Question

Have you ever noticed how hard it can be to find the right words? I have, frequently! And there are times 1. I am certain the right words do not even exist.

More than once I have been called to a hospital emergency room or to be with a family around the bed of a 2. (die) relative. And more than once I’ve been at a 3. (lose) for words.

4. wise doctor at a university teaching hospital once made a comment about comforting those who suffer. Someone asked the doctor 5. advice he offered his students, the future doctors, when caring for mothers who gave birth 6. lifeless babies. The doctor paused for a moment. Then he said, “I tell them they need two eyes. With one eye they have to check the drip. And with the 7. they have to weep. That’s what I tell them.”

That may be some of 8. (wise) advice I’ve heard. We may not always need to figure out what to say; we really only need two eyes. In Emily Dickinson’s words, “Saying nothing sometimes says the most.” It says I want to walk alongside them, difficult 9. it may be. My 10. (present) is something they can draw real strength and hope from.

Answer

1.when

2.dying

3.loss

4.A

5.what

6.to

7.other

8.the wisest

9.as/though

10.presence

【解析】本文主要讲了作者在很多情况下，不知道该如何选择合适的词去安慰别人。后来，一位在大学任教的聪明的医生给出了作者一些建议。

1.考查定语从句。这里含有一个定语从句，关系词在从句中作时间状语，所以填when。

2.考查形容词。表示“一位垂死的亲戚”，所以填dying。

3.考查固定用法。句意：不止一次，我不知道该怎么说。At a loss for words是固定用法，意思是不知道怎么说。所以填loss。

4.考查冠词。泛指“一位聪明的医生”，所以用不定冠词，且wise的首字母发音是辅音，所以填A。

5.考查宾语从句。这里含有一个宾语从句，引导词在从句中作offered的宾语，所以填what。

6.考查固定短语。句意：当照顾生出死婴的母亲时。Give birth to是固定用法，意思是生孩子。所以填to。

7.考查固定用法。One…the other 表示两者中的一个……,另一个……。所以填other。

8.考查最高级。句意：那可能是我所听到的最聪明的建议。所以填the wisest。

9.考查连词。句意：尽管它很困难。所以填as/though。

10.考查名词。作句子主语，所以用名词形式。