Question

I believe listening is powerful medicine. Studies have shown it takes a ___36___ about 18 seconds to interrupt a patient after he begins talking.

It was a Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I ___37___ her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an old woman, sitting at the edge of the bed, ___38___ to put socks on her swollen（腫脹）feet. I crossed the threshold（門檻）, spoke quickly to the nurse, and scanned her chart noting she was in stable condition. I was almost in the clear.

I ___39___ on the bedrail（床的欄桿）looking down at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks. Instead, I launched into a monologue（獨(dú)白） that went ___40___ like this, “How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high ___41___ they’re better today. The nurse mentioned you’re ___42___ to see your son who’s visiting you today. It’s nice to have family visit from far away. I bet you really look forward to seeing him.”

She ___43___ me with a serious, authoritative voice. “Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story.”

I was surprised and embarrassed. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived ___44___ from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that the stress of this ___45___ greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She ___46___ her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.

Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are vague. Some have a beginning, middle and end; others wander ___47___ a clear conclusion. Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard without ___48___, assumption or judgment.

Listening to someone’s story costs ___49___ expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and diagnosis.

I often thought of ___50___ that woman taught me, and I ___51___ myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in a(n) ___52___ twist, I became the patient, with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis（多發(fā)性硬化癥） at age 31. Now, 20 years later, I sit all the time in a wheelchair.

For ___53___ I could, I continued to see patients from my chair, but I had to resign when my hands were affected. I still teach medical students and other health care professionals, but now from the perspective(角度) of physician and patient.

I tell them I ___54___ the power of listening. I tell them I know firsthand that immeasurable healing ___55___ within me when someone stops, sits down and listens to my story.

1.                A．professor       B．teacher         C．musician  D．physician

 

2.                A．a(chǎn)pproached     B．examined       C．passed   D．observed

 

3.                A．hoping         B．expecting       C．waiting   D．struggling

 

4.                A．sat            B．leaned         C．lay  D．stood

 

5.                A．nothing         B．a(chǎn)nything        C．something D．everything

 

6.                A．so             B．but            C．though   D．because

 

7.                A．a(chǎn)nxious         B．nervous        C．worried  D．upset

 

8.                A．urged          B．begged         C．stopped  D．persuaded

 

9.                A．far away        B．a(chǎn)round the corner C．next door D．in the distance

 

10.               A．referred        B．a(chǎn)ttached        C．stuck D．contributed

 

11.               A．lowered        B．hung           C．shook     D．waved

 

12.               A．with           B．without         C．by   D．in

 

13.               A．distinction      B．interruption     C．Instruction D．a(chǎn)ttention

 

14.               A．rather than      B．other than      C．more than D．less than

 

15.               A．that           B．which          C．what  D．a(chǎn)s

 

16.               A．reminded       B．recalled        C．required  D．informed

 

17.               A．expected       B．irregular        C．regular    D．unexpected

 

18.               A．a(chǎn)s soon as       B．a(chǎn)s fast as        C．a(chǎn)s far as   D．a(chǎn)s long as

 

19.               A．a(chǎn)dmit to        B．a(chǎn)ppreciate      C．believe in  D．realize

 

20.               A．turns out       B．takes place      C．comes up  D．takes charge

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者一次親身經(jīng)歷，當(dāng)時(shí)作者是一名醫(yī)生時(shí)，他問他的病人他能為她做些什么，她朝他笑笑說，只要聽完她的故事就行了。而今作者也坐上輪椅，作者告訴他的學(xué)生，不要打斷病人的傾訴，坐在床邊聽他們把話說完吧，因?yàn)檫@對病人的幫助勝過任何昂貴的藥物。傾聽是良藥，它能治愈心靈的創(chuàng)傷。

1.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。professor教授； teacher教師； musician音樂家； physician醫(yī)師。根據(jù)interrupt a patient研究已表明醫(yī)生（有必要）在病人開始談?wù)摰?8秒后再去打擾他。故選D。

2.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。approach接近； examine檢查； pass通過； observe觀察。我快步走向她的病房然后站在門口的過道上。故選A。

3.考查非謂語動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。hoping希望 ；expecting期待； waiting等候； struggling努力。她是一位上了年紀(jì)的老太太，坐在病床的角落旁，很費(fèi)勁地試圖給腫脹的雙腳穿上襪子。故選D。

4.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。sit坐； lean傾斜； lie躺； stand站。我斜靠在病床欄桿那里俯下身子看了看她。故選B。

5.考查代詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。nothing沒什么； anything任何事； something某事； everything一切事情。我沒有正面回答她的問題。倒是跟她以“您現(xiàn)在感覺身體怎么樣�。磕�血糖和血壓很高，但是今天看起來狀況好多了。故選C。

6.考查連詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。so 因此； but 但是； though可是； because因?yàn)�。您血糖和血壓很高，但是今天看起來狀況好多了。故選B。

7.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。anxious著急； nervous緊張的； worried擔(dān)心的； upset心煩的。我猜想您一定很期待見到他吧。”故選A。

8.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。urge強(qiáng)烈要求； beg乞求； stop停止； persuade說服。老太太嚴(yán)肅地、帶有強(qiáng)迫式的口吻跟我說到：醫(yī)生，您坐下來。故選C。

9.考查動(dòng)詞短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。far away遙遠(yuǎn)的； around the corner在拐角處； next door隔壁； in the distance在遠(yuǎn)處。根據(jù)but后的內(nèi)容可知，她給我講了他唯一的兒子就住在離她不遠(yuǎn)的地方，故選B。

10.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。refer涉及，參考； attach伴隨； stick卡��； contribute，促進(jìn)，貢獻(xiàn)；她認(rèn)為思念孩子的痛苦更加劇了她的病情。故選D。

11.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。lower 降低； hung懸掛； shake搖動(dòng)； wave揮手。她搖了搖頭又笑了笑表示不需要?jiǎng)e的了。故選C。

12.考查介詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。without  a clear conclusion沒有明確的結(jié)尾。一些故事還在繼續(xù)著沒有尾聲。故選B。

13.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。distinction差別； interruption中斷； instruction指令； attention注意力。關(guān)鍵的是對那些能聽到這事情的人來說，他們能去聽沒有中斷就已經(jīng)足夠了。故選B。

14.考查短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。rather than而不是； other than除了，不同于； more than超出； less than少于。傾聽別人的故事比起別人那高昂的診斷試驗(yàn)花費(fèi)的錢財(cái)要少的多，故選D。

15.考查連詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。這里是what引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，它在從句中做賓語，故選C。

16.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。remind提醒； recall記起； require要求；inform告知。我時(shí)常想到那位老太太告訴我的那些事然后我又提醒自己談話的時(shí)候要停下來、坐在那里然后多聽別人的言論。故選A。  

17.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。expect期望； irregular不合法的； regular  有規(guī)律的； unexpected意外的。不久，意外事情發(fā)生了，我倒是成了病人。故選D。

18.考查連詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。as soon as一…就…；as fast as一樣快；

as far as遠(yuǎn)到； as long as只要。盡可能多地，我堅(jiān)持在我的椅子上診治我的病人。故選D。

19.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。admit to 承認(rèn)； appreciate欣賞； believe in信任； realize實(shí)現(xiàn)。我告訴他們我深信傾聽的強(qiáng)效力量。故選C。

20.考查動(dòng)詞短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。turn out 生產(chǎn)； take place 發(fā)生； come up走近； take charge負(fù)責(zé)。我告訴他們對我來說：當(dāng)別人停下來然后坐在那里開始聽我講自己生活的時(shí)候，我親身體驗(yàn)由此帶來的那不可估量的療效。故選B。

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