I believe listening is a powerful medicine. It was Sunday. I had the last to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying to her socks. Usually I said something like this: "How are you feeling? The nurse says your son is visiting you today. I believe you are seeing him..." She me with a serious voice, "Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours." I was surprised and. I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, she had not seen him for five years. She believed her health problems were worse because of her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was I could do for her. She her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to. Each story is. Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not really. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard. Listening to someone's story costs nothing but it is the key to healing (康复) . I often 【小题1】what the woman taught me, and I myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I the power of listening.
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者作为一个医生在给一位老太太作检查时，老人想要作者听讲自己的故事的经历，作者体会到倾听是一剂良药。 【小题1】考查名词及语境的理解。A. doctor医生； B. nurse护士；C. patient 病人；D. student学生。根据后文可知作者是个医生，所以是有最后一个要看的病人，故选C。 【小题2】考查动词词组及语境的理解。A. take off 起飞； B. get off 下车；C. clean out 清整干净；D. put on穿上。根据后文After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks,可知她正在设法穿上袜子，故选D。 【小题3】考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. looking forward to盼望···；B. asking for 请求···；C. going on进行··· D.worrying about担心。我相信你盼望着看到他，根据句意，故选A。 【小题4】考查动词及语境的理解。A. impressed印象深刻； B. stopped停止； C. asked 询问；D. greeted问候。根据后文"Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours."可知她是我停止说话，故选B。 【小题5】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. excited 令人兴奋的；B. mad生气的； C. Embarrassed尴尬的；D. angry生气的。根据作者当时的情景可知他非常的吃惊和尴尬，故选C。 【小题6】考查连词及语境的理解。根据上句她的儿子住的离她不远，及后文有五年没有见过她，可知是转折关系，故选C。 【小题7】考查动词及语境的理解。A. missing错过，思念；B. loving可爱的；C. understanding理解；D. meeting会议。她认为她的健康问题变得严重是因为想念她的儿子，根据句意，故选A。 【小题8】考查不定代词及语境的理解。A. nothing else没有其他的； B. anything else 任何其他的；C. something else 某个其他的；D. everything else每个其他的。我问是否还有我能为她做的任何其他的事情。在该句中强调任何其他的事情，而不是某件其他的事情，故选B。 【小题9】考查动词及语境的理解。A. shook晃动B. dropped 落下；C. waved 波浪形晃动；D. moved移动。根据后文可知她不需要，所以句意;她摇摇头笑了。故选A. 【小题10】考查动词及语境的理解。A. see看到； B. dropped 落下；C. listen听；D. feel感觉。她所有想要做的事情就是让我倾听，根据句意，故选C。 【小题11】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. terrible 糟糕的；B. different 不同的；C. similar 相似的； D. true真实的。根据后文可知每一个故事都是不同的，故选B。 【小题12】考查动词及语境的理解。A. happen 发生；B. appear出现；C. matter 有重要性，有关系；D. change改变。然而所有这些都真的没有关系，对于讲故事的人有关系的是有人听。根据句意，故选C。 【小题13】考查动词及语境的理解。A. think of想起；B. dream of梦想···；C. get over克服；D. laugh at嘲笑。我经常会想起那个女人教我的道理，根据句意，故选A。 【小题14】考查动词及语境的理解。A. teach 教；B. ask问；C. remind 提醒D. cheer欢呼，使振作。我提醒我自己停下来，坐下，正真的倾听的重要性。根据句意，故选C。 【小题15】考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. talk about 谈论；B. show off炫耀； C. believe in 信任；D. run out of用光。我相信倾听的力量。根据句意，故选C。 考点：情感故事类短文。