Directlons：For each blank in the following passage there are four wordes or phrases marked A, B, C andD．fill in each blank, with the word or phrase that best fits the context．
People in communities have slowly been pushed apart through the years, mostly because people simply aren't taking the time to say a simple “hello,” After considering this phenomenon, I decided I was going to 1 the way I was doing things．
My 2 came one morning when I was in the community library．I passed by a girl who 3 her books out of her locker．Thinking like most that someone else would help her pick them up, I continued my way.
However, when I had to 4 because I stupidly forgot my book, I noticed she had just finished packing them up by herself.
No one had stopped to 5 her．
“OK” I thought to myself,” this is where I should have changed．”
My best opportunity came a few days later whcn I saw a man 6 by himself waiting for the library to open, so I sat down next to him and began a 7 ．It was difficult to get started, and even when I had to say goodbye, almost every 8 from my new friend had a tone(语气)of doubt in it, And who could blame him?
People aren't used to making an 9 chat with a stranger．But a change, no matter how 10 it is needed, doesn't just happen, It takes people like us to make it possible．I 11 you to take a small step out of your comfort zone and try to make someone's day a little brighter, Together, we can really make come 12 as a whole．
The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat(喉咙)operation．His throat 1 , and he was afraid．However, the young nurse 2 by his bed smiled so 3 that the little boy smiled back．He 4 to be afraid．The young nurse was May Paxton 5 she was deaf(聋的)．May Paxton graduated 6 the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909．Three years 7 she went to see Dr．Richardson about 8 a nurse．Dr．Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City． 9 had never heard of a deaf nurse．She told May that her 10 would be very low and that the work would be 11 ．However, May said that hard work did not frighten her．Dr．Richardson was 12 her, and accepted May as a student nurse．
Dr．Richardson never 13 her decision． 14 , she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women as student nurse．The 15 was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16 ．The second was Miss Little Bessie．These three were 17 “the silent angels(天使)of Mercy Hospital”during the 18 they worked there．
Dr．Richardson often 19 her faith in the girl’s ability to learn nursing．She wrote to May,“For three years, you have been with us…It is wonderful to me that no man, 20 or child ever, to my knowledge, made a complaint(投诉)against you…”
The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat(喉咙)operation．His throat 1 , and he was afraid．However, the young nurse 2 by his bed smiled so 3 that the little boy smiled back．He 4 to be afraid．The young nurse was May Paxton 5 she was deaf(聋的)．May Paxton graduated 6 the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909．Three years 7 she went to see Dr．Richardson about 8 a nurse．Dr．Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City． 9 had never heard of a deaf nurse．She told May that her 10 would be very low and that the work would be 11 ．However, May said that hard work did not frighten her．Dr．Richardson was 12 her, and accepted May as a student nurse．?
Dr．Richardson never 13 her decision． 14 , she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women as student nurses．The 15 was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16 ．The second was Miss Lillie Bessie．These three were 17 “the silent angles(天使)of Mercy Hospital” during the 18 they worked there．
Dr．Richardson often 19 her faith in the girls’ ability to learn nursing．She wrote to May, “For three years, you have been with us…It is wonderful to me that no man, 20 or child ever, to my knowledge, made a complaint(投诉)against you…”
The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat operation．His throat 1 , and he was afraid．However, the young nurse 2 by his bed smiled so 3 that the little boy smiled back．He 4 to be afraid．The young nurse was May Paxton 5 was deaf．May Paxton graduated 6 the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909．Three years 7 she went to see Dr．Richardson about 8 nurse．Dr．Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City． 9 had never heard of a deaf nurse．She told May that her 10 would be very low and that the work would be 11 ．However, May said that hard work did not frighten her．Dr．Richardson was 12 her, and accepted May as a student nurse．
Dr．Richardson never 13 her decision． 14 , she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women as student nurses．The 15 was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16 ．The second was Miss Lillie Bessie．These three were 17 “the silent angles of Mercy Hospital” during the 18 they worked there．
Dr．Richardson often 19 her faith in the girls’ ability to learn nursing．She wrote to May, “For three years, you have been with us…It is wonderful to me that no man, 20 or child ever, to my knowledge, made a complaint(投诉)against you…”
The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat(喉咙)operation．His throat 1 , and he was afraid．However, the young nurse 2 by his bed smiled so 3 that the little boy smiled back．He 4 to be afraid．The young nurse was May Paxton 5 she was deaf(聋的)．May Paxton graduated 6 the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909．Three years 7 she went to see Dr．Richardson about 8 a nurse．Dr．Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City． 9 had never heard of a deaf nurse．She told May that her 10 would be very low and that the work would be 11 ．However, May said that hard work did not frighten her．Dr．Richardson was 12 her, and accepted May as a student nurse．
Dr．Richardson never 13 her decision． 14 , she was so pleased with May's work that she later accepted two other deaf women as student nurses．The 15 was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16 ．The second was Miss Lillie Bessie．These three were 17 “the silent angles(天使)of Mercy Hospital” during the 18 they worked there．
Dr．Richardson often 19 her faith in the girls' ability to learn nursing．She wrote to May．“For three years, you have been with us… It is wonderful to me that no man, 20 or child ever, to my knowledge, made a complaint(投诉)against you…”