In Jan. 2020, Teresa Hernandez was 35 weeks pregnant. One morning, she had a strange _________ — the baby wasn’t moving as it usually did. She decided to go to the hospital to _________ everything was OK.
When she got there, she learned that the baby’s heart rate was _________. The doctors told her that her baby needed to be delivered _________ by an operation. Hearing that, Hernandez was in complete _________. After all, the baby was too little. But the doctors said if the baby was _________, they wouldn’t be able to help if something went wrong.
Hernandez was _________ to the operating room. On the way, she suffered from great _________. She started to cry and have trouble breathing, and she knew she was having a _________ attack. That’s when a nurse in the operating room __________ to help.
“This nurse, she took my hand and started pressing with __________. And then she __________ me while they were doing the operation. And then she __________ one hand on my cheek. And she started humming,” Hernandez __________. “I felt like my mom was there, holding me.”
__________ her husband, Hernandez had no family with her. But the nurse’s act of warmth brought her __________. It felt like her mom __________ her in the hospital.
“When your mom is there, you feel __________. You feel like you can do it. You feel like everything is going to be __________. And that’s what I felt with her,” Hernandez said. “I’m really, really __________ for what she did that day for me.”
【小题1】A.dream | B.idea | C.feeling | D.decision |
【小题2】A.promise | B.ensure | C.agree | D.argue |
【小题3】A.declining | B.happening. | C.appearing | D.starting |
【小题4】A.immediately | B.gradually | C.extremely | D.formally |
【小题5】A.comfort | B.control | C.excitement | D.shock |
【小题6】A.nearby | B.inside | C.outside | D.around |
【小题7】A.invited | B.introduced | C.rushed | D.recommerded |
【小题8】A.anxiety | B.hesitation | C.difficulty | D.burden |
【小题9】A.heart | B.surprise | C.pleasure | D.panic |
【小题10】A.stepped down | B.turned out | C.stepped in | D.dropped by |
【小题11】A.surprise | B.sympathy | C.dignity | D.confusion |
【小题12】A.admired | B.called | C.showed | D.held |
【小题13】A.placed | B.grasped | C.skipped | D.covered |
【小题14】A.concluded | B.reported | C.reminded | D.recalled |
【小题15】A.Due to | B.Instead of | C.Apart from | D.As for |
【小题16】A.pride | B.relief | C.duty | D.concern |
【小题17】A.expected | B.remembered | C.accompanied | D.arranged |
【小题18】A.protected | B.affected | C.educated | D.respected |
【小题19】A.exact | B.right | C.plain | D.crazy |
【小题20】A.desperate | B.suitable | C.ready | D.grateful |