By my third day in the hospital, I realized Tom didn’t visit. I couldn’t understand  36  my best friend wouldn’t come to see me. Struggling against the   37  , I phoned his __38 . His mother answered, and when I asked for Tom, she got   39  . “He’s not here right now,” she said. I thought it was  40  that she didn’t tell me where he was or  41  to have him call me. But I was so weak, I just let it  42  . I found out later that Tom’s mother called my parents right after we rang   43  . My phone call really made her   44  , and she   45  they talk to me. Later that night, my mom   46  . Did I remember drinking? Did I remember in a car？I had   47   what she was talking about, so she finally told me the news: I’d hit a tree. Tom, in the   48   seat, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. The only reason I’d lived was because of my   49  .
My first   50   was of shock. I’d been drink-driving? Hit a tree? Killed Tom? I felt like the   51   person in the world. Even after I was able to   52  several weeks later, I didn’t want to eat, I didn’t want to talk. I just   53   at the wall in my  54   and cried. The only person I wanted to see was Tom. I didn’t feel like   55   with any of my old friends.

A．if B．whether C．how D．why

A．pain B．doctor C．nurse D．wound

A．company B．office C．school D．house

A．sad B．quiet C．calm D．excited

A．unfair B．wrong C．strange D．unnecessary

A．offer B．allow C．permit D．refuse

A．down B．alone C．be D．go

A．off B．up C．out D．back

A．disappointed B．shocked C．anxious D．excited

A．hoped B．wished C．insisted D．ordered

A．went by B．came by C．called back D．passed by

A．understood B．believed C．no idea D．wondered

A．passenger B．drive C．front D．spare

A．doctor B．friend C．luck D．seat-belt

A．view B．reaction C．action D．idea

A．luckiest B．happiest C．worst D．most lonely

A．stand up B．get on C．go home D．eat out

A．looked B．stared C．glanced D．glared

A．sickroom B．office C．dormitory D．bedroom

A．drying out B．taking out C．setting out D．hanging out