It was only a few weeks after my surgery. I went to Dr. Belt’s office for a
36 . It was just after my first chemotherapy treatment(化疗). My scar was still very tender.(疼痛的)
37 . I was taken to an examination room to have my blood
38 , again—a terrifying process for me, since I’m so frightened of
39 .
I lay down on the
40 . Then Ramona entered the room. Her
41 smile was familiar, and
42 in contrast to my fears. I’d first seen her in the office a few weeks earlier. She wasn’t my 43 on that day, but I remember her because she was laughing. What could she
44 find to laugh about at a time like this? So I decided she wasn’t
45 enough about the whole thing.
But this day was
46 . Ramona had taken my blood before. She
47 my fear of needles, and she kindly
48 the medical equipment under a magazine. As we opened the layers of bandage, the
49 scar on my chest could be seen.
She gently
50 over and ran her hand across the scar,
51 the smoothness of the healing skin. I began to cry gently and quietly. She brought her warm eyes to mine and said, “You haven’t
52 it yet, have you?” And I said, “No.”
I continued to cry gently. In
53 tones she said. “This is part of your body. This is you. It’s okay to touch it.” But I couldn’t. So she touched it for me. The
54 . The healing wound. And beneath it, she touched my heart.
That night as I lay down, I gently placed my hand on my chest and I left it there
55 I fell asleep. I knew I wasn’t alone.
| 小题1: | | A．prescription | B．checkup | C．conversation | D．discussion |
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| 小题2: | | A．At once | B．As usual | C．In fact | D．In addition |
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| 小题3: | | A．corrected | B．mixed | C．drawn | D．cleaned |
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| 小题4: | | A．doctors | B．nurses | C．blood | D．needles |
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| 小题5: | | A．operation table | B．office floor | C．examining bed | D．test bed |
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| 小题6: | | A．weak | B．bitter | C．shy | D．warm |
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| 小题7: | | A．worked out | B．stood out | C．found out | D．gave out |
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| 小题8: | | A．girl | B．partner | C．companion | D．nurse |
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| 小题9: | | A．accidentally | B．particularly | C．possibly | D．actually |
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| 小题10: | | A．serious | B．curious | C．worried | D．nervous |
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| 小题11: | | A．different | B．difficult | C．pleasant | D．common |
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| 小题12: | | A．talked about | B．got around | C．knew about | D．put away |
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| 小题13: | | A．found | B．replaced | C．showed | D．hid |
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| 小题15: | | A．came | B．went | C．searched | D．reached |
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| 小题16: | | A．examining | B．covering | C．pressing | D．removing |
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| 小题17: | | A．watched | B．discovered | C．touched | D．unfolded |
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| 小题18: | | A．tough | B．soft | C．cold | D．strict |
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| 小题19: | | A．bandage | B．soul | C．pain | D．scar |
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| 小题20: | | A．after | B．until | C．since | D．when |
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