55.A.facts          B.states          C.rights          D.actions

答案  36.A  37.C  38.B  39.D  40.C  41.B  42.A  43.C  44.D  45.A  46.C  47.A  48.B  49.D  50.D  51.B  52.C  53.A  54.B  55.D

Passage 14

(淄博市2007届高三第三次模拟考试)

After my brother's serious heart attack, he lay in a coma(昏迷) in the hospital. Tubes and wires  36  him up to machines that kept him alive. The only sound in his room was the   37  whoosh(呼呼声) of the pump forcing air into his lungs. My sister--in--law stood by,   38  

As a minister I had been with families in similar  39  . I had searched for the right  40  , a phrase of hope, trying to  41  them. But this was a new  42 

During these difficult days, my sister-- in-- law and I were  43  between hope and resignation. We  44  every visitor. We were grateful for their stories of people who had   45  comas and return to  46  . We listened when they talked knowledgeably about the stages of grief. We knew they cared. But many visitors came  47  the door talking, and kept talking. Was that how I had dealt with my nervousness when I didn't know  48  to say?

    Then a/n  49  friend came to visit. He stood with us around the bed, looking at my brother's body. There was a long silence. Suddenly  50  with emotion, he said, "I'm sorry." There was another long pause.  51  , he hugged my sister--in--law and then turned to shake my hand. He held it a  52  longer than necessary and squeezed a little harder than  53  . As he looked at me, tears came to his eyes. And then he left. One week later, my brother died.

   Years  54  passed and I still remember that visitor. I do not recall his name, but I'll never forget how he shared our grief, quietly and  55  and without awkwardness. His few words spoke volumes.

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