第三部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each 16 to help drain the fluid(排出流质) from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time 17 on his back.
The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their families, their homes, their jobs and a whole lot of things. Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by 18 to his roommate what he could see 19 the window.
The man in the other bed began to 20 for those one-hour periods when his 21 would be broadened and brightened by all the activity and color of the world outside.
The window overlooked a 22 with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children 23 their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm among 24 of every color and a fine 25 of the city skyline could be seen in the 26 . As the man described all this, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and 27 the beautiful scene.
Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to find the man by the window, had died 28 in his sleep. Later, the other man asked 29 he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch.
Slowly, painfully, he managed to 30 and take his first look at the 31 world outside. Surprisingly, it 32 a blank wall.
The next day he learned from the nurse that the man was 33 and could not 34 see the wall. She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to 35 you.”
16. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
17. A. flat B. quiet C. still D. calm
18. A. listening B. talking C. describing D. explaining
19. A. beyond B. outside C. behind D. near
20. A. look B. live C. prepare D. work
21. A. health B. dream C. world D. career
22. A. garden B. farm C. mountain D. park
23. A. made B. rowed C. took D. sailed
24. A. trees B. flowers C. houses D. birds
25. A. photo B. map C. view D. appearance
26. A. distance B. hospital C. future D. sky
27. A. enjoy B. experience C. sense D. imagine
28. A. peacefully B. painfully C. sadly D. bravely
29. A. when B. if C. how D. why
30. A. climb up B. stand up C. sit up D. turn up
31. A. real B. noisy C. ordinary D. new
32. A. contained B. covered C. connected D. faced
33. A. mad B. blind C. ill D. dead
34. A. yet B. just C. even D. clearly
35. A. support B. fool C. cure D. encourage
