题目内容：

It was a busy morning about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30. The nurse had him take a        in the waiting area,      him it would be at least 40 minutes      someone would be able to see him. I saw him     his watch and decided, since I was     busy ---my patient didn’t     at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he       to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his      . He told me she had been        for a while and she had a special disease. I asked if she would be       if he was a bit late. He replied that she      knew who he was, and that she had not been able to     him for five years. I was      , and asked him, “And you     go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”  He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back       as he left.

    Now I       that in marriages, true love is     of all that is.  The happiest people don’t       have the best of everything; They just       the best use of everything they have.      isn’t about how to live through the storm,  but how to dance in the rain.

1.A. breath       B. test        C. seat            D. break

2.A. persuading   B. promising   C. understanding   D. telling

3.A. if            B. before          C. since          D. after

4.A. taking off          B. fixing       C. looking at      D. winding

5.A. very              B. also         C. seldom        D. not

6.A. turn up            B. show off     C. come on       D. go away

7.A. needed           B. forgot       C. agreed         D. happened

8.A. daughter          B. wife        C. mother         D. sister

9.A. late                 B. well         C. around         D. there

10.A. lonely            B. worried      C. doubtful        D. glad

11.A. so far           B. neither       C. no longer       D. already

12.A. recognize     B. answer       C. believe         D. expect

13.A. moving       B. disappointed  C. surprised        D. satisfied

14.A. only         B. then          C. thus           D. still

15.A. curiosity      B. tears         C. words         D. judgment

16.A. realise        B. suggest       C. hope          D. prove

17.A. agreement     B. expression    C. acceptance      D. exhibition

18.A. necessarily    B. completely    C. naturally        D. frequently

19.A. learn         B. make         C. favour          D. try

20.A. Adventure    B. Beauty        C. Trust           D. Life