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
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
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 |