四川资中县2017高考英语阅读类编练 完形填空 It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25.I didn’t think there would be any__1__,sighing about having to work on Christmas.Just then five bodies__2__at my desk,a pale woman and four children. “Are you all__3__?”I asked. “Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head. But when it came to__4__of their problems,things got a little uncertain. Two of the children had headaches,two children had earaches,__5__only one could tell me which ear was affected.The__6__complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it. I didn’t say anything but__7__that it might he a little while__8__a doctor could see her. She responded,“__9__your time;it’s warm in here.” Then,I checked their chart. No address—they were__10__.The waiting room was warm. I went back to the nurses station and mentioned we had a homeless__11__in the waiting room. The nurses,complaining of__12__on Christmas,turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get__13__on Christmas. The team went into action,much as we do when there’s a__14__emergency.But this was a Christmas emergency. We were all__15__a free meal on Christmas Day,so we took back that meal and prepared a big dinner for our__16__.We needed presents.We__17__from different departments candies,fruits and other things__18__that could be presents. As seriously as we met the__19__needs of the patients,our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas. |