I was an unlucky nurse who had to work on Christmas Day.It was always__41__in the emergency room on this day;so I was not expecting any patients.When I was complaining about ___42___ on such a beautiful festival ,five people showed up at my desk—a pale woman and four small children.
"Are you all sick?" I asked in a (an)___43___way because they seemed all right.
"Yes," the women answered __44____ and lowered her head.
But when they started to present their problems, things got a little vague. Two of the children had headaches, __45___ the headaches weren’t accompanied by the normal body language such as holding the head . Two children had earaches, but neither of them could tell me ___46___ ear in pain. The mother complained of a cough but seemed to be ___47__.
Something was wrong, but I didn’t say anything but explained that it might take a while ___48___a doctor could meet them. Take your __49__,please.”the mother responded. Then,
I checked their charts ----no address. Suddenly I knew they were homeless and the hospital was ____50__.
I looked out at the family, gathering together under by the Christmas tree.，smiling and ____51____with each other sweetly.Quietly, I went back to nurses’ station and told them that we had a homeless____52___ in the waiting room.It was just like God sending us a ___53___on Chrismas Day.The nurses’ station suddenly came back to___54_____ .All the nurses went into action,just as we did when there was a real _____55____emergency. But this one was a “Chrismas emergency”
We ____56___our meals for our Christmas”patients”.We also put together oranges and apples ___57_____presents.Usually we just tried to____58_____the physical needs of our patients.But today, we worked hard to exceed(超越) the needs of a family who only ____59____a warm place on Christmas Day.
Later, when the family was leaving, the four-year-old came back, gave me a ____60____, "Thanks for being our angels today."she whispered in my ear.
41.A.bright B.noisy C.quiet D.dark
42.A.studying B.working C.talking D.playing
43.A.accepting B.expecting C.forgetting D. suspecting
44.A.excitedly B.strongly C.weakly D.surprisedly
45.A.or B.so C.and D.but
46.A.what B.why C.how D.which
47.A.explaining B.pretending C.promoting D.understanding
48.A.unless B.
when C.after D.before
49.A.money B.time C.break D.breath
50.A.warm B.big C.cold D.small
51.A.quarreling B.fighting C.chatting D.competing
52.A.mother B.boy C.girl D.family
53.A.job B.gift C.chance D.luck
54.A.space B.life C.earth D.school
55.A.traffic B.political C.medical D.history
56.A.gave out B.took out C .turned out D.put out
57.A.for B.as C.on D.in
58.A.meet B.cut C.increase D.miss
59.A.escaped B.built C.wanted D.refused
60.A.cake B.bag C.visit D.kiss