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As time (10) by, I was able to work (11) my fears. Now I understand that the closest I have ever felt to God is in the back of an ambulance. When I (12) to help (13) strangers, I am part of something (14) than myself. Sometimes I truly (15) with someone (16) I would never have met (17) —as I did with Nellie.
One midnight, the AIDS hospice (18) help. A colleague and I were (19) to a bedroom. (20) there was a thin black woman with wild hair. When I was given a (21) of her (22) history, I thought, this lady (23) dead over ten times. She had AIDS, hepatitis and TB. She had had brain surgery. Tonight she had a seizure.
"Hello, I'm Clarissa, are you in pain?" I asked. She replied by cursing (24) me. I didn't take (25) .
When I rode alone with her in the back of the ambulance as another EMT drove, I (26) the printout. Nellie was 33 years old. No previous address. No family members. No next of kin. Her whole life as (27) here was just a list of medicines, (28) and illnesses. one line (29) my attention: hobbies. Nellie' s hobbies were sewing and gospel singing. I could not sew, but I loved gospel music.
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单选题 A. went B. go C. goes D. going

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查一般现在时用法。As time goes by(随着时间的流逝)，这是一个普遍真理。故选C。

单选题 A. through B. out C. off D. up

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查work后接介词用法。work through战胜；work out解决问题，结果；work off除去，消除；work up发展，改进。故选A。

单选题 A. rush through B. rush into C. rush out D. rush away

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查介词用法，rush through仓促通过；rush into仓促行事；rush out冲出去，赶制；rush away急走。故选C。

单选题 A. sick B. strong C. weak D. sickly

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查形容词词义。sick病的；strong强壮的；weak虚弱的；sickly多病的。根据前后句意，选A。

单选题 A. large B. largest C. the largest D. larger

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查形容词比较级用法。空后有介词than，故只能用形容词比较级，选D。

单选题 A. stick B. fasten C. connect D. bind

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词用法。stick插入，粘贴；fasten，bind系紧，捆绑；connect连接，结合。根据句意，选C。

单选题 A. whose B. who C. whom D. which

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查定语从句先行词用法。因在此句中先行词代指人，故应选B。

单选题 A. nevertheless B. however C. otherwise D. therefore

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查副词、连词用法。nevertheless可做副词或连词，然而，依然．however然而，表“然而”时为副词，用在句首，其后用逗号；otherwise为副词，否则，用别的方法，以不同方式，也可做连词，表“否则”；therefore为副词，所以。根据句意，选C。

单选题 A. lacked B. met C. provided D. needed

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词用法。lack缺少；meet会见，有词组meet one's needs(满足需要)；provide提供；need需要。根据句意选D。

单选题 A. lead B. leaded C. shown D. show

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词用法。首先根据句意，该空应用被动语态。lead的分词形式应为led；show的运去分词为shown。故选C，意为领某人进入…。

单选题 A. Laying B. Lieing C. Laid D. Lying

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查lie，lay动词的用法。lie平躺，撒谎；lying为它的-ing形式；laying为动词lay(放置，置于)的-ing形式，laid为其过去式；无lieing，故选D。

单选题 A. print B. prescription C. printing D. printout

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查名词意义辨析。print印刷，印刷品；prescription药方，疗法；printing印刷术；printout(打印出的)资料。故选D。

单选题 A. career B. educational C. medical D. living

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查根据后句句意选词，后句有“this lady should be dead over ten times”故此题选C。

单选题 A. was B. is C. should be D. will be

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查虚拟语态用法。前句有“I thought”，从此可知“dead over ten times”并非真实内容，故应用虚拟语态，选C。

单选题 A. with B. at C. on D. into

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词curse后接介词的用法，其后接介词at，curse at(咒骂，诅咒)。故选B。

单选题 A. offense B. defense C. action D. attack

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查名词意义辨析。offense令人讨厌/不快的事物，take offense生气，不快；defence防御，防卫；action行动，行事；attack攻击。故选A。

单选题 A. rewrote B. repeated C. pronounced D. reread

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词词义辨析。rewrite重新写；repeat重复说一遍；pronounce发音；reread重读，重看reread的过去式和过去分词皆为reread发音为[ri'red]。故选D。

单选题 A. presenting B. presented C. presents D. present

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查被动语态用法。据题意，本题应使用被动语态，故选B。

单选题 A.] remedies B. prescriptions C. conditions D. symptoms

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查名词词义辨析。remedies疗法，药方；prescriptions处方，药方；conditions情况，境况；symptoms症状。据题意，前词为medicines，后为illnesses，故选D最合适。

单选题 A. catched B. got C. seized D. grasped

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配catch one's attention吸引某人的注意。故选A。