中級閱讀模擬測驗　第七回

Dr. Wei opened her small (11) on Green Street eleven years ago. Most of her patients come in with a headache or a stomach (12) that has lasted a few days. She listens first and prescribes later, because in her view many complaints have no single (13) at all. Rest, water and a change of habit often work better than pills. When a case is serious, she sends the patient to the hospital, where a specialist can decide whether (14) is needed. She also keeps a record of every (15) she treats, so that a pattern in the neighborhood does not go unnoticed.

Ben was twenty when a fall from a roof nearly (16) him for life. Doctors repaired the bone, but the wound took months to (17) and he could not stand without help. What changed everything was physical (18): three sessions a week, every week, for two years. Progress was slow, and there were days when he wanted to stop. Today he walks to work and coaches a junior team on weekends. He tells young patients that the body is patient, that no single treatment or (19) can do the work alone, and that recovery is a slow (20) that nobody finishes in a hurry.