One day, I went to see my last patient(病人), an old woman. In the doorway, I saw she was struggling (挣扎) to put socks on her swollen (浮肿)feet in the bed. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse, read her chart noting. I was almost in the clear that she was not in serious condition.
I asked, “Could I help put on your socks? How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they’re better today. The nurse mentioned you’re anxious to see your son. He’s visiting you today. It’s nice to have a family visit. I think you really look forward to seeing him."
"Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours." She said with a serious voice.
I was surprised as I helped her with the socks. She told me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that was the main cause of her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.
Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are simple. Some have a beginning, middle and end; others don’t have clear ends. Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard — without interruption(打断) or judgment(评价).
It was that woman who taught me the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in an unexpected accident, I became a patient. 20 years later, I sit all the time — in a wheelchair.
For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair. I believe in the power of listening.
【小题1】 How was the old woman?

A.Her feet were swollen. B.Her sugars were high.
C.She was not badly ill.D.Her blood pressure was better.
【小题2】How did the doctor know that the old woman’s son was visiting her? 
A.The nurse told him.B.The old woman told him.
C.The woman’s son told him.D.The doctor got it from her chart noting.
【小题3】What did the old woman think caused her health problems?
A.Her son’s not seeing her.B.No one listening to her story.
C.The medical care of the hospital.D.The distance between her and her son.
【小题4】When the patient told the doctor her stories, what she needed might be ______.
A.keeping smiling B.interruption or judgment
C.listening without interruptionD.communicating with each other
【小题5】Which statement is NOT right according to the passage?
A.Her son lived close to her house.
B.The old woman didn’t need the doctor’s treatments.
C.Listening is powerful medicine.
D.The doctor has to “walk” with the help of a wheel chair.

Mr. Clark worked in a newspaper, and he did a lot of important and difficult work, but then he began to forget things, and this made his work very difficult. One day he said to himself, “I’m going to go and see Dr. Martin about this.”

He waited in the doctor’s waiting room with the other patients, and then the nurse said to him, “You can go in and see Dr. Martin now”.

“Oh, doctor,” said Mr. Clark, ‘it’s terrible, I can’t remember anything for longer than half a minute, and it’s making my work very difficult. What can I do? Can you help me?”

The doctor said, “When did this start, Mr. Clark?”

“When did what start?” Mr. Clark said.

1._______ made Mr. Clark work very difficult.??

A. Important work????????? ????????????? B. Working for a long time

C. Forgetting things????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Bad condition

2._______ go to see Dr. Martin.

A. Mr. Clark himself decided to???????? ?????????????

B. Mr. Clark’s friend advised him to

C. The nurse asked Mr. Clark to???????? ?????????????

D. The other patient told Mr. Clark to

3.A patient is _______ .

A. a person who will die soon?? ??????? ????????????? B. a person who is ill

C. a doctor’ s helper??? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. a doctor’s friend

4.Why did Mr. Clark ask Dr. Martin, “When did what start”?Because he forgot__________.

A. the time????????????? ????????????? B. his illness????????????? ????????????? C. the doctor????? D. the hospital

5.Which statement is TURE?

A. Mr. Clark didn’t know Mr. Martin before.

B. Mr. Clark should not see the doctor.

C. Mr. Clark could remember things as well as before.

D. Mr. Clark’s illness was serious.

 

It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25.

I was the nurse on duty that day. I didn't think there would be any patients. Just then five bodies   1    at my desk, a pale woman and four small children.

“Are you all sick?” I asked.

“Yes,” she said   2   , lowering her head.

But when they described their problems, things got a little strange. Two of the children had headaches, but they didn’t show any    3  of headaches at all. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother  4  of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.

I didn't say anything,  5 I explained that they might wait for a little while before a doctor saw her. She answered, “Take your time; it's warm here.”

I checked the chart after another nurse had finished registering(登记) the family. No 6  —they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.

I looked at the family by the Christmas tree. The littlest one was pointing at the television and saying something to her mother. The oldest one was looking at lights on the Christmas tree.

I went back to the nurses' station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses who felt bored with  7  Christmas, turned to compassion((怜悯) for the family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action. We began to prepare a party for our Christmas  8 . We needed presents. We put together oranges and apples in a basket. We collected from different departments candies, crayons and other things available that could be presents.

   9 , as the family walked to the door to leave, the four-year-old child came running back, gave me a hug and    10 , “Thanks for being our angels today.”

1.                A.set up          B.put up          C.cheered up    D.showed up

 

2.                A.excitedly       B.loudly          C.weakly   D.strongly

 

3.                A.systems        B.signs           C.symbols  D.secrets

 

4.                A.explained       B.expressed       C.complained    D.compared

 

5.                A.and            B.but            C.or   D.so

 

6.                A.address        B.age            C.name D.money

 

7.                A.amazing        B.working         C.interesting D.surprising

 

8.                A.nurses         B.doctors         C.guests    D.patients

 

9.                A.Soon           B.Suddenly        C.Later D.However

 

10.               A.screamed       B.jumped         C.whispered D.replied

 

 

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