Question

A hospital is needed by every living person at the time of birth, death, physical injuries, or sickness. It is always a   16   place where family members can gather around the person who needs the   17   of well trained medical doctors and nurses.

As Nicole Hagen and Ricky Beebe were born into the Hagen family in 1998, the parents were both in the delivery (分娩) room. This is a   18   as the tradition has been for the father to be in the next room.   19   hospitals have a birthing room where there is an extra sofa and a chair for the father to either sit or even to sleep on next to his wife. Many   20   are taken of the new baby within a few minutes of his or her   21  . Even a video can be made with the proud father taking pictures of the doctor, nurses, mother, and baby. A nurse may take a   22   picture of the father, mother, and baby. Young children will not see the baby   23   the doctor and nurses allow them into the room many hours later.

At the death of Grandma Hagen, the adult children   24   at her bedside. As she was dying, her children talked to her, read the Bible, and even sang some of her  25   songs. The nurses would check on her very often and the doctor came as his time   26  . She was given pain pills   27   her last few hours would be as  28   as possible. When she died the family cried together in sorrow for the loss of their mother. Grandpa Hagen had died fourteen years   29  . Grandma Hagen was 82 when she died.

Doctors operate on broken bones   30   by accidents in factories or car accidents. Children sometimes fall down stairs where an arm is   31  . Athletes get hurt in   32   of football, basketball, baseball, track, and soccer. Most injuries are repaired very successfully   33   the great skill of the doctor.

Illness from disease, alcohol, or smoking often requires a person to stay a long period in the hospital. People like to recover   34  . However, if medical care is needed, a hospital may be the   35   home for some patients.

1.	A．beautiful B．big C．quiet D．nice

2.	A．operation B．help C．check D．medicine

3.	A．development B．fact C．question D．try

4.	A．Modern B．New C．Many D．Large

5.	A．things B．gifts C．people D．pictures

6.	A．chance B．falling C．birth D．sight

7.	A．valuable B．necessary C．family D．hospital

8.	A．until B．as C．if D．when

9.	A．gathered B．looked C．pointed D．smiled

10.	A．old B．favorite C．own D．new

11.	A．went by B．arrived C．remained D．allowed

12.	A．so that B．even though C．as if D．that

13.	A．happy B．pleased C．comfortable D．lucky

14.	A．ago B．faster C．later D．earlier

15.	A．made B．caused C．controlled D．brought

16.	A．broken B．raised C．pained D．stretched

17.	A．cases B．conditions C．games D．playground

18.	A．in the form of B．thanks to C．out of D．from

19.	A．at once B．at home C．easily D．as well

20.	A．usual B．common C．second D．free

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.B

20.C

【解析】

1.C医院是安静的地方。

2.B句意是：需要医生的帮助。

3.A 从后面的句子： as the tradition has been for the father to be in the next room. 传统上爸爸是在隔壁房间的，说明这是一个发展。

4.A和前面的traditional对应的是modern。

5.D考查词组take pictures of“拍照片”

6.C句意是：在孩子出生的几分钟之内。

7.C从后面的father, mother, and baby看出是family。

8.A考查句型：not…until…“直到…才”，

9.A句意是：聚集在她的床边。

10.B句意是：唱一些她最喜欢的歌。

11.D表示他时间允许的话。

12.A表示“为了”

13.C这样可以让他们尽可能的舒服。

14.D表示奶奶14年前死了。

15.B caused是过去分词做定语，修饰broken bones，表示由事故导致的骨折。

16.A 由前面broken bones说明膀子断了。

17.C 从后面football, basketball, baseball, track, and soccer可能出是比赛。

18.B考查词组thanks to“多亏了”，

19.B句意是：人们喜欢在家康复。

20.C 句意是：医院是病人的第二个家。