It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn’t think there would be any
, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies
at my desk, a pale woman and four children.
“Are you all
?” I asked. “Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when it came to
of their problems, things got a little strange. They all claimed to have headaches, but the headaches weren’t
by the normal body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still.
Something was wrong. Our hospital policy,
, was not to turn away any patient. I explained it might be a little while
a doctor saw her. She responded immediately, even a bit
“Take your time,” and then added, “It’s warm in here.”
Then, I checked their registration form out of curiosity. No address—they were
.The waiting room was warm. I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless
in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining of
on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get
on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a
emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency.
We were all
a free meal on Christmas Day, so we took back that meal and prepared a big dinner for our
.We needed presents. We
from different departments candies, fruits and other things
that could be presents. As seriously as we met the
needs of the patients, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas.
, as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came
back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”
| 小题1: | | A．customers | B．patients | C．workers | D．doctors |
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| 小题2: | | A．showed up | B．took in | C．came out | D．looked on |
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| 小题3: | | A．tired | B．hungry | C．sick | D．warm |
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| 小题4: | | A．descriptions | B．comments | C．instructions | D．results |
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| 小题5: | | A．accompanied | B．adjusted | C．acknowledged | D．affected |
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| 小题6: | | A．therefore | B．otherwise | C．however | D．moreover |
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| 小题7: | | A．after | B．since | C．before | D．when |
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| 小题8: | | A．shyly | B．happily | C．calmly | D．politely |
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| 小题9: | | A．lonely | B．greedy | C．clever | D．homeless |
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| 小题10: | | A．family | B．holiday | C．woman | D．Christmas |
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| 小题11: | | A．operating | B．interrupting | C．managing | D．working |
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| 小题12: | | A．present | B．warm | C．relief | D．approval |
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| 小题13: | | A．beneficial | B．friendly | C．medical | D．different |
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| 小题14: | | A．rewarded | B．offered | C．allowed | D．ordered |
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| 小题15: | | A．neighbors | B．relations | C．brothers | D．guests |
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| 小题16: | | A．borrowed | B．received | C．collected | D．bought |
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| 小题17: | | A．expensive | B．useful | C．convenient | D．available |
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| 小题18: | | A．healthy | B．physical | C．tragic | D．mental |
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| 小题19: | | A．Soon | B．Later | C．Next | D．Gradually |
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| 小题20: | | A．to run | B．run | C．running | D．and ran |
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