2021年全国乙卷
第一节 (共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Simply saying thank you doesn’t seem enough in certain situations. I was considering this while working as a _____41_____ just a few weeks ago. And it came to me then how much easier it would be if we had a range of words that express different _____42_____ of gratitude (感谢).
My thoughts were soon _____43_____. We had a woman patient who was _____44_____ from a knee replacement operation. One afternoon, while _____45_____ to get into bed she collapsed (倒下) from what was _____46_____ discovered to be a heart attack. The collapse was disastrous, _____47_____ the emergency medical team and good teamwork. But she recovered, though _____48_____, and was ready for discharge (出院) after four weeks.
She was _____49_____ for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her. On her day of discharge, we shared in her _____50_____ at her recovery. As she was _____51_____ she was eager to say _____52_____ to each of us in the nursing team. When she _____53_____ one nurse, she tried to press a five-pound note into her hand. My colleague _____54_____ to accept it, saying that we were all just _____55_____ our job. The patient looked puzzled, and then _____56_____: “Oh this isn’t for the _____57_____ I had. I take that as a _____58_____. No, this is for setting my hair yesterday.”
And there you have it. To many people, _____59_____ lives is part of the job but styling hair is an _____60_____ and should be rewarded.
41.A. cleaner B. chemist C. nurse D. doctor
42.A. grades B. meanings C. needs D. expectations
43.A. brushed aside B. put to the test C. brought under discussion D. take into account
44.A. departing B. escaping C. retiring D. recovering
45.A. attempting B. choosing C. pausing D. promising
46.A. eventually B. fortunately C. casually D. secretly
47.A. assessing B. requiring C. forming D. proving
48.A. slightly B. accidentally C. slowly D. happily
49.A. grateful B. thoughtful C. sorrowful D. fearful
50.A. surprise B. delight C. curiosity D. disappointment
51.A. operating B. thinking C. hesitating D. leaving
52A. sorry B. hello C. goodbye D. yes
53.A. reached B. consulted C. introduced D. persuaded
54.A. wished B. pretended C. failed D. refused
55.A. enjoying B. doing C. securing D. starting
56.A. repeated B. recited C. replied D. reported
57.A. courage B. patience C. duty D. care
58.A. goal B. given C. push D. greeting
59.A. risking B. changing C. saving D. building
60.A. honour B. ability C. opening D. extra
答案解析：
41. C. nurse
解析：根据后文的 "we shared in her delight at her recovery" 和 "each of us in the nursing team" 可知，作者是一名护士。
42. A. grades
解析：根据句意 "我们需要一系列表达不同程度的感谢的词汇"，grades of gratitude 意为不同程度的感谢，因此需要不同的含义。
43. B. put to the test
解析：根据后文的情节，作者的想法立刻得到了检验，即通过病人的行为来验证。
44. D. recovering
解析：根据句意 "我们有一位女士刚做完膝关节置换手术正在恢复"，recovering from an operation 意为从手术中恢复。
45. A. attempting
解析：根据句意 "有一天下午，她正试图上床时突然倒下了"，attempt to do sth. 意为试图做某事。
46. A. eventually
解析：根据句意 "后来发现她是心脏病发作"，eventually discovered 意为最终发现。
47. B. requiring
句子中提到她的晕倒需要紧急医疗团队和良好的团队合作，因此空格处应该填入表示“需要”的动词，即requiring。其他选项的意思与文意不符。
48. C. slowly
解析：根据句意 "但她慢慢地恢复了"，slowly recovered 意为慢慢地恢复。
49. A. grateful
解析：根据句意 "她对我们医疗和护理团队所做的一切都表示感激"，be grateful for 意为对...表示感谢。
50. B. delight
解析：根据句意 "在她出院的那天，我们分享了她在康复中的喜悦"，shared in her delight 意为分享她的喜悦。
51. D. leaving
解析：根据句意 "当她准备离开时"，as she was leaving 意为当她准备离开时。
52. C. goodbye
解析：根据句意 "她急于向我们护理团队的每个人说再见"，say goodbye to 意为向...说再见。
53. A. reached
解析：根据句意 "当她接触到一位护士时"，reached one nurse 意为接触到一位护士。
54. D. refused
解析：根据句意 "我的同事拒绝接受"，refused to accept 意为拒绝接受。
55. B. doing
解析：根据句意 "我们只是在做我们的工作"，doing our job 意为做我们的工作。
56. C. replied
解析：根据句意 "病人看起来很困惑，然后回答说"，replied 意为回答。
57. C. duty
解析：根据句意 "这不因为我所接受的护理"，duty 意为职责，这里指护理工作是护士的职责。
58. B. given
句子中提到“我把它当作理所当然的”，take...as a given意为“认为……理所应当”。 所以空格处应该填入given。其他选项的意思与文意不符。
59. C. saving
解析：根据句意 "对许多人来说，拯救生命是工作的一部分"，saving lives is part of the job 意为拯救生命是工作的一部分。
60. D. extra
解析：根据句意 "但设计发型是一个额外的事情，应该得到奖励"，an extra thing 意为额外的事情。
