1 . I watched a wonderful video showing my friend Kieran Jordan dancing beautifully. I felt very_____________to see how she had responded to her illness.
Kieran has been living with Lyme disease (莱姆病) for two years. She first fell_______________in the summer of 2017, feeling tired, but the cause went undiagnosed and___________. After ten months, a medical provider recognized it as Lyme, but a lot of___________had been done._____________most health insurance plans do not cover Lyme disease, helpful friends_________________a GoFundMe page,_________________more than $39,000 for Kieran.
She said,“GoFundMe saved my life. The disease is_______for two years. It’s been long and difficult, but not everyone has the kind of community _______________that I have.”
At the first signs of the illness, she saw several medical professionals. She said,“The__________ is that for ten months they________the diagnosis. They didn’t even test me for Lyme.”However, she is now making progress. “I am getting back some________________.”
Kieran is now seeing two physicians who specialize in Lyme. But she said________________that the health care system is so far behind in dealing with Lyme. “It’s not a__________disease, but Lyme disease is not included in our healthcare system and our insurance system.”In a Facebook post, Kieran told her friends,“I can see that I AM________. But I’m sometimes smiling through the tears!”
1. A.confused | B.encouraged | C.grateful | D.annoyed |
2. A.asleep | B.silent | C.desperate | D.ill |
3. A.untreated | B.unnoticed | C.unchallenged | D.unexpressed |
4. A.business | B.research | C.work | D.damage |
5. 6. A.reached | B.formed | C.blamed | D.destroyed |
7. A.earning | B.raising | C.costing | D.paying |
8. A.going on | B.preparing | C.waiting | D.working out |
9. A.trouble | B.leaders | C.support | D.needs |
10. A.reality | B.proof | C.information | D.expectation |
11. A.determined | B.doubted | C.missed | D.studied |
12. A.money | B.popularity | C.confidence | D.strength |
13. A.peacefully | B.hopefully | C.absently | D.disappointedly |
14. A.serious | B.rare | C.common | D.mental |
15. A.helping | B.deciding | C.healing | D.continuing |