1 . I can still remember every change of intonation whenever I recall what that old lady said to me, “Life may give me up, but I’ll never give up my life.”
She was admitted to hospital because of her stroke（中风）for the second time, which also meant that I need to spend a lot of
____ with her.
Honestly, she was a good patient, with no complaint, no
____ requirements, and she always cooperated with me very well, which I
____ very much. And she always held an optimistic point of view toward her condition,
____ I guessed she knew that there wouldn’t be much improvement. I actually asked why in a
____ way, and she said to me the very sentence. It was not spoken very clearly, since her stroke had
____ the movement of her tongue. I was not moved then, since after spending a few months in this hospital, I was almost
____And that old lady had
____ stroke a few days later, which made her unable to speak or move anymore. I thought she would be
____ as others, lying there, waiting the day, and crying sometimes. But I was wrong. She still held that someday, somehow, she would fully
____, though both she and I knew the possibility for that was extremely small.
Then, the very sentence she said
____ to me. A patient with absolute no hope still held the optimistic aspect in her life, regardless how
____ it was. How could I lead my life in that way? Since then, I’ve tried harder and worked harder. I would not give up my life either.
1. | A．Chance | B．time | C．life | D．money |
2. | A．practical | B．unreasonable | C．acceptable | D．meaningful |
3. | A．Enjoyed | B．suffered | C．appreciated | D．congratulated |
4. 5. | A．brave | B．daring | C．secret | D．cautious |
6. | A．Affected | B．disturbed | C．improved | D．increased |
7. | A．Indifferent | B．frightened | C．concerned | D．anxious |
8. | A．other | B．another | C．few | D．little |
9. | A．Silently | B．painfully | C．exactly | D．patiently |
10. | A．Operate | B．succeed | C．understand | D．recover |
11. | A．lived up | B．looked forward | C．made sense | D．worked out |
12. | A．expected | B．negative | C．strange | D．Unlikely |
