Question

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room．One man was   1   to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain（排出） the liquid from his lungs．His bed was next to the room’s only   2  ．The other man had to spend all his time   3   on his back．The men talked for hours  4  ．

They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their   5   in the military service．And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by   6   to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window．The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be    7   by all the activity and color of the world outside．

The window  38   a park with a lovely lake．Ducks and swans played on the water while children 9    their model boats．Young lovers walked arm in arm among flowers of every color of the rainbow．Grand old trees beautified the   10   , and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance．As the man by the window described all this in detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and   11   the nice scene．

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade ____12___．Although the other man couldn’t hear the band - he could see it in his mind’s   13   as the gentleman by the window represented it with descriptive words．

Days and weeks passed．One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the   14    body of the man by the window, who had died    15   in his sleep．She was    16   and called the hospital attendants to take the body away．

As soon as it seemed   17  , the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window．The nurse was happy to make the   18   , and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone．Slowly and painfully, he   19  himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside．Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself．He tried hard to slowly turn to look out of the window beside the bed．It faced a   20   wall．

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled（強(qiáng)迫） his dead roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window．The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall．She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you．"

1．A．a(chǎn)ccused                B．a(chǎn)ppointed             C．a(chǎn)llowed               D．encouraged

2．A．door                     B．window               C．desk                   D．mirror

3．A．sad                       B．sideways             C．dull                     D．flat

4．A．on end                  B．of late                 C．a(chǎn)t length              D．a(chǎn)s a whole

5．A．involvement           B．settlement            C．a(chǎn)ppointment         D．a(chǎn)ccomplishment

6．A．whispering            B．explaining            C．reading                D．describing

7．A．classified               B．broadened            C．brightened           D．developed

8．A．overexposed          B．extended              C．overlooked          D．expanded

9．A．sailed                    B．made                   C．built                    D．loaded

10．A．hospital               B．window               C．spot                    D．landscape

11．A．consider              B．enjoy                   C．imagine               D．a(chǎn)ppreciate

12．A．moving on           B．passing by          C．speeding by         D．going on

13．A．face                    B．head                    C．brain                   D．eye

14．A．lively                   B．lifeless                 C．lifelong                D．mindless

15．A．peacefully            B．painfully              C．quietly                 D．sadly

16．A．shocked              B．saddened             C．embarrassed        D．frightened

17．A．changeable          B．a(chǎn)ppropriate          C．conscious            D．certain

18．A．switch                B．choice                 C．a(chǎn)rrangement        D．difference

19．A．controlled            B．brought               C．supported            D．kept

20．A．shabby                B．ugly                    C．beautiful              D．blank

Answer 1

1—5 CBDAA   6—10 DBCAD   11—15 CBDBA   16—20 BBACD