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中考英语读写综合训练五
一、完形填空
阅读下面短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
It was a Christmas night. I was an unlucky nurse who had to work on such a beautiful festival. I wasn't 1 about it. When I was complaining about it, three people appeared at my desk—a tired woman and two children.
“Are you all sick?” I asked doubtfully because they seemed all right.
“Yes,” the woman answered weakly and 2 her head.
But when they started to present their problems, things became 3 . One child had a fever, but his temperature was OK. The other child had an earache, but she could not tell me which ear hurt. It seemed that the mother was pretending to cough.
Something was wrong. But I only explained that it might take a while 4 a doctor could meet them. “Take your time, please,” said the mother. I checked their charts—no 5 . Suddenly I knew, they were homeless while the hospital was warm.
The family huddled(蜷缩) together under the Christmas tree, 6 and talking with each other sweetly. Quietly,