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In September 2014, I had my third daughter, Nadine. It had been a ____1____ birth, which had left me with a terrible headache. So a few days later, I was back for ____2____, bringing her along with me as she needed ____3____.

It was the ____4____ place I wanted to be. I was so tired ____5____ I didn’t want to let Nadine out of my arms. But I was ____6____ for a shower. The hospital had given me a room with a ____7____, but I hesitated before I went in, ____8____ Nadine sleeping in her cot (婴儿床) after eating. Should I bring her in with me? I decided not to. She ____9____ safe, and I’d only be a few feet away.

When I walked back into the room, a nurse was there. We ____10____ looked at Nadine’s cot. It was ____11____. “Did you pick her up?” I asked. “No,” she replied. Instantly, I couldn’t ____12____. It felt like ice-cold water had been ____13____ me.

I ran in the hospital, shouting for ____14____. A nurse led me back to my room. I replayed the ____15____ I’d walked away from Nadine’s cot over and over. Why hadn’t I taken her into the bathroom with me? I’d never felt ____16____ like it. But I didn’t cry until my husband Conrad ran in 20 minutes later. Then I ____17____.

Then the police checked the camera and told us about a woman in dark glasses with a ____18____ in her arms. She had been taken outside the hospital. We waited and waited, until around 2 a.m., a police officer arrived, ____19____ Nadine in a cot. ____20____ I held her, Conrad put his arms around us. We cried. The world felt right again.

1.1.

A pleasant

B typical

C quick

D tough

解析：选D。D 考查形容词。根据后文的“had left me with a terrible headache”可知，那次生产很“艰难”，给“我”留下了后遗症。故选D。

2.2.

A tests

B births

C exercises

D visits

解析：选A。A 考查名词。根据前文的“which had left me with a terrible headache. So...”可知，那次生产给“我”留下了后遗症，“我”头痛的厉害，所以需要回医院做一些“检查”。故选A。

3.3.

A helping

B bathing

C feeding

D cleaning

解析：选C。C 考查动词。根据前文“So a few days later”和后面的“Nadine sleeping in her cot after eating”可知，“我”当时刚生产完，孩子很小，带上她是因为她需要“喂奶”。故选C。

4.4.

A first

B best

C farthest

D last

解析：选D。D 考查形容词。根据后文“I was so tired”“I didn’t want to let Nadine out of my arms”“我”很累，“我”不想让孩子离开“我”，由此可知，“我”当时一点儿也不想去医院。故选D。

5.5.

A if

B and

C or

D so

解析：选B。B 考查连词。根据前后文“I was so tired”“I didn’t want to let Nadine out of my arms”“我”很累，“我”不想让孩子离开“我”，并结合选项可知，前后语义并列。故选B。

6.6.

A desperate

B ready

C fit

D sorry

解析：选A。A 考查形容词。根据倒数第二段的“Why hadn’t I taken her into the bathroom with me?”可知，当时“我”进了浴室洗澡，结合前文“我”很累可知，但是“我”当时非常“渴望”洗个澡。故选A。

7.7.

A toilet

B kitchen

C bathroom

D bedroom

解析：选C。C 考查名词。根据倒数第二段中的“Why hadn’t I taken her into the bathroom with me?”可知，当时“我”进了浴室。故选C。

8.8.

A guessing

B finding

C knowing

D watching

解析：选D。D 考查动词。根据前文“but I hesitated before I went in”但“我”进浴室之前犹豫了，伴随着“我”“看着”纳丁吃饱后睡在她的婴儿床里。故选D。

9.9.

A sounded

B seemed

C felt

D kept

解析：选B。B 考查动词。句意：她“看起来”很安全，而且“我”离她只有几英尺远。故选B。

10.10.

A both

B all

C either

D neither

解析：选A。A 考查代词。此处指“我”和护士两个人。故选A。

11.11.

A separate

B empty

C removed

D dusty

解析：选B。B 考查形容词。根据后文“我”问护士的问题“Did you pick her up?”可知，孩子不在婴儿床里，即婴儿床是“空的”。故选B。

12.12.

A scream

B cry

C sense

D breathe

解析：选D。D 考查动词。前文“我”问护士是不是她抱走了孩子，而她回答没有，由此可知，孩子失踪了，因此“我”当场吓到了，差点没了呼吸。故选D。

13.13.

A dropped on

B poured over

C fell on

D ran over

解析：选B。B 考查动词短语。孩子失踪了，因此“我”犹如被冰水“浇了”头。故选B。

14.14.

A help

B advice

C promise

D protection

解析：选A。A 考查名词。根据前文内容，“我”的孩子失踪了，可知，当时“我”非常着急，到处寻求“帮助”。故选A。

15.15.

A chance

B need

C second

D hope

解析：选C。C 考查名词。句意：我一遍又一遍地回忆着我从纳丁的小床走开的那一刻。为什么我没有带她进浴室呢？故选C。

16.16.

A excitement

B fear

C surprise

D doubt

解析：选B。B 考查名词。孩子丢失了，当时“我”感到很“害怕”。故选B。

17.17.

A called out

B went away

C passed by

D broke down

解析：选D。D 考查动词短语。前文提到“But I didn’t cry until my husband Conrad ran in 20 minutes later.”但是“我”没哭，直到20分钟后我丈夫到来，我“崩溃”了。故选D。

18.18.

A cot

B bag

C baby

D camera

解析：选C。C 考查名词。根据后文“She had been taken outside the hospital.”和后文纳丁被带回医院可知，这个女人怀里抱着一个小孩。故选C。

19.19.

A sending

B inputting

C pushing

D pulling

解析：选C。19.C 考查动词。根据“a police officer arrived”可知一个警官到了，“推着”纳丁进来了。故选C。

20.20.

A As

B Until

C Since

D Unless

解析：选A。A 考查连词。句意：当“我”抱着纳丁，“我”的丈夫搂着“我们”。故选A。