While I was in hospital for back surgery (手术) recently I was looked after by a nurse called Deitrich. She worked the __41__ shifts (轮班) and took very good care of me.
One night things were __42__ and when Deitrich came in to take my blood pressure we started to talk about our family situation. Then she asked what I enjoyed doing most. I __43__ that I liked helping people and doing __44__ work. Deitrich said she thought she would __45__ doing that kind of thing too, perhaps with her church.
The day I was discharged (出院) we __46__ and she gave me a kiss on the cheek. In __47__ I gave her a smile card and ten dollars. She didn't want the __48__ but I told her to read the card and __49__ her the money was from my heart. “Now you have the __50__ to do something for yourself or make a(n) __51__ for someone else，” I said. She paused and __52__ the offer in the end. We hugged and she told me she __53__ give the money to a woman she knew from __54__ who was having medical problems.
Deitrich gladly thanked me for my __55__ and with that ten dollars bought five lottery tickets in her church's name. As __56__ would have it one of the tickets won a hundred and fifty dollars which she __57__ to the church's food pantry. She __58__ me a week later and told me what had happened. She __59__ asked if I had my more smile cards! The people in her church all __60__ one!
God bless Deitrich and her church and all the people who want to make a difference for the better in this world!
41．A.day B．morning
C．night D．afternoon
答案：C 根据下段中的“One night ... when Deitrich came in to take my blood pressure”可知，这名护士值夜班。
42．A.quiet B．noisy
C．terrible D．lost
答案：A 由文章内容和常识可知，在这名护士上夜班的时候，医院里的一切都很安静，所以才能聊天，其他选项不符合语境。
43．A.supposed B．replied
C．expected D．intended
答案：B 由上文的“Then she asked”可知，此处是指“我”做出回答。
44．A.house B．office
C．writing D．charity
答案：D 联系空格前的“I liked helping people”可知，“我”喜欢做慈善工作。
45．A.enjoy B．continue
C．stop D．remember
答案：A 从空格后的“doing that kind of thing too”可以推断，她也喜欢做慈善工作。
46．A.parted B．walked
C．cried D．waved
答案：C 联系语境可知，临别时，她和“我”流下了依依不舍的眼泪，她给了“我”一个亲吻。
47．A.fact B．return
C．brief D．total
答案：B 从空格后的“I gave her a smile card and ten dollars”可知，她给了“我”亲吻，作为回报，“我”给了她一张笑脸卡和十美元。in fact “事实上”；in brief “总之”；in total “总共”，均不符合语境。
48．A.card B．pay
C．feeling D．money
答案：D 联系下文的“the money was from my heart”可知，最初她是不想接受这十美元的。
49．A.assured B．asked
C．demanded D．advised
答案：A 联系下文可知，她接受了这钱，原因是“我”让她确信这钱是“我”发自内心给她的。
50．A.choice B．time
C．power D．decision
答案：C 联系空格后的“to do something for yourself or ... for someone else”可知，在“我”给了她十美元后，她就有能力去为自己和他人做一些事情了。power在这里指“能力”。
51．A.profit B．difference
C．appointment D．trip
答案：B 有了这些钱她就可以为他人做些事情了。make a difference “产生影响；起作用”，符合语境。最后一段也有提示。
52．A.refused B．gave
C．missed D．accepted
答案：D 从下文可知，她接受了这笔钱。
53．A.would B．should
C．must D．can
答案：A 从空格后的“give the money to a woman”可知，她在讲述对这笔钱的打算，因此用would表达“将来的打算”。
54．A.church B．childhood
C．countryside D．work
答案：A 从上文“perhaps with her church”可知，她想要帮助教堂的人。
55．A.help B．care
C．support D．kindness
答案：D 她对“我”的好心表达了感谢。由上文可知，作者给她卡片和钱完全是出于好意。help“帮助”；care “关心，关爱”；support “支持”，均与语境描述的不符。
56．A.words B．luck
C．wishes D．chances
答案：B 从下文“one of the tickets won a hundred and fifty dollars”可知，她的运气让她买彩票时中了奖。
57．A.lent B．delivered
C．donated D．passed
答案：C 联系上文她要帮助教堂的人以及空格后的“to the church's food pantry”可知，她把得到的钱都捐献给了教堂。
58．A.called B．left
C．asked D．informed
答案：A 联系空格后的“and told me what had happened”可知，一周后她给“我”打电话了。inform “通知”，与空格后的told重复，故排除。
59．A.ever B．therefore
C．once D．also
答案：D 本空所在句与前面的句子是并列关系。她不仅告诉了“我”她中奖的情况，也向“我”要微笑卡。
60．A.received B．wanted
C．kept D．saw
答案：B 联系上文“asked if I had any more smile cards”可以推断出，他们教堂的人都想拥有一张微笑卡。
