广东省肇庆市田家炳中学2014-2015学年高一下学期期中考试 英语试题
第一部分 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
Many of us learn valuable lessons from our patients. I was 1 to learn one early in my career as a nurse. I have 2 her name, but she has influenced the way I treat many other patients.
I was working the 3-11 pm shift at a small hospital at that time. The patient was a 42-year-old woman who had 3 a heart attack. She was expected to stay in hospital for about two weeks before being sent home. She was 4 that she could not see her three young children. We did not 5 children into a hospital in those days.
Every evening, we would talk about our children. I had one daughter and I loved her so much that I could not 6 not seeing her every day. The patient was getting 7 and we both knew it wouldn't be long before she would be home with her little ones again.
About a week later, she 8 me to sit with her for a while. I held her hand and she told me she was 9 and thought she might not see her kids again. I tried to let her know that her 10 so far had been great. It was 10:30 pm, almost time for the 11 of my work. I told her I had to hand in my report and that I would come back to her room.
Then I 12 with my friends. It wasn't until I had got home that I realized I had forgotten to keep my promise. "That's OK," I thought. "I will spend 13 time with her tomorrow."
The next day I was told that she had 14 at midnight. She wanted company and I let her down. She left the world quietly. If I had stayed in her room, would she be home surrounded by her 15 right now? I would never know. What I do know is this: I have cared about every patient's request since that night.
1. A. fortunate B. afraid C. smart D. brave
2. A. replaced B. spread C. formed D. forgotten
3. A. treated B. suffered C. checked D. damaged
4. A. delighted B. calm C. upset D. hopeful
5. A. need B. allow C. pull D. force
