题目内容：

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Most people need to hear “I love you”. Once in a while, they hear them just _________ .

I met Connie the day she was _________ to the hospice ward (病房) ,where I worked as a _________ . Her husband, Bill, stood nervous nearby as she was _________ to the hospital bed. While Connie was in the final _________ of her fight against cancer, she was _________ .

Connie was a_________ . As we became acquainted , she confided (吐露) how _________ it was to be married 32 years to a man who often called her “a silly woman”.

“I know Bill loves me. “she said.” But he has never been one to say he loves me, or send cards to me. I’d give anything if he’d say ‘I love you’, but it’s just not in his _________  .”

Soon, when Connie had fewer _________ moments, I began spending more of my volunteer time with Bill.

One day, I got him on the _________ of women, how we need romance in our lives and how we love to got sentimental cards.

“I don’t have to,” he said. “She knows I do!”

“I’m sure she knows,” I said, “but she needs to hear what she has _________ to you all these years. Please think about it.”

Two days later I walked down the hospice ward at noon. There stood Bill, leaning _________  the wall in the hallway and staring at the floor. I already knew Connie had _________ at 11 a.m.

When I saw Bill. his face was wet with _________and he was   _________.

He said, “I have to say how good I feel about telling her. He stopped to _________ his nose. “This morning I told her how much I loved her…and loved being married to her. You _________have seen her smile!”

I went into the room to say goodbye to Connie. There, on the bedside table, was a large Valentine   _________ from Bill, _________  : “To my wonderful wife…I love you.”

1.A. on time        B. at times        C. in time         D. behind time

2.A. allowed        B. admitted        C. committed        D. acknowledged

3.A. nurse         B. cleaner         C. doctor           D. volunteer

4.A. translated    B. transferred     C. transformed      D. transported

5.A. step          B. stage           C. state            D. stair

6.A. anxious        B. worried         C. frightened     D. cheerful

7.A. reminder      B. performer      C. romantic         D. hostess

8.A. disturbing     B. shocking       C. annoying         D. frustrating

9.A. nature        B. mind            C.1ife             D. style

10.A. sleeping      B. yawning        C. waking           D. crying

11.A. lesson        B. subject       C. point           D. focus

12.A. shown         B. explained      C. expressed       D. meant

13.A. on           B. by             C. against         D. over

14.A. passed by     B. passed on      C. passed down    D. passed away

15.A. sweat        B. rain            C. tears           D. water

16.A. struggling    B. trembling       C. sighing         D. sinking

17.A. blow          B. touch           C. scratch         D. rub

18.A. would         B. could           C. might           D. should

19.A. card         B. gift            C. paper           D. package

20.A. telling       B. reading        C. writing         D. announcing