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2023年10月云南师大附中高二年级期中考读后续写
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I’m a head nurse, and it’s my job to evaluate workers’ performances at the hospital. Kenny was a new employee, and he seemed fine. After a few weeks, I had to admit that he was clean, responsible and reasonably efficient.
But he had this self-confident and energetic presence. He was a large man, both physically and socially—he was strong and independent. I worried that a place like our hospital, which demanded teamwork, was not right for such a personality.
We had a patient named Mary. At 94 years old, Mary was as weak as a spiderweb. Her husband and sisters were all dead many years ago. We really didn’t know if she had any children, but if she did, they had long since abandoned her.
Mary had a stubborn belief that someone had taken her purse. She searched for it all hours of the day and night. Unless tied to her bed or wheelchair, she would go through the door onto the street, through the laundry room and into the kitchen, mindlessly searching and never giving up. When she had to stay in bed or in her wheelchair, she would stop almost everyone who came near.
“Can you lend me a comb?” she would ask. “I’ve lost mine. It was in my red purse. My money is gone, too. Where is my purse? Where is my purse? Have you seen my purse?”
Every day it was the same. We all knew Mary didn’t have a purse, but we wouldn’t say it. Instead we usually answered, “Sure, Mary, if I see your purse I’ll bring it back.”
One afternoon, just before supper, I saw Kenny walking down the hall with a plastic grocery bag. He walked toward Mary in her wheelchair. Then he pulled out a red purse.
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Mary’s thin old hands flew up to her face in a gesture of wonder and joy.
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Kenny leaned over, opened the purse and showed Mary a red comb inside.
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作者“我”作为一家医院的护士主管(head nurse),负责评价其他护士的工作表现(evaluate workers’ performa