The Making of a Surgeon
How does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a “surgeon”? As my year as chief resident （进修医生） drew to a close, I asked myself this question 36 more than one occasion．
The answer, I concluded, was 37 ．When you can say to yourself, “There is no surgical patient I cannot treat competently, treat just 38 or better than any other surgeon”-- then, and not until then, you are 39 a surgeon．I was 40 that point．
41 , for example, the emergency situations that we met almost every night．The first few months of the year I had 42 the ringing of the telephone．I knew it meant another critical decision to be 43 ．Often, after I had told Walt or Larry what to do in a particular 44 , I'd have trouble getting back to sleep．I'd 45 all the facts of the case and, often, wonder 46 I had made a poor decision．More than once at two or three in the 47 , after lying awake for an hour, I’d get out of 48 , dress and drive to the hospital to see the patient myself．It was the only 49 I could find the 50 of mind I needed to relax．
Now, in the last month of my residency, 51 was no longer a problem．Sometimes I still couldn’t be sure of my decision, but I had learned to 52 this as a constant problem for a surgeon．I knew that with my knowledge and experience, any decision I'd made was bound to be a 53 one．It was a nice feeling．
This all sounds conceited （自负的） and I guess it is -- 54 a surgeon needs conceit．He needs it to encourage him in trying moments when he's bothered by the 55 and uncertainties that are part of the practice of medicine．He has to feel that he's as good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the world．Call it conceit -- call it self-confidence; whatever it was, I had it．
| 小题2: | | A．self-service | B．self-centered | C．self-reliant | D．self-confidence |
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| 小题3: | | A．as good as | B．as well as | C．as far as | D．as long as |
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| 小题4: | | A．indeed | B．maybe | C．perhaps | D．even |
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| 小题5: | | A．waiting | B．standing | C．lying | D．nearing |
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| 小题6: | | A．Let | B．Take | C．Have | D．Get |
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| 小题7: | | A．valued | B．avoided | C．feared | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题8: | | A．made | B．applied | C．included | D．developed |
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| 小题9: | | A．condition | B．state | C．occasion | D．situation |
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| 小题10: | | A．retell | B．review | C．revise | D．remind |
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| 小题12: | | A．evening | B．day | C．morning | D．afternoon |
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| 小题13: | | A．flat | B．bed | C．house | D．apartment |
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| 小题14: | | A．means | B．approach | C．method | D．way |
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| 小题15: | | A．peace | B．trouble | C．sorrow | D．excitement |
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| 小题16: | | A．driving | B．reviewing | C．sleeping | D．lying |
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| 小题17: | | A．expect | B．accept | C．respect | D．inspect |
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| 小题18: | | A．critical | B．poor | C．sound | D．difficult |
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| 小题20: | | A．confidence | B．conceit | C．solutions | D．doubts |
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