2 . Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to _____ in his bed for an hour each afternoon for treatment. His _____ was next to the room's only window. The other man _____ spend all his time flat on his back. Every _____ when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he _____ pass the time by describing to his _____ all the things he could see outside the window. The window overlooked a _____ with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children _____ their model boats. Young lovers walked _____ among flowers. As the man by the window described all this beautifully, the other man would close his eyes and _____ the scene.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the _____ body of the man by the window, who had died _____ in his sleep. She was saddened and _____ the hospital attendants (服务员) to take the body away. _____ it seemed appropriate (合适的), the other man asked if he could _____ next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after _____ he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he sat up to take his _____ look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the _____ of seeing it for himself. He strained (紧张地) to slowly turn to _____ the window beside the bed. It faced a blank(空白的) wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have forced his dead roommate to _____ those wonderful things outside this window. The nurse answered that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”