Question

    A girl was working as a nurse in a private hospital. One day, a patient who was ______ ill was brought to her hospital, but soon had to be transferred(转院) to a________ hospital for an operation. The head of the hospital said that the patient couldn't be transferred unless he paid his ________ first. The patient's family asked if they could pay the bill ______ the operation, as the patient was very ill. But their request was refused.

The nurse, who had just arrived to work, ______the situation and made a surprising decision. She removed her golden bracelet(手镯), took it to the cashier's desk(收银台) and said she would use it to _______ the patient's bill. Thanks for her help, the patient was immediately transferred to the other hospital and his life was saved. Although the bracelet was the only piece of ______ jewelry(首饰) she owned, the nurse gave it away to save the patient, even though he was a total ______ to her.

The nurse's actions ______ the attention of the doctor who was on duty that day. He later fell in love with the nurse and they finally got married.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving. Loving means giving as much as we can. Love is like a smile – neither has ______ value unless they are given away.

As Mother Teresa once said, "It is not how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do."

1.A.easily B.hardly C.seriously D.lightly

2.A.same B.different C.strange D.funny

3.A.bill B.paper C.medicine D.operation

4.A.before B.after C.as D.for

5.A.waited for B.talked about C.cared for D.heard about

6.A.buy B.sell C.cost D.cover

7.A.valuable B.beautiful C.interesting D.useful

8.A.friend B.director C.lover D.stranger

9.A.paid B.realized C.caught D.described

10.A.some B.any C.no D.one

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】

本文讲述了一个病重患者需要转院去做手术，可是院长要求先交清该院的治疗费用。病人的家属提出的做完手术后再支付的要求被医院拒绝。在这家医院里刚来上班的一位护士，用自己的金手镯为病人付账。多亏了她的帮助，病人得救了。从中，我们知道要主动去爱和帮助别人。

1.句意：一天，一个病重的病人被送到她的医院，但很快就不得不转移到另一家医院做手术。

A. easily容易地，B. hardly几乎不，C. seriously认真地，严重地，D. lightly轻轻地。根据“but soon had to be transferred(转院) to a____2____ hospital for an operation.”可知，这位病人需要转院，做手术，因此他的病是严重的。故选C。

2.句意：一天，一个病重的病人被送到她的医院，但很快就不得不转移到另一家医院做手术。

A. same同样的，B. different不同的，C. strange奇怪的，D. funny有趣的。根据后文的“Thanks for her help, the patient was immediately transferred to the other hospital and his life was saved.”可知，这位病人要转院去另一家不同的医院。故选B。

3.句意：医院的院长说除非病人先付了医药费，否则不能转院。

A. bill票据，账单，B. paper纸，C. medicine药，D. operation手术。根据后文的“The patient's family asked if they could pay the bill”可知，此处表示支付账单，故选A。

4.句意：病人的家人问他们是否可以在手术后支付账单，因为病人病得很重。

A. before在……之前，B. after在……之后，C. as作为，D. for为了。根据“as the patient was very ill.”可知，因为病人病得非常严重，因此病人的家人要求先做手术，在手术后支付账单。故选B。

5.句意：这位护士刚来工作，听说了这种情况，做了一个令人惊讶的决定。

A. waited for等待，B. talked about谈论关于，C. cared for关心，D. heard about听说。根据“who had just arrived to work,”可知，她刚来这里工作，因此她听说了这件事。故选D。

6.句意：她摘下她的金镯子，把它拿到收银台，说她会用它来支付那个病人的账单。

A. buy买，B. sell卖，C. cost花费，D. cover覆盖，支付。根据“She removed her golden bracelet(手镯), took it to the cashier's desk(收银台)”可知，此处表示拿着那只金手镯去收银台，去支付那个病人的账单。故选D。

7.句意：尽管这个手镯是她拥有的唯一的值钱的首饰，那个护士把它捐给了那个病人，即使他对她来说完全是一个陌生人。

A. valuable有价值的，B. beautiful漂亮的，C. interesting有趣的，D. useful有用的。根据前文的“golden bracelet”可知，金手镯是一个值钱的首饰，故选A。

8.句意：尽管这个手镯是她拥有的唯一的值钱的首饰，那个护士把它捐给了那个病人，即使他对她来说完全是一个陌生人。

A. friend朋友，B. director导演，C. lover爱人，D. stranger陌生人。根据前文的语境可知，她刚到那个医院工作，听说了这件事，因此不认识那个病人，因此这个病人对她来说是一个陌生人。故选D。

9.句意：这个护士的行为引起了那天值班的那个医生的注意。

A. paid支付，B. realized意识到，C. caught抓住，D. described描写，catch one’s attention of sb“引起某人的注意”，故选C。

10.句意：爱就像微笑——除非它们被送出去，否则它们两个都没有价值。

A. some一些，用于肯定句；B. any任何的，用于否定句或一般疑问句；C. no没有；D. one一个。根据neither可知，此处是否定句，因此用any修饰value。故选B。