My wife passed away a few years ago, and I went through the _______ time in my life. I even wanted to _______ myself. Just for my kids, I had to continue to live and work as a small town _______ at my medical clinic in Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was _______. Then they asked me to have a family trip.
On our trip, we turned on the TV at the motel and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. Seeing it _______down, I said to my kids: “I'm going to Afghanistan.” And a few weeks later, International Medical Corps sent me to _______ 20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care. In these clinics _______by frightening shoots or deadly bombs, we were eventually serving 27,000 patients a month in a very busy schedule. Though tired and nervous, I gradually had a sense of _______, a sense of purpose, and my _______ went away.
In the years to follow, I went to Indonesia after the tsunami(海啸), Pakistan after the earthquakes, Sudan after the civil war, and Iraq after more and more ________. Each time after ________one after another, hundreds of people were________ or even killed, and many more had to ________. We once set up movable clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees(难民), and it was supposed to ________ 13,000 originally. Flu broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it ________ like wildfire. Water and food were also serious problems. “________ or not?” I often asked myself.
When my wife passed away, I thought my life was ________. But ________, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, she went unconscious. I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit and the exciting adventures we would have. I think about the moment many times during my “adventures”. I didn't know how ________ those words would be. But I know that she is still ________ me.
【小题1】A.best | B.worst | C.fastest | D.shortest |
【小题2】A.kill | B.amuse | C.excite | D.calm |
【小题3】A.engineer | B.nurse | C.doctor | D.teacher |
【小题4】A.unattached | B.upset | C.annoyed | D.alone |
【小题5】A.taking | B.settling | C.falling | D.bending |
【小题6】A.take up | B.pick up | C.set up | D.end up |
【小题7】A.surrounded | B.destroyed | C.established | D.rebuilt |
【小题8】A.humor | B.achievement | C.loyalty | D.relief |
【小题9】A.excitement | B.embarrassment | C.disappointment | D.depression |
【小题10】A.invitations | B.bombs | C.inventions | D.instructions |
【小题11】A.disasters | B.accidents | C.events | D.wars |
【小题12】A.shot | B.rescued | C.helped | D.wounded |
【小题13】【小题14】A.include | B.cover | C.hold | D.live |
【小题15】A.spread | B.burnt | C.lighted | D.improved |
【小题16】A.History | B.Entertainment | C.Fun | D.Adventures |
【小题17】A.interesting | B.boring | C.done | D.complete |
【小题18】A.on purpose | B.in reality | C.with delight | D.in turn |
【小题19】A.predictive | B.creative | C.imaginative | D.active |
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