题目内容：

    Our teachers tried teaching us about death during nursing training. As a student nurse, I knew I would see death in my ______. I had no idea of the ______ it would have on me, ______.

The first person I saw die was an elderly man, John, who had been ______ for weeks. His heart was ______ and the health－care team was keeping him comfortable and ______ his symptoms. He had stopped speaking days before but was still awake at times, and his ______ when we spoke to him was beautiful.

When I came on to the ______ one morning, the night staff said he had deteriorated (恶化) overnight and had ______ left to leave. A trained nurse and I gave him a bed bath, shaved him and changed his sheets. For the next six hours I ______ his hand and talked to him. The doctor came in regularly and asked if he needed more pain relief but he seemed ______ most of the time. He only ______ opened his eyes to smile at me. Early in the afternoon the nurse came back in and we washed his face and ______ his hair. As she was just about to leave the room, she stroked his hair and said:“Oh John, just ______.” Minutes later, he did.

It has been 20 years since John’s death. I have seen ______ deaths in my time nursing. I have seen staff go far beyond the ______ of their jobs to ______ that a patient has as good a death as possible. I remember some of the other faces, but none is quite as ______ as John’s. He, and the professionals who were ______ him, taught me that it ______ how we treat those who are dying.

1.A. life B. family C. mind D. career

2.A. affection B. difference C. impact D. reflection

3.A. instead B. however C. therefore D. regardless

4.A. struggling B. challenging C. insisting D. recovering

5.A. striking B. aging C. beating D. failing

6.A. comforting B. relieving C. disappearing D. decreasing

7.A. smile B. eyes C. face D. expression

8.A. hospital B. classroom C. ward D. department

9.A. days B. seconds C. minutes D. hours

10.A. hugged B. reached C. held D. touched

11.A. peaceful B. painful C. silent D. anxious

12.A. frequently B. easily C. hardly D. occasionally

13.A. washed B. tied C. combed D. smelt

14.A. let go B. pass away C. come on D. go away

15.A. priceless B. countless C. considerate D. constant

16.A. expectations B. ability C. qualifications D. exception

17.A. pretend B. ensure C. believe D. assume

18.A. beautiful B. scary C. pale D. vivid

19.A. bringing up B. looking for C. caring for D. cheering up

20.A. trains B. matters C. influences D. works