Most people need to hear “I love you”. Once in a while, they hear them just ______ .
I met Connie the day she was ______ to the hospice ward (病房) ,where I worked as a ______. Her husband, Bill, stood nervous nearby as she was ______ to the hospital bed. While Connie was in the final _____ of her fight against cancer, she was ______.
Connie was a ______. As we became acquainted , she confided (吐露) how ______ it was to be married 32 years to a man who often called her “a silly woman”.
“I know Bill loves me. “she said.” But he has never been one to say he loves me, or send cards to me. I’d give anything if he’d say ‘I love you’, but it’s just not in his ______.”
Soon, when Connie had fewer ______ moments, I began spending more of my volunteer time with Bill.
One day, I got him on the ______of women, how we need romance in our lives and how we love to got sentimental cards.
“I don’t have to,” he said. “She knows I do!”
“I’m sure she knows,” I said, “but she needs to hear what she has ______ to you all these years. Please think about it.”
Two days later I walked down the hospice ward at noon. There stood Bill, leaning ______the wall in the hallway and staring at the floor. I already knew Connie had ______ at 11 a.m.
When I saw Bill, his face was wet with ______ and he was ______.
He said, “I have to say how good I feel about telling her. He stopped to ______ his nose. “This morning I told her how much I loved her…and loved being married to her. You _______have seen her smile!”.
I went into the room to say goodbye to Connie. There, on the bedside table, was a large Valentine ______ from Bill, ______ : “To my wonderful wife…I love you.”
【小题1】 | A.in time | B.at times | C.on time | D.behind time |
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【小题2】 | A.allowed | B.committed | C.admitted | D.acknowledged |
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【小题3】 | A.nurse | B.volunteer | C.doctor | D.cleaner |
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【小题4】 | A.translated | B.transformed | C.transferred | D.transported |
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【小题5】 | A.step | B.stair | C.state | D.stage |
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【小题6】 | A.anxious | B.cheerful | C.frightened | D.worried |
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【小题7】 | A.reminder | B.performer | C.hostess | D.romantic |
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【小题8】 | A.disturbing | B.shocking | C.frustrating | D.annoying |
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【小题9】 | A.mind | B.nature | C.1ife | D.style |
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【小题10】 | A.waking | B.yawning | C.sleeping | D.crying |
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【小题11】 | A.lesson | B.point | C.subject | D.focus |
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【小题12】 | A.meant | B.explained | C.expressed | D.shown |
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【小题14】 | A.passed by | B.passed on | C.passed away | D.passed down |
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【小题15】 | A.sweat | B.rain | C.water | D.tears |
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【小题16】 | A.trembling | B.struggling | C.sighing | D.sinking |
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【小题17】 | A.scratch | B.touch | C.blow | D.rub |
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【小题18】 | A.would | B.could | C.might | D.should |
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【小题19】 | A.gift | B.card | C.paper | D.package |
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【小题20】 | A.telling | B.writing | C.reading | D.announcing |
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