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It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn’t think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five people showed up at my desk, a pale woman and four small children.
“Are you all sick?” I asked doubtfully.
“Yes.”she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when it came to descriptions of their presenting problems, things got a little puzzling. Two of the children had headaches, but the headaches weren’t accompanied by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.
Something was wrong, but I didn’t say anything but explained that it might be a little while before a doctor saw her. She responded. “Take your time; it’s warm here.”
I checked the chart after the admitting clerk had finished registering the family. No address—they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.
I looked out at the family sitting close to each other by the Christmas tree. The little one was pointing at the television and the oldest one was looking at the decorations on the Christmas tree.
I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining about working on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a medical emergency. Only this one was a Christmas emergency.
We were all offered a free meal in the hospital cafeteria on Christmas Day, so we fetched that meal and prepared a large meal for our Christmas guests. Our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas Day.
Later, as the family walked to the door to leave, the four-year-old came running back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”
1.From the descriptions of the family’s presenting problems, the writer learned that ________.
A．one of the children had a language problem
B．the mother caught a bad cold
C．they were pretending to be sick
D．they got all infectious disease
2.The author made sure that the family were homeless by ________.
A．asking them some questions
B．listening to their descriptions of problems
C．observing their abnormal body language
D．checking their registered information
3.What kind of person do you think the writer is?
A．Careful and warmhearted. B．Hardworking and outgoing.
C．Serious and experienced. D．Loving and forgiving.
4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A．Christmas Guests B．A Homeless Family
C．Beautiful Angels D．Christmas Emergency
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My grandfather dug water wells in Indiana and started his business during the great depression.
Although nearly everyone was out of work, people still needed ______ , so he didn’t lack jobs． ______, in those days, it was awfully hard to get paid for what you did. One morning, a farmer showed up with a ______ —a whole side of fresh beef on his shoulder. “I ______ this ought to make us equal on that digging，”he said to my grandfather. Grandfather ______.
It was wintertime, so the beef stayed fresh under damp cloth on the cold back porch(门廊). Each day, Nana stepped out onto the porch, ______ good piece of the meat, and carried it into the kitchen ______ it were pure gold.
After a few days. Nana noticed the ______ had been moved．She asked grandfather if he had touched the beef. He hadn’t. “Well, then. ”she said. “somebody’s been eating our meat. Do you always lock the back door?” My grandfather told her not to ______. She probably had moved the cloth herself, and had ______ forgotten.
This ______ for many days. Nana was ______ that someone was taking their meat, and grandfather just insisted she was ______ things. It wasn’t until much later that we learned the real story.
On the morning after grandfather set the meat out on the back porch door, he ______ some footprints near the door. He ______ followed the footprints to where they began. Soon the footprints in the snow led my grandfather to a house he instantly ______.It was the home of a poor single mother with two young children. Grandfather ______ turned around and walked back home. He didn’t say a word about it to anyone.
From then on, Nana would carefully ______ the lock on the porch door each night to make sure it was ______ . Then grandfather, after waiting for Nana to go to bed, would return to the porch and ______ the lock again. Nana never knew about the family they were helping to feed that winter.
1.A．beef B．water C．money D．food
2.A．Otherwise B．Thus C．However D．Besides
3.A．payment B．praise C．delivery D．gift
4.A．doubt B．claim C．discover D．expect
5.A．suspected B．hesitated C．agreed D．argued
6.A．selected B．bought C．preserved D．moved
7.A．now that B．even if C．as if D．so that
8.A．gold B．cloth C．tool D．porch
9.A．disappoint B．forget C．interrupt D．worry
10.A．suddenly B．simply C．exactly D．rarely
11.A．went on B．went over C．went by D．went up
12.A．reliable B．accurate C．strange D．certain
13.A．understanding B．remembering C．imagining D．enjoying
14.A．noticed B．marked C．guided D．chased
15.A．quickly B．finally C．curiously D．coldly
16.A．convinced B．recognized C．observed D．removed
17.A．hopelessly B．quietly C．gradually D．painfully
18.A．watch B．control C．mend D．check
19.A．safe B．free C．perfect D．open
20.A．exchange B．replace C．release D．adjust
—I am thinking of going back to school to get another degree.
—Sounds great! _____
A．Go for it B．Never mind
C．Well done D．That was good news
If you have a job, _____ yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed.
A．do devote B．don’t you devote
C．devoting D．not to devote
The only one in our office that is familiar with the new system is Jimmy, in _____ absence, we had no choice but to wait．
A．whom B．whose
C．who D．that
The national parks are very important for the protection of these wild animals，which would _____ run the risk of becoming dying out．
A．therefore B．instead
C．otherwise D．anyhow
