Ⅱ. 完形填空
[人与自我·爱岗敬业] Griffing is 90 years old now, but she is still working in a hospital. She has been at the same job 6 71 years. She says that being part of the medical field when she started to work at the 7 of 19 is “just magic”.
The 8 and nurses regard (认为) Griffing as “the heart and soul of the hospital”. Griffing was 9 at the age of 19, and lived in the hospital where she would work in the end. She 10 there for four months.
One day, some doctors were complaining (抱怨) that a nurse didn’t come in, and that they were too busy. Griffing says that one of them asked her, “Are you a nurse? You should go to work.” Then she 11 in that hospital.
Now, Griffing is the hospital’s goodwill ambassador (亲善大使). Griffing always 12 at her patients because she understands how 13 a smile in her work can be to others.
It’s no wonder that Griffing has been off sick for only four days in her 71 years in the job.
“I don’t have time to be upset. I refuse to be 14, because I’m having too much fun being happy. I work every day. I have to think and 15 problems every day. I will retire when they push me out of the door or carry me out in a box,” she says.
6. A. with
B. on
C. for
D. in
7. A. age
B. beginning
C. year
D. front
8. A. workers
B. teachers
C. actors
D. doctors
9. A. worried
B. ill
C. sad
D. happy
10. A. looked
B. stayed
C. played
D. believed
11. A. worked
B. found
C. built
D. broke
12. A. laughs
B. chooses
C. hopes
D. smiles
13. A. impossible
B. important
C. comfortable
D. difficult
14. A. tired
B. excited
C. funny
D. upset
15. A. cook
B. decide
C. solve
D. delete

6. C 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. D 13. B 14. D 15. C