三、完形填空(本题共15分，每小题1分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41---55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

I believe listening is a powerful medicine.

It was Sunday. I had the last  36 to see and I got into her room . She was an old woman , sitting on the bed , trying to  37 her socks . Usually I said something like this : “How are you feeling ? The nurse says your son i s v isiting you today. I believe you are 38 seeing him.”

She 39  me with a serious voice , “Sit down , doctor . This is my story , not yours .”

I was surprised and 40 . I sat down and helped her with the socks . She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her ,  41 she had not seen him for five years . She believed her health problems were worse because of 42 her son . After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks , I asked if there was 43  I could do for her . She  44  her head and smiled . All she wanted me to do was to  45  .

Each story is  46 . Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not , yet all those things do not really 47 . What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard .

Listening to someone’s story costs nothing but it is the key to healing (康复). I often  48  what the woman taught me , and I  49  myself of the importance of stopping , sitting down and truly listening . I 50 the power of listening .

(  ) 36. A. doctor     B. nurse     C. patient        D. student

(  ) 37. A. take off    B. get off        C. clean out     D. put on

(  ) 38. A. looking forward to B. asking for       C. going on     D. worrying about

(  ) 39. A. impressed      B. stopped    C. asked      D. greeted

(  ) 40. A. excited      B. mad         C. embarrassed  D. angry

(  ) 41. A. or           B. so        C. but    D. if

(  ) 42. A. missing      B. loving        C. understanding  D. meeting

(  ) 43. A. nothing else     B. anything else   C. nothing      D. everything

(  ) 44. A. shook      B. dropped       C. waved   D. moved

(  ) 45. A. see       B. smell    C. listen    D. feel

(  ) 46. A. terrible          B. different        C. similar         D. true

(  ) 47. A. happen      B. appear       C. matter   D. change

(  ) 48. A. think of      B. dream of    C. lead to   D. laugh at

(  ) 49. A. teach     B. ask    C. remind   D. cheer

(  ) 50. A. talk about     B. show off   C. believe in       D. run out of