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 (约会) 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 I would examine his wound, since I was           busy – my           didn’t come at the appointed hour. While taking care of his wound, I asked him          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 that she had been       for a while and that 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 now. 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 acceptance of all that is. The       people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just           the best of everything they have.       is not about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

A．breath B．seat C．test D．break

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

A．if B．after C．since D．before

A．taking off B．fixing C．looking at D．bringing

A．very B．also C．seldom D．not

A．patient B．doctor C．nurse D．friend

A．when B．where C．why D．whether

A．needed B．forgot C．agreed D．happened

A．daughter B．wife C．mother D．sister

A．late B．well C．around D．there

A．lonely B．worried C．doubtful D．hungry

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

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

A．interested B．disappointed C．surprised D．satisfied

A．only B．then C．thus D．still

A．imagination B．tears C．words D．excitement

A．realize B．suggest C．hope D．prove

A．happiest B．richest C．most healthy D．most responsible

A．learn B．make C．favor D．try

A．Adventure B．Beauty C．Trust D．Life