I was an unlucky nurse who had to work on Christmas Day. It was always_______in the emergency room on this day; so I was not expecting any patients. When I was complaining about _________ on such a beautiful festival, five people showed up at my desk—a pale woman and four small children.
"Are you all sick?" I asked in a (an)_________way because they seemed all right.
"Yes," the women answered _________ and lowered her head.
But when they started to present their problems, things got a little vague. Two of the children had headaches, _______ the headaches weren’t accompanied by the normal body language such as holding the head. Two children had earaches, but neither of them could tell me _________ ear in pain. The mother complained of a cough but seemed to be _______.
Something was wrong, but I didn’t say anything but explained that it might take a while _________a doctor could meet them. “Take your _______, please.” the mother responded. Then, I checked their charts ----no address. Suddenly I knew they were homeless and the hospital was ____________.
I looked out at the family, gathering together under by the Christmas tree, smiling and ______________with each other sweetly. Quietly, I went back to nurses’ station and told them that we had a homeless____________ in the waiting room. It was just like God sending us a ____________on Christmas Day. The nurses’ station suddenly came back to______________. All the nurses went into action, just as we did when there was a real ______________emergency. But this one was a “Christmas emergency”.
We ____________our meals for our Christmas “patients”. We also put together oranges and apples ______________presents. Usually we just tried to______________the physical needs of our patients. But today, we worked hard to exceed(超越) the needs of a family who only ______________a warm place on Christmas Day.
Later, when the family was leaving, the four-year-old came back, gave me a____________, "Thanks for being our angels today." she whispered in my ear.
1.A.noisy B.quiet C.bright D.dark
2.A.studying B.talking C.playing D.working
3.A.expecting B.unbelieving C.forgetting D.accepting
4.A.excitedly B.surprisingly C.strongly D.weakly
5.A.or B.so C.but D.and
6.A.which B.what C.how D.why
7.A.explaining B.understanding C.pretending D.promoting
8.A.before B.unless C.after D.when
9.A.money B.breath C.time D.break
10.A.cold B.warm C.big D.small
11.A.quarreling B.fighting C.competing D.chatting
12.A.family B.mother C.girl D.boy
13.A.job B.luck C.gift D.help
14.A.space B.earth C.school D.life
15.A.medical B.physical C.political D.history
16.A.made out B.took out C.turned out D.put out
17.A.as B.for C.on D.in
18.A.cut B.meet C.increase D.miss
19.A.built B.escaped C.refused D.wanted
20.A.cake B.bag C.visit D.kiss
—It ________ be John who is in the office.
—No, it ________ be him. I saw him off at the airport half an hour ago.
A. can’t; can’t B. must; can’t
C. must; mustn’t D. may; mustn’t
He was allowed to go swimming _______ he kept near the other boys.
A.on condition that B.as far as C.even if D.as though
As John Lennon once said, life is ________ happens to you while you are busy making other plans.
A.Which B.that
C.what D.where
The country life he was used to _____ greatly since 1992.
A.change B.has changed
C.changing D.have changed
Helen had to shout ________ above the sound of the music.
A.making herself hear B.to make herself hear
C.making herself heard D.to make herself heard
