题目内容：

Most people need hear those “three little words”—I love you. Once in a while, they hear them just in time.

I met Connie the day she was      to the ward(病房), where I worked as a(n)     . Her husband, Bill, stood       nearby as she was transferred to the hospital bed. Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight     cancer, she was alert(机敏的) and cheerful. We got her     . I finished marking her name on all the hospital supplies she would       , and then asked if she needed other things.

“Oh, yes,” she said, “Would you please      me how to use the TV? I enjoy the soaps so much and I don’t want to get behind on what’s happening.” As we became      , she told me how   44   it was to be married for 32 years to a man who often called her “a silly woman”.

“Oh, I know Bill loves me,” she said, “but he has       been one to say he loves me, or send cards to me.” She       . “I would give anything if he’d say ‘I love you,’ but it’s just not in his       .”

Bill visited Connie every day. In the     , he sat next to the bed while she was        the soaps. Later, when she began     more, he paced up and down the hallway outside her room. Soon, when she no longer watched television and had       waking moments, I began spending more of my volunteer time with Bill.

A few days later, when I knew from the head nurse that Connie       , I went into the room to say my own       to Connie. There, on the       table, was a large Valentine card from Bill that says, “To my wonderful       ... I love you.”

1.A. admitted   B. entered       C. forced        D. asked

2.A. partner     B. volunteer      C. doctor            D. assistant

3.A. excitedly  B. nervously      C. calmly       D. hurriedly

4.A. for        B. with       C. against         D. of

5.A. settled up   B. settled on      C. settled for        D. settled in

6.A. be used       B. be useful       C. be using        D. make use

7.A. give       B. show        C. make            D. take

8.A. peaceful  B. familiar   C. strange        D. happy

9.A. frustrating    B. warm          C. happy           D. angry

10.A. never      B. ever          C. always        D. seldom

11.A. read        B. sighed        C. smiled          D. cried

12.A. nature       B. characteristic  C. feature          D. quality

13.A. first     B. end           C. beginning   D. top

14.A. watching    B. using          C. making           D. talking

15.A. watching  B. talking     C. sitting       D. sleeping

16.A. little        B. less        C. few          D. fewer

17.A. was dying  B. had died        C. was dead      D. died

18.A. goodbye    B. hello       C. sorrow          D. missing

19.A. bedside   B. above          C. behind        D. front

20.A. friend   B. son        C. wife      D. Teacher