Two men, both seriously ill, were in the same hospital room. One man was allowed to _
16_ up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was _
17_ the room’s only window. The other man on the other side of the room had to _
18_ all his time lying on his back in bed.
Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up he _
19_ pass the time by describing to his _
20 all the things he could see outside the window. “The window overlooks a _
21_ with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans play on the water _22_ children sail their model boats. Young lovers walk _
23_ among flowers of every colour. Grand old trees grace(装扮) the landscape, and a fine _
24_ of the city skyline can be seen in the distance.” As the man by the window _
25_ all this in detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and _
26_ the scene.
Days and weeks passed. On morning, the day nurse came only to find the man by the window had died _
27_ in his sleep. When the man’s body was _
28_, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the
_29_. The nurse agreed and after making sure he was _
30_, she left. Slowly and painfully, the man raised himself
_31_ to take his first look at the _
32_ world outside by himself. But to his _
33_, he found it faced nothing _
34_ a blank wall.
In fact, the man by the window was _
35_ and could not even see the wall. He just wanted to encourage his roommate.
| 小题1: | | A．wake | B．climb | C．sit | D．stand |
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| 小题2: | | A．well above | B．just over | C．far from | D．next to |
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| 小题3: | | A．spend | B．lose | C．waste | D．save |
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| 小题4: | | A．could | B．would | C．might | D．should |
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| 小题5: | | A．doctor | B．nurse | C．friend | D．roommate |
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| 小题6: | | A．wall | B．street | C．fence | D．park |
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| 小题7: | | A．when | B．while | C．since | D．though |
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| 小题8: | | A．step by step | B．arm in arm | C．face to face | D．one by one |
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| 小题9: | | A．view | B．sign | C．symbol | D．mark |
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| 小题10: | | A．explained | B．described | C．watched | D．heard |
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| 小题11: | | A．think | B．expect | C．imagine | D．guess |
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| 小题12: | | A．peacefully | B．bravely | C．helplessly | D．sadly |
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| 小题13: | | A．put away | B．taken away | C．picked up | D．caught up |
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| 小题14: | | A．wall | B．park | C．lake | D．window |
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| 小题15: | | A．dead | B．amazed | C．comfortable | D．encouraged |
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| 小题16: | | A．planning | B．trying | C．refusing | D．wishing |
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| 小题17: | | A．previous | B．embarrassing | C．beautiful | D．favorite |
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| 小题18: | | A．horror | B．delight | C．surprise | D．sadness |
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| 小题20: | | A．dead | B．deaf | C．pitiful | D．blind |
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