四、完形填空
It was the end of my work for the day, and I pushed open the door to the patient's room to see if any relatives or friends had come to
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. None had. She was such a slight little lady and several strokes（中风）had
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her with difficulty speaking. Her lonely figure lying in bed filled my heart with soft pity.
I pulled up a chair and sat beside her bed. She did not move. Knowing that she had been an English teacher, I spoke of the
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she must have had over her students through the years. I
imagined how
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her classroom used to be decades（几十年）ago.
She did not answer any of my gentle questions. But I sensed she was
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of my presence（在场）, so I continued talking about what her days teaching English must have been like. I told her that I
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remembered one of my English teachers and how I enjoyed poetry at that time.
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no reply.
I started reciting（背诵）William Wordsworth's famous poem, “I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills.” I continued the poem, and when almost to the
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, I stopped.
This sweet lady
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her head to look at me and as clearly as a bell said, “And then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.” That unexpected reply surprised me beyond words.
She fell asleep, and I quietly left her room, greatly
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by the fact that God gives us memories to recall when he feels we need them most. Those precious（珍贵的）poetic memories became her warm comfort（安慰）in hard times.
(
B
) 1. A. attend B. visit C. help D. check
(
A
) 2. A. left B. impressed C. provided D. affected
(
D
) 3. A. control B. power C. worry D. influence
(
B
) 4. A. noisy B. lively C. peaceful D. strict
(
A
) 5. A. aware B. afraid C. amazed D. familiar
(
D
) 6. A. differently B. probably C. widely D. clearly
(
B
) 7. A. Even B. Still C. Surely D. Therefore
(
A
) 8. A. end B. bottom C. point D. start
(
C
) 9. A. dropped B. nodded C. turned D. shook
(
D
)10. A. mentioned B. disappointed C. recognized D. touched
