My job is to help clients find jobs and return to school for training. One day, a lady came to my office with a dream to become a registered nurse. However, her family did not ________. With young children to care for and her husband unemployed, she simply didn’t have the ________ to return to school.
It was clear that this lady had a(n)________for the nursing profession, so I encouraged her to realize her dream. I________her with necessary information to apply for nursing school. She left my office, and I never ________whether she followed her dream or not.
Many years later, I was diagnosed (诊断) with breast cancer. I was________ to hospital. The surgery was successful. It was, ________,very painful. Though I ________ myself on not being a bell ringer, one night the pain was so ________ that I had to call for a nurse. I rang the bell and waited for________. A nurse came through the door and offered to help. I ________thanked her for coming to my rescue. I said, “I am not usually like this.”
To my ________ , she said, “Oh, I know that, Mrs. Bryenton.” It________ that she was just the lady who I had encouraged to follow her dream years before. She subsequently (随后) returned to school for upgrading and later ________nursing.
You never know what ________________ your encouraging words will have on someone. It is amazing that many of my clients would return to say thanks to me.
【小题1】A.respond | B.approve | C.care | D.decline |
【小题2】A.means | B.qualities | C.right | D.invitation |
【小题3】A.talent | B.experience | C.passion | D.ability |
【小题4】A.compared | B.occupied | C.charged | D.equipped |
【小题5】A.imagined | B.considered | C.knew | D.expected |
【小题6】A.exposed | B.admitted | C.refused | D.referred |
【小题7】A.instead | B.therefore | C.however | D.otherwise |
【小题8】A.prided | B.depended | C.concentrated | D.impressed |
【小题9】A.sharp | B.constant | C.slight | D.mild |
【小题10】A.consultation | B.sympathy | C.assessment | D.assistance |
【小题11】A.dynamically | B.apologetically | C.shyly | D.crucially |
【小题12】A.delight | B.relief | C.disappointment | D.amazement |
【小题13】A.turned out | B.turned up | C.came out | D.came up |
【小题14】A.dismissed | B.evaluated | C.applied for | D.accounted for |
【小题15】A.hardship | B.impact | C.emphasis | D.mercy |