No. 1
(2020. 湖南省长望浏宁四县高三联考)I will never forget the story I experienced when I worked as a doctor for some “special patients”.
With mixed emotions I went to the young criminal center to ____1____ vaccinations(接种疫苗). On one hand, I felt ____2____ to be able to ____3____ a service that might have a positive health effect on the prisoners. But, on the other hand, I felt a sense of sadness and ____4____as I saw the prisoners being ____5____ by guards to the nursing unit.
My last visit was very ____6____.For some reason, there was a(an) ____7____ in the air. And I felt a lightness as I spoke with each prisoner. We ____8____ stories, smiles and fears. Even the toughest prisoners seemed to be surrounded by light. As a mother, I saw them as not only youth, being ____9____ for crimes, but also as children with the _____10_____ to change for the better. Obviously, most of them wanted to _____11_____ longer!
There was one more prisoner. He was _____12_____ to a different unit in a lonely cell. Two guards escorted us down and when we entered the cell instant tears _____13_____in my eyes. The area was sad. Guards there didn't smile. Later, we were done but I didn't want to _____14_____,I gave the 17-year-old a gentle touch and smile as I _____15_____ to him what to do concerning the side effects. At first there was no response, so I just _____16_____ at his bare feet and then to my supplies. I thought that I had better pack up. _____17_____,he looked up at me and smiled before he said “Thanks” and then he gave me a thumbs-up. I smiled back, saying, “You are welcome. Take care of yourself!”
It was wonderful to receive a kind _____18_____ from someone who was in such a _____19_____ place. As we walked back to the main entrance, we didn't speak. Where there can be a smile, there is hope. Sometimes _____20_____ can be very powerful.
1. A. accept B. deliver C. illustrate D. give
2. A. thankful B. satisfied C. lucky D. thrilled
3. A. suggest B. provide C. confirm D. observe
4. A. disappointment B. annoyance C. loneliness D. doubt
5. A. escorted B. accompanied C. directed D. thrown
6. A. valuable B. enjoyable C. memorable D. adaptable
7. A. expectation B. lightness C. attraction D. complaint
8. A. expanded B. told C. shared D. presented
9. A. punished B. scolded C. commented D. criticized
10. A. reason B. impression C. arrangement D. potential
11. A. talk B. stay C. relax D. work
12. A. selected B. limited C. reduced D. appointed
13. A. turned up B. messed up C. welled up D. took up
14. A. shout B. divorce C. wait D. leave
15. A. confirmed B. submitted C. recommended D. explained
16. A. put down B. looked down C. kept down D. pulled down
17. A. Strangely B. Occasionally C. Suddenly D. Deliberately
18. A. response B. solution C. belief D. assessment
19. A. neat B. sacred C. crazy D. harsh
20. A. virtues B. smiles C. ambitions D. inspirations
