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  41  to see and I got into her room . She was an old woman , sitting on the bed , trying to   42   her socks . Usually I said something like this : “How are you feeling ? The nurse says your son is visiting you today. I believe you are   43   seeing him.”

She   44   me with a serious voice , “Sit down , doctor . This is my story , not yours .”

I was surprised and   45  . I sat down and helped her with the socks . She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her ,  46   she had not seen him for five years . She believed her health problems were worse because of   47   her son . After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks , I asked if there was    48   I could do for her . She   49   her head and smiled . All she wanted me to do was to   50  . 

Each story is   51  . Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not , yet all those things do not really  52  . 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  53  what the woman taught me , and I   54   myself of the importance of stopping , sitting down and truly listening . I 55   the power of listening . 

41. A. doctor  B. nurse    C. patient        D. student

42. A. take off B. get off    C. clean out     D. put on 

43. A. looking forward to   B. asking for 

C. going on    D.worrying about

44. A. impressed     B. stopped   C. asked     D. greeted

45. A. excited    B. mad    C. embarrassed D. angry

46. A. or     B. so       C. but D. if

47. A. missing    B. loving   C. understanding D. meeting

48. A. nothing else    B. anything else     C. nothing D. everything

49. A. shook    B. dropped         C. waved D. moved

50. A. see    B. smell C. listen  D. feel

51. A. terrible     B. different        C. similar     D. true

52. A. happen    B. appear     C. matter D. change

53. A. think of     B. dream of  C. lead to D. laugh at

54. A. teach    B. ask C. remind D. cheer

55. A. talk about     B. show off  C. believe in  D. run out of