1 . One morning, Chand, working as an assistant in an Indian hospital, spotted me outside the Covid-19 ward (病房). I was then _________ trying to find out about my brother’s _________. But it was a terrible day for doctors — some patients had died, and new _________ were being wheeled in throughout.
So Chand _________ to me and asked if he could help. I told him it had been three days since my brother was put on a ventilator (呼吸机), and no one came to update us. Chand _________ help and told me that there had been no turn for the _________ in the last 10 hours.
I was _________ because it was just what I needed to hear while I waited for an hour outside the ward, anxious and ___________. I told Chand how depressed I had felt until his___________ cut through my panic.
Later, I often ______________ Chand and his colleagues to take messages, bringing support and ______________. His hopeful words gave me some relief. In the most difficult times in my life, such kind, calming words______________ a lot to me.
When my brother was discharged after nearly a month, I sent a message, expressing my gratitude to him for his ______________ help and endless efforts. And I was so impressed by his ______________ under such circumstances. He is a ______________ in this fight like doctors and nurses.
1. A.desperately | B.awfully | C.normally | D.kindly |
2. A.surgery | B.instruction | C.condition | D.medicine |
3. A.patients | B.doctors | C.nurses | D.assistants |
4. A.rose up | B.attended | C.walked up | D.replied |
5. A.called for | B.accepted | C.shouted for | D.offered |
6. A.better | B.stronger | C.sadder | D.worse |
7. A.annoyed | B.satisfied | C.dizzy | D.grateful |
8. A.scared | B.hurt | C.sensitive | D.envied |
9. A.supply | B.words | C.influence | D.choices |
10. A.turned in | B.called in | C.relied on | D.took on |
11. A.comfort | B.ideas | C.caution | D.solutions |
12. A.changed | B.meant | C.conveyed | D.benefited |
13. A.technical | B.enjoyable | C.timely | D.previous |
14. A.movement | B.devotion | C.decision | D.achievement |
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