I recently had a patient undergo surgery. He’d been out to have dinner with some friends and had started to feel ____, so he came in to see me. I made the diagnosis (诊断) and called a surgical colleague to do the operation on him. Afterwards, I ____the surgeon, who rep orted the operation had gone well, with almost no blood loss, and considered the whole process a success. When I went to visit my patient in his hospital room, however, he painted a much ____ picture. He was very thankful to be ____ and to all of us who’d worked hard to bring that ____about. But what he was most focused on was how ____ his minute-by-minute experience had been. He’d been in terrible pain and felt incredibly uncomfortable after the operation. He had to wait in recovery for an hour ____ they’d gotten his post-operative pain under control. He’d also had a terrible itch (痒痒) between his shoulder that he was unable to ____ by himself and couldn’t get anyone else to help him until he’d gotten his nurse’s ____ . When he’d been cleared to ____ the operation room, he’d been all but forgotten about for another hour until his hospital room was ready. He’d wanted to ____ the room number so he could text his wife, but no one around told him. Finally, when he’d arrived at his room, he ____ that he couldn’t eat anything until he started passing gas. As I listened to his ____ , I realized what a gap existed in doctors’ goals and his. Doctors ____ to save him, but they didn’t understand how much the little things ___ his experience in hospital.
A.sick B.happy C.sleepy D.tired
A.cared for B.talked with C.thought of D.looked after
A.exact B.different C.beautiful D.strange
A.shameful B.calm C.alive D.popular
A.benefit B.future C.news D.result
A.costly B.awful C.confusing D.unforgettable
A.since B.until C.before D.unless
A.treat B.reach C.recognize D.see
A.payment B.instruction C.attention D.advice
A.repair B.clean C.visit D.leave
A.recall B.know C.record D.say
A.learned B.suggested C.insisted D.thought
A.efforts B.complaints C.measures D.experiences
A.aimed B.suggested C.afforded D.seemed
A.discovered B.affected C.improved D.kept