Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
36 man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room's only
37 . The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
They talked for hours
38 . Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up, he
39 pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The other man felt his world would be
40 and enlivened by all the wonderful world outside.
The window overlooked a
41 with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children
42 their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm in flowers. A fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the
43 .
As the man by the window described all this in delicate
44 , the other man would close his eyes and
45 the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade
46 .
47 the other man couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with
48 words.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse arrived,
49 to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and had the body taken away.
The other man asked to be
50 next to the window. Painfully, he sat up to take his first look at the world outside.
51 , he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
He slowly turn to look out the window. It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have
52 his roommate to describe such wonderful things outside. The nurse
53 that the man was blind. "Perhaps he just wanted to
54 you."
Shared grief is half the sorrow,
55 happiness when shared, is doubled.
| 小题1: | | A．The one | B．One | C．Another | D．This |
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| 小题2: | | A．entrance | B．exit | C．passage | D．window |
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| 小题3: | | A．on end | B．in vain | C．at ease | D．after all |
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| 小题4: | | A．would | B．should | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题5: | | A．shortened | B．deepened | C．broadened | D．sharpened |
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| 小题6: | | A．courtyard | B．market | C．wood | D．park |
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| 小题7: | | A．flew | B．designed | C．sailed | D．swapped |
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| 小题8: | | A．distance | B．way | C．process | D．course |
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| 小题9: | | A．effect | B．particular | C．detail | D．relief |
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| 小题10: | | A．expose | B．imagine | C．realize | D．spot |
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| 小题11: | | A．passing away | B．passing by | C．passing down | D．passing out |
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| 小题12: | | A．Because | B．As | C．Once | D．Although |
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| 小题13: | | A．descriptive | B．productive | C．sensitive | D．tentative |
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| 小题14: | | A．strangely | B．surprisingly | C．sceptically | D．only |
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| 小题15: | | A．substituted | B．offered | C．switched | D．organized |
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| 小题16: | | A．Willingly | B．Finally | C．Generously | D．Occasionally |
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| 小题17: | | A．sacrificed | B．referred | C．motivated | D．intended |
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| 小题18: | | A．responded | B．respected | C．requested | D．resisted |
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| 小题19: | | A．recover | B．defend | C．observe | D．encourage |
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