单项选择题
| I usually don’t take the subway to get
to my office, but it’s a good thing I did last Tuesday. I (36)
a man sitting opposite me who (37) to be extremely
nervous. He was (38) wide-eyed at one of the advertisements
in the car. Then his hands started to (39) . I took my
medical bag and (40) to him. "Well, what (41) seems to be wrong with you" I asked. He pointed at an advertisement (42) the good qualities of a (43) kind of shirt. It (44) : It will not wilt, shrink, crease, or wrinkle. "Well, (45) about it" "I’m going (46) ," he said. "I can read it to myself, but I can’t say it out (47) . " "My dear man," I comforted him, "you can say it. Of course you can. You’re (48) a little nervous. This is just a nervous attack. You must not (49) . You must try. and say it. Now say it. " "It... it will not wilt, crink, waek, or shrinkle," he said, and with a groan (呻吟) he (50) his face with his hands. "Now come. (51) me," I told him, "and learn how perfectly simple the whole (52) is." I continued in a firm voice, "It will not wink, shink, wack, or cinkle. " Oh, my! I (53) several times, and each was wrong in a different way. The man (54) , and appeared completely recovered. I was (55) . The man was cured. Of course, I had been putting on an act. |