Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

Studies have shown it takes a physician about 18 seconds to interrupt a patient after they begin talking.

It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I     her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an older woman, sitting at the edge of the bed,    to put socks on her swollen feet. I crossed the threshold(门槛), spoke     to the nurse, and scanned her chart noting she was in stable condition. I was almost in the clear.

I leaned on the bedrail looking     at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks.

____, I began a monologue that went something like this: “How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they’re     today. The nurse mentioned you’re anxious to see your     who’s visiting you today. It’s nice to have a family visit from far away. I bet you really look forward to seeing him.”

Each story is     . Some are detailed; others are vague. Some have a beginning, middle and end. Others wander without a clear     . Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really     . What matters to the storyteller is that the story is     —without interruption, assumption or judgment.

Listening to someone’s story costs     than expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and diagnosis.

I often thought of     the woman taught me, and I reminded myself of the     of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in an unexpected     , I became the patient, with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis(诊断为多发性硬化症)at age 31. Now, 20 years later, I sit all the time —in a wheelchair.

For     I could, I continued to see patients from my chair, but I had to resign when my hands were     . I still teach medical students and other health care professionals, but now from the perspective of     and patient.

I tell them I believe in the power of     . I tell them I know firsthand that immeasurable healing takes place within me     someone stops, sits down and listens to my story.

1.A. entered           B. stepped               C. passed            D. approached

2.A. hoping            B. wishing               C. struggling        D. pulling

3.A. quickly           B. slowly                C. carefully         D. carelessly

4.A. away             B. up                    C. around            D. down

5.A. However          B. Instead              C. Therefore         D. Moreover

6.A. good              B. better                C. more               D. well

7.A. son              B. daughter              C. friend            D. sister

8.A. unique            B. similar               C. different         D. wonderful

9.A. way               B. direction             C. conclusion         D. instruction

10.A. attract          B. exist                 C. appeal             D. matter

11.A. appreciated      B. told                  C. enjoyed            D. heard

12.A. less             B. more                  C. higher             D. cheaper

13.A. which            B. how                   C. what              D. that

14.A. pleasure        B. difference            C. behavior           D. importance

15.A. twist            B. accident              C. occasion           D. thing

16.A. as good as       B. as long as            C. as soon as        D. as well as

17.A. wounded          B. affected              C. injected          D. hurt

18.A. physician       B. hospital              C. teacher            D. school

19.A. stopping         B. talking              C. listening          D. sitting

20.A. before           B. when                 C. until              D. unless

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：

1.D考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. entered进入；B. stepped 走，迈步；C. passed通过；D. approached靠近。我快步走向她的病房然后站在门口的过道上。故选D。

2.C考查非谓语动词及上下文的呼应。A. hoping希望；B. wishing希望；C. struggling 努力；D. pulling拉。句意：她是一位上了年纪的老太太，坐在病床的角落旁，很费劲地试图给肿胀的双脚穿上袜子。故选D。

3.考查副词。A. quickly迅速地；B. slowly慢慢地；C. carefully仔细地；D. carelessly粗心地。句意：我跨进屋，快速和护士进行了交流，她目前状况稳定。故选A。

4. 考查词组。A. away离开；B. up起来，上涨；C. around 在---周围；D. down向下。我倚在床栏上低头看着她。故选钻D。

5.B 考查副词。A. However然而；B. Instead相反；C. Therefore因此；D. Moreover另外，此外。句意：她问我是否可以帮她把袜子穿上，而我是自顾自地说起来：---，故选B。

6.考查形容词。A. good好的；B. bette更好；C. more更多；D. well很好地，充分地。你的血糖和血压以前有点高，不过今天好多了。故选B。

7.考查名词。A. son儿子；B. daughter女儿；C. friend朋友；D. sister姐妹。句意：你的儿子今天要来看你，护士说你非常想见他。故选A。

8.考查形容词。A. unique独一无二的；B. similar相似的；C. different不同的；D. wonderful极好的。句意：每个故事都是不同的。故选C。

9.考查名词。A. way方法；B. direction方向；C. conclusion 结论；D. instruction说明。句意：without a clear conclusion没有明确的结尾。一些故事还在继续着没有尾声。故选C。

10.考查动词。A. attract吸引；B. exist存在；C. appeal 吸引；D. matter重要。句意：不过，这些要素都不是最重要的。故选D。

11.考查动词。A. appreciated感激；B. told告诉；C. enjoyed 喜爱；D. heard听见。句意：对讲述者来说，真正重要的是，这个故事要有人去倾听——不要打断，不要臆断，也不要去评价。故选D。

12.考查形容词。A. less更少；B. more更多；C. higher更高；D. cheaper更便宜。句意：去听别人讲故事比进行昂贵的诊断测试成本低得多，但它却是治疗和诊断的关键。故选A。

13.考查介词宾语从句。A. which 哪一个；B. how怎样；C. what 什么（引导宾语从句起双从作用）；D. that引导宾语从句时只起引导作用。句意：我经常去琢磨，那个老妇人究竟让我懂得了什么。故选C。

14.D名词为本题主要考查点。A. pleasure 愉快；B. difference不同；C. behavior 行为；D. importance 重要。 and I reminded myself of the of stopping我仍然记得停止的重要，故选D。

15.A名词为本题主要考查点。A. twist搓；B. accident事故；C. occasion场合； D. thing事情。 in an unexpected 35 , 在一个不希望的混乱环境，故选A。

16.考查状语从句。A. as good as同---一样好；B. as long as 只要；C. as soon as一---就---；D. as well as同---一样好。句意：我曾尽自己所能，继续坐在轮椅上去看病人。故选B。

17.考查动词。A. wounded受伤； B. affected影响；C. injected注入，注射；D. Hurt使受伤。句意：但当我的双手也出现症状后，我不得不选择退休。故选B。

18.考查名词。A. physician 医生,内科医生；B. hospital医生；C. teacher老师；D. school学校。句意：如今我仍然为医科学生和其他医疗专业人员上课，但现在不仅仅是站在医生的角度——还有病人的角度。故选A。

19.考查动词。A. stopping停止；B. talking谈论；C. listening听；D. sitting坐。句意：我跟他们说，我相信倾听是味良药。故选C。

20.考查状语从句。A. before在---以前；B. when当---时候；C. until直到---为止；D. unless除非。