(2019·浙江金丽衢十二校高三联考)Whenever I had nothing to do, a familiar depression would climb on my back. I’d been this way for months. So I went to my friend for __1__, who lived on the top of a steep hill.
My friend wasn’t in. The fog was rolling in. So I was __2__ outside her house waiting. Suddenly I saw a __3__ dashing out of the house next door. Holding up his __4__ hand, the man approached me, __5__.“Help! Finger. Cut.” I dialed 911 immediately. While waiting for the __6__, I noticed he hadn’t taken his cut finger and asked,“Where is it?” Frozen for a while, he said with __7__,“Maybe upstairs.” Hurrying into the house I began to __8__ the finger. In the kitchen a table saw lay on the floor. I lifted up each foot and looked underneath to ensure I wouldn’t __9__on it. Having searched carefully, I __10__it lying beside the table saw. I grabbed a paper towel, placed it __11__ the finger and picked it up cautiously. After getting outside, I __12__ the man “Hang tight! The ambulance is on its way.”
__13__ the ambulance arrived. I handed the finger to the nurse and they __14__ away. Suddenly I felt __15__ helping someone in need, even if pushing three buttons on a __16__ was all I did. I would __17__ doing it.
Then one day after the finger __18__, I realized I had completely forgotten to be __19__ as I’d been busy playing the role of local hero. I wished I could see him again to __20__ him, because when he lost his finger, he saved my life.
1.A.information B.convenience
C.strength D.help
2.A.found B.stuck
C.struck D.hurt
3.A.figure B.nurse
C.woman D.friend
4.A.trembling B.lost
C.clever D.bleeding
5.A.whispering B.cheering
C.crying D.saying
6.A.taxi B.ambulance
C.vehicle D.car
7.A.patience B.interest
C.uncertainty D.guilt
8.A.discover B.examine
C.observe D.locate
9.A.step B.leave
C.fall D.hit
10.A.recognized B.spotted
C.accepted D.realized
11.A.under B.over
C.in D.against
12.A.comforted B.treated
C.assisted D.protected
13.A.Eventually B.Consequently
C.Initially D.Temporarily
14.A.wandered B.walked
C.drove D.dragged
15.A.angry B.strange
C.good D.upset
16.A.door B.phone
C.watch D.television
17.A.keep on B.depend on
C.set about D.give up
18.A.event B.effect
C.operation D.incident
19.A.excited B.confused
C.depressed D.shocked
20.A.help B.congratulate
C.greet D.thank