On May 7, Alcides Moreno fell forty-seven stories from the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper(摩天大楼)in New York. 36 , believe it or not, the 37  is now awake, talking to his family and  38  to walk again.

Doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital announced Thursday that his  39  has been astonishing. He has  40  in all his limbs(四肢). He is  41  on his own, and yesterday, he even opened his mouth and spoke for the first time since the  42 .

Dr. Herbert Pardes, the hospital's president, 43  Moreno's condition to reporters as "a complete disaster" when he arrived without consciousness for  44  .

In those first critical hours, doctors pumped twenty-four units of  45  into his body ― about twice his entire blood volume. When he was brought in, his condition was so  46  that doctors worried that even a slight push might  47  him, so they performed  48  without moving him to an operating room.

New York-Presbyterian has  49  people who fell from great heights before, including a patient who  50  a nineteen-story fall,  51  most of those tales end  52 . People who fall more than ten stories almost never survive. Surviving a  53  fall is simply beyond belief.

There is still a  54  road and life-threatening danger ahead for the tough New Jersey man. Doctors say they suppose he might be able to walk, but they also suggest that some of his injuries are likely to be lifelong, and his days as a window washer are  55 .

36. A. Therefore

B. However

C. Besides

D. Otherwise

37. A. window washer

B. wall cleaner

C. roof repairer

D.skyscraper climber

38. A. expected

B. determined

C. helped

D. trying

39. A. fall

B. injury

C. condition

D. recovery

40. A. injuries

B. operations

C. movement

D. medicine

41. A. speaking

B. breathing

C. recovering

D. resting

42. A. accident

B. operation

C. report

D. interview

43. A. treated

B. regarded

C. described

D. considered

44. A. advice

B. treatment

C. medicine

D. examinations

45. A. water

B. liquid

C. blood

D. medicine

46. A. strange

B. unexpected

C. unstable

D. obvious

47. A. save

B. injure

C. wake

D. kill

48. A. all the operations

B. the first operation

C. the examination

D. the test

49. A. treated

B. examined

C.seen

D. aided

50. A. escaped

B. experienced

C. witnessed

D. survived

51. A. so

B. but

C. and

D. though

52. A. happily

B. sadly

C. fortunately

D. unexpectedly

53. A. five-floor

B. ten-floor

C. nineteen-floor

D. forty-seven-floor

54. A. smooth

B. wide

C. safe

D. rough

55. A. over

B. certain

C. possible

D. long

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