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  53  what the woman taught me , and I         myself of the importance of stopping , sitting down and truly listening ．I      the power of listening ．

A．doctor B．nurse C．patient D．student

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

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．or B．so C．but D．if

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

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

A．shook B．dropped C．waved D．moved

A．see B．smell C．listen D．feel

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

A．happen B．appear C．matter D．change

A．think of B．dream of C．lead to D．laugh at

A．teach B．ask C．remind D．cheer

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