)? To begin with, parents should adapt some strategic changes in children education. They should consciously develop their children’s abilities to think on their own. In addition, children should deal with the difficulties they meet 3. (independent) and may also search for parents’ necessary guide only at critical moments.
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Orca whales live in the sea, which are in fact the 1. (large) member of the dolphin family. Sometimes they 2. (call) killer whales. In the sea, they can swim 3. they want to. There are no fences to keep them in one place. The orcas are free. In the sea, orcas don’t attack people. When orcas are taken away from their home, it can be different. They don’t live as long out of their home.
最近，你们班就是否应该克隆人类进行了讨论，请你根据下表提供的信息，就此事写一篇150字左右的文章。
支持 | 1. 克隆对人类有益； 2. 有助于保护物种，尤其是珍稀、濒危物种； 3. 有助于医学 研究，帮助解决医学难题。 |
反对 | 1. 利大于弊； 2. 违背自然规律，造出怪物； 3. 容易被人利用，造出社会混乱。 |
你的观点 | 至少两点 …… |
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1. 不必写标题。
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
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根据句意及所给中文，填入正确的词(每空一词)。
1.His parents are very happy because he has been ________(录取)to a key university.
2.A polite ________ (道歉)is necessary if you have hurt someone else.
3.He has caught a very bad cold, but he continues his work ________ (不管怎样).
4.AI technology has a great effect on various aspects in our life, ________(在一定范围内变化)from education to medicine, and so on.
5.Water ________(保护)is becoming increasingly important at an age of serious water shortage.
6.Would you please explain your opinion more ________ (简洁)? We have much to talk about today and we don’t have much time.
7.________ (克服)shyness and nervous feeling is quite difficult for those people who seldom speak in public.
8.Though he was extremely angry with her cold remarks, he ended up ________ (原谅)her.
9.The treatment didn’t have much effect because it was in ________ (冲突)with what the patient was ready to accept.
10.Whenever we come across difficulties, we are supposed to take ________(措施)to deal with them.
