Once Dr.Mellinkoff invited me to join him at the hospital to discuss interesting cases with his students．The case at hand was a Guatemalan man, aged 34, who had a fever and many other medical problems．His condition was not improving, and there was not much hope he would live．
Dr.Mellinkoff asked to see the patient．He introduced himself in Spanish and, in a very gentle voice, asked how he felt．The patient smiled and said everything was all right．Then the doctor asked if he was able to eat．The patient said that he had no desire to eat．
"Are you getting food you like?"
The patient said nothing．
"Do you get the kind of food you have at home?"
The answer was no．
The doctor put his hand on the man's shoulder and his voice was very soft．
"If; you had food that you liked, would you eat it?"
"Yes, yes," the patient said．
The change in the patient's appearance couldn't have been more obvious．Nothing was said, but it was easy to tell that a message had been sent and! had also been received．
Later, the doctor asked why the Guatemalan man wasn't getting food he could eat．One of the students said, "We all know how difficult it is to get the kitchen to make special meals．"
"Suppose," the doctor replied, "you felt a certain medicine was absolutely necessary but that our hospital didn't carry it, would you accept defeat or would you insist the hospital meet your request?"
"I would probably insist," the student said．
"Very well," the doctor said．"You might want to try the same method in the kitchen．It won't be easy, but I can help you．Meanwhile, let's get some food inside this man as fast as possible, and stay with it．Or he'll be killed by hunger．By the way, there must be someone among you who can speak Spanish．If we want to make real progress, we need to be able to talk with him．"
Three weeks later, Doctor Mellinkoff told me that the Guatemalan man had left the hospital under his own power．It takes more than medicine to help sick people; you also have to talk to them and make them comfortable．
1.The patient had no desire to eat because .
A．he was not hungry B．he was seriously ill
C．he was given special meals D．he was not satisfied with the food
2.According to the passage, we can conclude that .
A．the patient’s native language was Spanish
B．the patient’s illness was caused by hunger
C．Dr. Mellinkoff performed an operation on the patient
D．the hospital failed to provide the right medicine for the patient
3.Which of the following words can be used to describe Dr. Mellinkoff?
A．Cold. B．Considerate.C．Curious. D．Careless.
4.What do you think Dr. Mellinkoff wanted to tell his students in this case?
A．Doctors should be good at foreign languages.
B．Doctors should know their patients’ real problems.
C．Doctors should try to improve their medical skills.
D．Doctors should have a good relationship with their patients.
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Night after night, as was often the case, she’d lean down and push my long hair out of the 36 ,then kiss my forehead.
I don’t remember when it first started 37 me. But it did. Finally one night, I shouted out as her, “Don’t do that any more – your hands are too 38 ！” She didn’t say anything in reply. But never again did my mother 39 my day with that familiar 40 of her love.
With the years passing, my thoughts 41 to that night, when I missed my mother’s hands, missed her goodnight 42 on my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very 43 , while sometimes far away. But always it was hidden in the back of my 44 . Now Mom is in her seventies, and those hands that I 45 thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my 46 . And now my own children are grown and gone. One Thanksgiving Eve, 47 I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a 48 hand hesitantly run across my face to 49 the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so 50 , touched my brow.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night and my young voice 51 . “Don’t do that any more – your hands are too rough!” 52 , I caught Mom’s hand in hand, saying how 53 I was for that night. I thought she’d remember, as I did. But Mom didn’t know 54 I was talking about. She had forgotten, and forgiven long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new 55 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
1.A．place B．way C．order D．shape
2.A．pleasing B．frightening C．satisfying D．annoying
3.A．sweet B．tough C．ugly D．rough
4.A．take up B．give up C．end up D．break up
5.A．expressionB．symbol C．promise D．experience
6.A．remained B．returned C．occurred D．missed
7.A．story B．greeting C．kiss D．song
8.A．close B．serious C．different D．unusual
9.A．brain B．mind C．spirit D．heart
10.A．once B．even C．still D．always
11.A．husband B．children C．family D．father
12.A．as B．before C．although D．since
13.A．rough B．reliable C．thin D．familiar
14.A．tidy B．touch C．brush D．wiped
15.A．gently B．friendly C．closely D．weakly
16.A．wept B．whispered C．complained D．struggled
17.A．On time B．All at once C．Once again D．As usual
18.A．grateful B．anxious C．sorry D．excited
19.A．where B．why C．what D．whom
20.A．memory B．sense C．pleasure D．appreciation
The officer insisted the young girl______a thief and ordered she______free.
A.was not；be set B.should not be；be set
C.was not；was to be set D.was not；set
I have to see the doctor because I a lot lately.
A.have been coughing B.had coughed C. coughed D. cough
Many people have been ill with a strange disease these days,____ we’d never heard of before.
A.one B.that C.it D.this
——Will you come to my office when you your work?
——Sure.
A．finished B．are finishing C．have finished D．will finish
