A hospital is needed by every living person at the time of birth, death, physical injuries, or sickness. It is always a   16   place where family members can gather around the person who needs the   17   of well trained medical doctors and nurses.

As Nicole Hagen and Ricky Beebe were born into the Hagen family in 1998, the parents were both in the delivery (分娩) room. This is a   18   as the tradition has been for the father to be in the next room.   19   hospitals have a birthing room where there is an extra sofa and a chair for the father to either sit or even to sleep on next to his wife. Many   20   are taken of the new baby within a few minutes of his or her   21  . Even a video can be made with the proud father taking pictures of the doctor, nurses, mother, and baby. A nurse may take a   22   picture of the father, mother, and baby. Young children will not see the baby   23   the doctor and nurses allow them into the room many hours later.

At the death of Grandma Hagen, the adult children   24   at her bedside. As she was dying, her children talked to her, read the Bible, and even sang some of her  25   songs. The nurses would check on her very often and the doctor came as his time   26  . She was given pain pills   27   her last few hours would be as  28   as possible. When she died the family cried together in sorrow for the loss of their mother. Grandpa Hagen had died fourteen years   29  . Grandma Hagen was 82 when she died.

Doctors operate on broken bones   30   by accidents in factories or car accidents. Children sometimes fall down stairs where an arm is   31  . Athletes get hurt in   32   of football, basketball, baseball, track, and soccer. Most injuries are repaired very successfully   33   the great skill of the doctor.

Illness from disease, alcohol, or smoking often requires a person to stay a long period in the hospital. People like to recover   34  . However, if medical care is needed, a hospital may be the   35   home for some patients.

1.	A．beautiful B．big C．quiet D．nice

 

2.	A．operation B．help C．check D．medicine

 

3.	A．development B．fact C．question D．try

 

4.	A．Modern B．New C．Many D．Large

 

5.	A．things B．gifts C．people D．pictures

 

6.	A．chance B．falling C．birth D．sight

 

7.	A．valuable B．necessary C．family D．hospital

 

8.	A．until B．as C．if D．when

 

9.	A．gathered B．looked C．pointed D．smiled

 

10.	A．old B．favorite C．own D．new

 

11.	A．went by B．arrived C．remained D．allowed

 

12.	A．so that B．even though C．as if D．that

 

13.	A．happy B．pleased C．comfortable D．lucky

 

14.	A．ago B．faster C．later D．earlier

 

15.	A．made B．caused C．controlled D．brought

 

16.	A．broken B．raised C．pained D．stretched

 

17.	A．cases B．conditions C．games D．playground

 

18.	A．in the form of B．thanks to C．out of D．from

 

19.	A．at once B．at home C．easily D．as well

 

20.	A．usual B．common C．second D．free

 

In my opinion，my grandfather was a deserved man. He met my grandmother when they were very young. They were married and began__16__their family.

Then an unlucky accident happened. Their only daughter was__17__，leaving behind a seven­month­old child. They lived with that child for many years until they__18__her too. This child was taken from them by her father. They felt__19__.They were no longer__20__to see the only living link to their daughter. But they both kept their strength and you could__21__hear my grandfather saying，“Don’t worry.”

Ten years later，that seven­month­old child grew into a young girl. Grandpa and Grandma missed seeing their granddaughter__22__along the way. Grandpa stayed strong and always said，“Don’t worry.” The granddaughter grew wings and decided to fly off on her own. At the age of fifteen she flew back into the arms of her grandparents. She continued her__23__with them.

Though her grandparents missed seeing her younger years，they enjoyed teaching her to drive，seeing her graduate from high school. They watched her get__24__and become a mother. During the__25__two weeks of his life，Grandpa said to his granddaughter，“I missed a lot of your life，__26__you flew back in the end. You have grown to be a beautiful young woman and a wonderful__27__and I got to see it all.”

Now Grandpa has gone to a better__28__and is with his daughter. I look at life in a__29__way. He taught me to be strong，to take things that are__30__to me as they come.

16．A. destroying        B. raising       C. dividing              D. hiding

17．A. injured           B. caught       C. killed              D. struck

18．A. satisfied          B. pleased      C. missed           D. lost

19．A. confused         B. tired         C. down             D. proud

20．A. invited           B. allowed      C. encouraged          D. forced

21．A. always           B. never        C. hardly            D. already

22．A. give up          B. dress up       C. stand up          D. grow up

23．A. study            B. work         C. life               D. game

24．A. drunk           B. married        C. excited            D. hurt

25．A. first             B. next          C. other            D. last

26．A. but             B. or             C. and             D. nor

27．A. mother          B. teacher         C. worker          D. member

28．A. company        B. country        C. family             D. place

29．A. same           B. different        C. strange           D. general

30．A. introduced       B. explained       C. handed            D. thrown