III. 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分，共30分)

It was a typical Wednesday. My wife and I were speaking in a nursing home (疗养院) about our successful recoveries from our heart attacks. Afterwards, one of the other residents(住院病人), Miriam, asked if we had a few minutes to talk.

“I’ve always thought that to be 36 I need three things: someone to 37 , something to do and something to look forward to,” she said. “I’ve got people here to love, and the activities to 38 me as busy as I want, but I don’t have anything I’m looking forward to. Do you have any 39 ?”

“What did you look forward to before you came here?” we asked.

“Oh, I used to love to laugh with others,” Miriam said.

“What did you 40 about?” we asked.

“Everything I could see, hear, feel, taste or smell,” she said with a smile.

At that very moment, we got the idea to start our 41 . We began looking for humor, and we used all of our 42 .We started with a teabag with the 43 : You are like this teabag… only in hot water do you realize how strong you are.

We continued 44 and found cartoons and videos filled with humor. People brought us stickers, books, games and magazines. We 45 together humor baskets with books, tapes, greeting cards and toys for children of all ages.

Of course, we 46 a humor basket for Miriam, the woman who had 47 us on this project – “Search for a Smile and Share it”. She told us that the 48 of her day was sharing the 49 of her basket with everyone she saw.

The project was so 50 that other facilities heard of it and made special 51 . One nursing home asked us to make a humor cart, like a shopping cart. Volunteers 52 this down the hallways, sharing smiles and laughs with 53 . Still another nursing home requested that we 54 a humor room, complete with a projector showing fun videos.

What started as a simple gesture to 55 one elderly woman turned into a lifetime project.

36. A. busy B. happy C. rich D. healthy

37. A. love B. meet C. visit D. respect

38. A. lead B. find C. keep D. encourage

39. A. ways B. opinions C. plans D. ideas

40. A. talk B. worry C. complain D. laugh

41. A. procedure B. project C. research D. preparation

42. A. efforts B. senses C. tools D. families

43. A. message B. letter C. cover D. sign

44. A. explaining B. searching C. exploring D. researching

45. A. got B. came C. joined D. put

46. A. paid B. made C. filled D. applied

47. A. started B. chosen C. persuaded D. turned

48. A. highlight(精彩) B. satisfaction C. project D. appointment

49. A. designs B. foods C. books D. contents

50. A. touching B. successful C. interesting D. respectful

51. A. gifts B. donations C. requests D. arrangements

52. A. walk B. push C. fix D. perform

53. A. nurses B. workers C. residents D. children

54. A. design B. organize C. decorate D. offer

55. A. save B. help C. thank D. satisfy