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Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth Hospital for incurables.In one of the wards a patient,an old man,got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me.I could see that he hadn’t long to live,but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.

“Frank!”I cried in astonishment.He couldn’t 21 ,as I knew,but all the time pressing his foot against mine.

My 22 raced back more than thirty years—to the 23 days of 1941,when I was a student in London.The place was an air-raid shelter,in which I and about one hundred other people

24 every night.Two of the 25 were Mrs West and her son Frank.

26 wartime problems,we shelter-dwellers got to 27 each other very well.Frank West 28 me because he wasn’t 29 not even at birth.His mother told me he was 37 then,but he had less of a mind than a baby has.His “ 30 ” consisted of rough sounds—sounds of pleasure or anger—and 31 more.Mrs West,then about 75,was a strong,capable woman, 32 she had to be of course,because Frank 33 on her entirely.He needed all the

34 of a baby.

One night a policeman came and told Mrs West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder.She lost nearly everything she owned.

35 that sort of thing happened,the rest of us helped the 36 ones.So before we 37 that morning,I stood 38 Frank and 39 my right foot against his.They were about the same size.That night,then,I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank.But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine.After that,his 40 to me was always the same.

21.A.answer B.speak C.smile D.laugh

解析：从后文知道，Frank 为痴呆症患者，所以无法回应我。

答案:A

22.A.minds B.memories C.thoughts D.brains

解析：思绪回到了30年前。

答案:C

23.A.better B.dark C.younger D.high

解析：黑暗的日子（战争年代）。

答案:B

24.A.slept B.worked C.studied D.lived

解析：D项为长期居住点,不合适，本句可以译为：住在那儿，睡在那儿。但住也是临时的，A项合适。

答案:A

25.A.customers B.regulars C.visitors D.mornbers

解析：regular意为“常客”。

答案:B

26.A.Discussing B.Solving C.Sharing D.Suffering

解析：共同应付战时问题。share 在此为“分担”。

答案:C

27.A.learn from B.talk to C.help D.know

解析：get to know固定短语，意为“熟悉，了解”。

答案:D

28.A.needed B.recognized C.interested D.encouraged

解析：使……感兴趣。

答案:C

29.A.normal B.common C.unusual D.quick

解析：从生下来就不正常。

答案:A

30.A.word B.speech C.sentence D.language

解析：speech 为“言语”,language 为“语言”。

答案:B