阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中,选出最佳选项。
On Sunday morning, January 29, the call woke me up. It was the president of ABC News. “Lee, Bob has been __41__ in Iraq,” he said, choosing his words __42__. “He’s alive but he may have taken shrapnel (炮弹碎片) to the brain.”
When I saw Bob in the hospital, nothing could have __43__ me. He was unconscious. His __44__ was swollen to the size of a rugby ball and a piece of his skull was missing. All sorts of __45__ were coming out of his body. His left eye looked like a dead fish. I tried to __46__ myself that he didn’t look that bad, that this was the __47__ and that he’d only get better from here.
There were many months of treatment __48__. Every morning I would head over to the hospital and check on Bob. In the __49__ that a mother uses with her baby I would __50__ to him. I let him know about the kids. I told him stories about us and some of our best __51__ together. I brought music and had home movies for Bob to hear.
One day when I pushed open the door as usual, I __52__. Bob was sitting up in bed, a huge smile on his face. He saw me and __53__ his hands in the air. “Hey, sweetie,” he said, “where have you been?” I tried to speak but no words came out. This was so much more than I’d wanted and prayed for, __54__ I couldn’t really believe it. My husband was __55__ and he was calling me. Half of me wanted to shout in __56__ and gratitude and half of me wanted to __57__ everything, how I’d been there day after day for months. I __58__ to him.
Bob was __59__. He had the best medical treatment possible and the finest doctors. But the most important thing __60__ to be the love that held us close.
1. A.hidden B.caught C.disturbed D.wounded
2. A.seriously B.carefully C.actively D.freely
3. A.pleased B.damaged C.prepared D.choked
4. A.arm B.head C.leg D.hand
5. A.tools B.clothes C.weapons D.tubes
6. A.convince B.accept C.suggest D.imagine
7. A.best B.worst C.least D.most
8. A.then B.ever C.before D.ahead
9. A.name B.sound C.voice D.air
10. A.talk B.shout C.point D.refer
11. A.dreams B.memories C.thoughts D.secrets
12. A.froze B.cried C.failed D.left
13. A.held B.found C.lifted D.seized
14. A.that B.but C.which D.and
15. A.off B.up C.down D.back
16. A.anger B.relief C.faith D.detail
17. A.forget B.follow C.explain D.check
18. A.waved B.walked C.moved D.ran
19. A.fortunate B.patient C.generous D.powerful
20. A.turned up B.turned out C.took up D.took out
Surely it doesn’t matter where the Student Union gets their money from; what ________ is what they do with it.
A.stresses B.applies C.functions D.counts
________ abroad for a tour can be a great honor for an ordinary person like me.
A.Taking B.Taken
C.Being taken D.Having been taken
Mother wanted to be a good provider, a role she _______ since her marriage to Father.
A.shoulders B.has been shouldering
C.is shouldering D.shouldered
What the doctor really doubts is ______ my mother will recover from the serious disease soon.
A.when B.how C.whether D.if
--- Life is all about choices. It’s your choice _______ you live a life.
--- I quite agree. It’ you that choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.
A.where B.why C.that D.how