阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was in the seventh grade, I was a volunteer at a local hospital in my town.Most of the 16 I spent there was with Mr Gillespie.He never had any visitors and nobody seemed to care about his 17 .
I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, 18 anything that needed to be done.He became a close friend of mine, 19 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏) of my 20 .Mr Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).
I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr Gillespie was 21 .I didn’t have the 22 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear that they might 23 me he had died.
Several 24 later, when I was a senior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face.When I 25 who it was, my eyes filled with tears.He was 26 ! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr Gillespie. With an uncertain look 27 his face, he replied yes.I 8 how I knew him and that I had spent many days talking with him in the hospital.His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 29 .
He began to tell me that 30 he lay there comatose(昏迷的), he could hear me talking to him and could 31 me holding his hand the whole time. Mr Gillespie 32 believed that it was my voice and 33 that had kept him alive.
Although I haven’t seen him since, he fills my heart with 34 every day.I know that I made a(n) 35 between his life and his death.
16. A.time B.energy C.effort D.money
17. A.interest B.request C.condition D.opinion
18. A.talking about B.looking after
C.pointing out D.helping with
19. A.so that B.even though C.soon after D.as if
20. A.hand B.head C.nose D.arm
21. A.killed B.lost C.gone D.changed
22. A.energy B.chance C.courage D.time
23. A.cheat B.tell C.remind D.warn
24. A.days B.weeks C.months D.years
25. A.recognized B.wondered C.heard D.asked
26. A.well B.alive C.happy D.alone
27. A.at B.on C.behind D.in
28. A.apologized B.remembered C.explained D.admitted
29. A.dreamed B.seen C.wanted D.received
30. A.because B.if C.unless D.although
31. A.notice B.feel C.imagine D.watch
32. A.hardly B.quickly C.firmly D.nearly
33. A.humour B.duty C.touch D.success
34. A.sorrow B.excitement C.regret D.joy
35. A.effort B.wish C.difference D.decision
When I was in the seventh grade, I was a volunteer at a local hospital in my town.Most of the 16 I spent there was with Mr Gillespie.He never had any visitors and nobody seemed to care about his 17 .
I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, 18 anything that needed to be done.He became a close friend of mine, 19 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏) of my 20 .Mr Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).
I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr Gillespie was 21 .I didn’t have the 22 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear that they might 23 me he had died.
Several 24 later, when I was a senior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face.When I 25 who it was, my eyes filled with tears.He was 26 ! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr Gillespie. With an uncertain look 27 his face, he replied yes.I 8 how I knew him and that I had spent many days talking with him in the hospital.His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 29 .
He began to tell me that 30 he lay there comatose(昏迷的), he could hear me talking to him and could 31 me holding his hand the whole time. Mr Gillespie 32 believed that it was my voice and 33 that had kept him alive.
Although I haven’t seen him since, he fills my heart with 34 every day.I know that I made a(n) 35 between his life and his death.
16. A.time B.energy C.effort D.money
17. A.interest B.request C.condition D.opinion
18. A.talking about B.looking after
C.pointing out D.helping with
19. A.so that B.even though C.soon after D.as if
20. A.hand B.head C.nose D.arm
21. A.killed B.lost C.gone D.changed
22. A.energy B.chance C.courage D.time
23. A.cheat B.tell C.remind D.warn
24. A.days B.weeks C.months D.years
25. A.recognized B.wondered C.heard D.asked
26. A.well B.alive C.happy D.alone
27. A.at B.on C.behind D.in
28. A.apologized B.remembered C.explained D.admitted
29. A.dreamed B.seen C.wanted D.received
30. A.because B.if C.unless D.although
31. A.notice B.feel C.imagine D.watch
32. A.hardly B.quickly C.firmly D.nearly
33. A.humour B.duty C.touch D.success
34. A.sorrow B.excitement C.regret D.joy
35. A.effort B.wish C.difference D.decision
