I believe ___36__ is a powerful(强效的) medicine.
It was Sunday. I had the last __37__ to see and I get into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying to ____38__ her socks. Usually I said something like this: “How are you feeling? The nurse says your _39__ is visiting you today. I believe you are __40__ him.
She ___41___ with a serious voice, “ Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours.” I was surprised and ___42___. I sat down and helped her with the ___43__. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far away from her, ___44___ she had not seen him for five years. She believed her ___45__ problems were worse because of ___46__ her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was ____47___ I could do for her. She __48__ her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to __49__.
Each story is ___50__. Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not __51_. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.
Listening to someone’s story costs ___52___ but it is the key to healing(康复). I often ____53__ what the woman taught me, and I ____54__ myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I __55___ the power of listening.

A．speaking B．reading C．listening D．writing

A．doctor B．nurse C．patient D．student

A．take off B．get off C．clean out D．put on

A．daughter B．son C．sister D．brother

A．looking forward to B．asking for C．going on D．worrying about

A．impressed B．stopped C．asked D．greeted

A．excited B．mad C．embarrassed D．angry

A．shoes B．shirt C．socks D．shorts

A．or B．so C．but D．if

A．health B．mental C．physical D．aging

A．missing B．loving C．understanding D．meeting

A．nothing else B．anything C．nothing D．everything

A．shook B．dropped C．waved D．moved

A．see B．write C．listen D．feel

A．terrible B．different C．similar D．true

A．happen B．appear C．matter D．change

A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing

A．think of B．dream of C．get over D．laugh at

A．teach B．ask C．remind D．cheer

A．talk about B．show off C．believe in D．run out of