I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional _____ and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so  _____to me and had such a big  _____ on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to  _____ my own cancer experience?
I’m an ambitious  _____, and when I started going through chemo (化疗) , even though I’m a very  _____ person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the _____ . One day, while waiting to go in for  ____, I had one of Dr. Bernie’s books in my hand. Another patient _____what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me  ____ he had one of his books with him as well. It  ____that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was____ a published author, and he was currently  ____ on a new book.
We would see each other at various times and ____ friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) ____of Dr. Bernie. He really put a ___on my face. He unfortunately ____ last year due to his cancer, ___he left a deep impression on me and gave me the  ___to pick up my pen again. I  ___ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”

A．tastes B．ideas C．notes D．memories

A．amazing B．shocking C．amusing D．strange

A．strike B．push C．challenge D．impact

A．learn from B．go over C．get through D．refer to

A．reader B．writer C．editor D．doctor

A．positive B．agreeable C．humorous D．honest

A．mood B．position C．state D．way

A．advice B．reference C．protection D．treatment

A．viewed B．knew C．noticed D．wondered

A．while B．because C．although D．providing

A．came out B．worked out C．proved out D．turned out

A．naturally B．merely C．hopefully D．actually

A．deciding B．investing C．working D．relying

A．became B．helped C．missed D．visited

A．patient B．operator C．fan D．publisher

A．sign B．smile C．mark D．mask

A．showed up B．set off C．fell down D．passed away

A．since B．but C．so D．for

A．guidance B．trust C．opportunity D．inspiration

A．promised B．swore C．thought D．replied