Question

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

When I was in the seventh grade, I was a volunteer at a local hospital in my town．Most of the ________ I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie．He never had any visitors and nobody seemed to care about his ________.

I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, ________ anything that needed to be done．He became a close friend of mine, ________ he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏) of my ________． Mr. Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).

I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was ________. I didn’t have the ________ to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear that they might ________ me he had died.

Several ________ later, when I was a senior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face．When I ________ who it was, my eyes filled with tears．He was ________! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr. Gillespie. With an uncertain look ________ his face, he replied yes．I ________ how I knew him and that I had spent many days talking with him in the hospital．His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever ________.

He began to tell me that ________ he lay there comatose(昏迷的), he could hear me talking to him and could ________ me holding his hand the whole time. Mr. Gillespie ________ believed that it was my voice and ________ that had kept him alive．

Although I haven’t seen him since, he fills my heart with ________ every day．I know that I made a(n) ________ between his life and his death．

1.A. timeB. energyC. effortD. money

2.A. interestsB. requestsC. conditionsD. opinions

3.A. talking aboutB. looking afterC. pointing outD. helping with

4.A. so thatB. even thoughC. soon afterD. as if

5.A. handB. headC. noseD. arm

6.A. killedB. lostC. goneD. changed

7.A. energyB. chanceC. courageD. time

8.A. cheatB. tellC. remindD. warn

9.A. daysB. weeksC. monthsD. years

10.A. recognizedB. wonderedC. heardD. asked

11.A. wellB. aliveC. happyD. alone

12.A. atB. onC. behindD. in

13.A. apologizedB. rememberedC. explainedD. admitted

14.A. dreamedB. seenC. wantedD. received

15.A. becauseB. ifC. unlessD. although

16.A. noticeB. feelC. imagineD. watch

17.A. hardlyB. quicklyC. firmlyD. nearly

18.A. humorB. dutyC. touchD. success

19.A. sorrowB. excitementC. regretD. joy

20.A. effortB. wishC. differenceD. decision

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