I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I've seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. “There’s a
36 in my upper jaw,” she said. “I told my own dentist it's nothing, but he 37 I come to see you.”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would
38 to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the
39 of her mouth. A careful examination later
40 that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment, I explained to her the
41 of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just
42 . ”
I thought otherwise. After considerable
43 on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to
44 me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon(外科医生). She saw him, but as I expected,
45 treatment.
About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and
46 .
“How are you?” I asked.
“I’m just fine, honey,” she responded
47 high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all, I answered
48 , “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it.”
I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had
49 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness
50 .
I had read of such things happening, but had
51 seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I've seen many others, because they keep getting
52 to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle,
53 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to
54 the miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle, I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is
55 we choose to find it.
| 小题1: | | A．cut | B．pain | C．wound | D．cancer |
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| 小题2: | | A．declared | B．suspected | C．promised | D．insisted |
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| 小题3: | | A．refuse | B．continue | C．attempt | D．manage |
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| 小题4: | | A．roof | B．corner | C．bottom | D．surface |
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| 小题5: | | A．confirmed | B．convinced | C．considered | D．conducted |
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| 小题6: | | A．possibility | B．importance | C．seriousness | D．resolution |
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| 小题8: | | A．permission | B．support | C．approval | D．effort |
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| 小题9: | | A．persuade | B．please | C．encourage | D．astonish |
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| 小题10: | | A．declined | B．provided | C．received | D．required |
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| 小题11: | | A．healthy | B．elegant | C．optimistic | D．humorous |
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| 小题13: | | A．worriedly | B．confusedly | C．patiently | D．confidently |
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| 小题14: | | A．covered | B．reached | C．spread | D．grown |
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| 小题15: | | A．cured | B．faded | C．expanded | D．remained |
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| 小题16: | | A．ever | B．also | C．never | D．already |
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| 小题17: | | A．easier | B．rarer | C．happier | D．closer |
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| 小题20: | | A．whatever | B．wherever | C．whoever | D．whichever |
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