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空白处的最佳选项。
Simply saying thank you doesn't seem enough in certain situations. I was considering
this while working as a ___41__ Just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different ____42___ of gratitude ( 感谢 ).
My thoughts were soon ___43___. We had a woman patient who was ___44____ from
a knee replacement operation. One afternoon, while __45___to get into bed she collapsed ( 倒下 ) from what was ____46_____ discovered to be a heart attack. The collapse was disastrous, ___47____ the emergency medical team and good teamwork. But she recovered, though ___48___ ,and was ready for discharge ( 出院 )after four weeks.
She was __49____ for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her. On her day of discharge, we shared in her ___50____ at her recovery. As she was ____51___ she was eager to say___52____ to each of us in the nursing team. When she ___53______ one nurse, she tried to press a five-pound note into her hand. My colleague ____54___ to accept it, saying that we were all just ___55___ our job. The patient looked puzzled, and then____56____: "Oh this isn't for the ___57___ I had. I take that as a ____58____. No, this is for setting my hair yesterday.''
And there you have it. To many people, ___59____lives is part of the job but
styling hair is an ___60____ and should be rewarded.
41. A. cleaner B. chemist C. nurse D. doctor
42. A. grades B. meanings C. needs D. expectations
43. A. brushed aside B. put to the test C. brought under discussion D.taken into account
44. A. departing B. escaping C. retiring D. recovering
45. A. attempting B. choosing C. pausing D. promising
46. A. eventually B. fortunately C. casually D. secretly
47. A. assessing B. requiring C. forming D. proving
48. A. slightly B. accidentally C. slowly D. happily
49. A. grateful B. thoughtful C. sorrowful D. fearful
50. A. surprise B. delight C. curiosity D.disappointment
51.A. operating B. thinking C. hesitating D. leaving
52.A. sorry B. hello C. goodbye D.yes
53.A. reached B. consulted C. introduced D. persuaded
54.A. wished B. pretended C. failed D. refused
55.A. enjoying B. doing C. securing D. starting
56.A. repeated B. recited C. replied D. reported
57.A. courage B. patience C. duty D. care
58.A. goal B. given C. push D. greeting
59. A. risking B.changing C. saving D. building
60.A. honour B. ability C. opening D. extra
C A B D A A B C A B D C A D B C D B C D
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