As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her______face.
Frustrated and wet, my husband gave up his attempt to hail a taxi. I knew the feeling. Just after her first birthday, we were told our daughter Katie has a ________ brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like _______ in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing. We knew Katie was running out of ________. It had taken months before we finally had a name for the ________, but we were told only a few specialists in the world knew how to ________ it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to ________ our girl, we were in a strange city in the cold rain.
Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman _______ and said, “Pardon me? May I offer you a(n) _______?
Before we could say ________, she continued, “It’s really no ________ for me. Just get in.”
It was then that I noticed her thick Irish ________, which ________ me up like hot soup. We ________ said, “Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please,” as we got in her car for the ride.
“Are you going for the baby?” she asked us.
I nodded my head, holding back my _______.
At the hospital, we _______ her a dozen times for the ride. As the woman hugged me, I noticed her face was ________ with tears. She promised to pray for us before she left.
After three more visits to New York and two more _______ surgeries (手术), Katie is cured. But the voice of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant________ of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our ______ days.
【小题1】A.smiling | B.tiny | C.round | D.beautiful |
【小题2】A.rare | B.simple | C.normal | D.natural |
【小题3】A.passers-by | B.judges | C.lawyers | D.runners |
【小题4】A.money | B.confidence | C.time | D.courage |
【小题5】A.race | B.illness | C.doctor | D.challenge |
【小题6】A.fix | B.check | C.reach | D.explain |
【小题7】A.protect | B.meet | C.encourage | D.save |
【小题8】A.pulled over | B.put up | C.turned down | D.stood by |
【小题9】A.ride | B.seat | C.car | D.umbrella |
【小题10】A.nothing | B.anyone | C.anything | D.someone |
【小题11】A.difference | B.question | C.trouble | D.loss |
【小题12】A.appearance | B.accent | C.custom | D.hair |
【小题13】A.picked | B.called | C.woke | D.warmed |
【小题14】A.normally | B.simply | C.angrily | D.regularly |
【小题15】A.tears | B.anger | C.smile | D.surprise |
【小题16】A.respected | B.praised | C.thanked | D.accepted |
【小题17】A.annoyed | B.disappointed | C.happy | D.wet |
【小题18】A.eye | B.brain | C.kidney | D.heart |
【小题19】A.warning | B.effort | C.reminder | D.exercise |
【小题20】A.busiest | B.luckiest | C.happiest | D.darkest |