Last year I went on holiday to Spain. But 1 ， after two days in Madrid, I started to get severe 2 pain. I was in such suffering that I went to the local hospital for a(n) 3 .
No sooner had I arrived than I was 4 to a small room, and I had not been waiting too long 5 a surgeon came to examine me. He didn't speak English and I only spoke a few words of Spanish. He 6 that I had to remove my clothes and he gave me one of those funny hospital gowns (罩衣) which hardly 7 anything.
He then asked me in Spanish if I was embarrassed. “Si, unpoco (Yes, a little)，” I replied with my face turning red. You see, not only did I feel embarrassed at 8 my clothes in front of a stranger but also this 9 stranger was an extremely handsome man. He looked at me as though I was out of my 10 and then he quickly 11 down the passage.
I was beginning to 12 what had happened to him when he suddenly reappeared, this time with a group of 13 students, and again asked the same question in Spanish. Now I was feeling 14 ， and shouted in English, “Yes, I'm extremely embarrassed. I think you would mind too if you had to talk to a crowd of strangers with almost no clothes on.” Then a female doctor in the group 15 my arm gently and 16 in perfect English, “I think I see the problem. My 17 wants to take a photograph of your back—an Xray—so he wants to know if you are 18 a baby. You see, embarazada means pregnant in Spanish.”
No sooner had she told me this than I realized the 19 of the misunderstanding. We all had a laugh, 20 I must admit that I felt rather stupid as well.
篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在西班牙就医时的有趣经历。文中提到作者因背疼而去医院做检查，而后因为作者不懂西班牙语而导致作者对医生的话产生了尴尬又有趣的误解。
1．A.unbearably B．unfortunately
C．unwillingly D．unusually
答案：B 依据本句中的“I started to get severe 2 pain”和文章首句可知，在假期突然身体抱恙是一件不幸的事。故B项正确。
2．A.back B．arm C．muscle D．stomach
答案：A 依据第四段倒数第二句中的“wants to take a photograph of your back”可推测出，作者应该是背疼。故A项正确。
3．A.appointment B．operation
C．examination D．visit
答案：C 依据第二段第一句中的“a surgeon came to examine me”可知，医生来给作者做检查，因此作者是到医院去做检查的。故C项正确。
4．A.invited B．carried C．shown D．welcomed
答案：C 依据故事发生的场所是医院可知，作者应该是被领到了一个小房间里。show sb. to ... “带某人去……”，这里是被动语态。故C项正确。
5．A.until B．since C．after D．before
答案：D 句意：……我没有等很长时间，医生就过来给我做检查。分析句子可知，应该是在医生来做检查之前作者没有等很长时间。故D项正确。
6．A.urged B．said C．gestured D．advised
答案：C 根据上文“He didn't speak English and I only spoke a few words of Spanish.”可知，两人在语言沟通方面有一定困难，所以应该是医生示意作者脱掉衣服。gesture “做手势，用动作示意”。故C项正确。
7．A.cover B．hide C．find D．expose
答案：A 根据第四段第三句中的“talk to a crowd of strangers with almost no clothes on”可知，医生给作者的罩衣几乎不能遮挡住身体。故A项正确。
8．A.putting down B．putting on
C．taking off D．taking away
答案：C 依据第二段第三句中的“remove my clothes”可知，作者是对在陌生人面前脱掉衣服感到尴尬。故C项正确。
9．A.unique B．particular
C．awkward D．aggressive
答案：B 句意：我不仅对在一个陌生人面前脱衣服感到尴尬，而且这个陌生人还是一个非常帅气的男子。根据空后的“an extremely handsome man”可知，B项正确。
10．A.mind B．idea C．heart D．sight
答案：A 依据下文女医生的解释可知，作者误解了医生所说的话，所以这句话应当理解为“他看着我，仿佛我是疯了一般”。out of one's mind “心智失常，发疯”，符合语境。故A项正确。
11．A.waved B．slid C．screamed D．disappeared
答案：D 依据下一段第一句中的“he suddenly reappeared”和医生找来女同事可知，此处是指他很快消失在走廊里。故D项正确。
12．A.find B．know C．see D．wonder
答案：D 结合上一段作者觉得医生看自己的样子就像自己疯了一样，然后他又快速离开可知，此处指作者开始琢磨医生怎么了，为什么会突然离开。故D项正确。
13．A.medical B．physical C．experienced D．amateur
答案：A 依据故事发生的场所是医院可知，医生是跟一群医学学生一起回来的。故A项正确。
14．A.better B．upset C．strange D．dull
答案：B 依据本句中的“Yes, I'm extremely embarrassed”可知，作者此刻感觉非常尴尬，很难过。故B项正确。
15．A.seized B．removed C．squeezed D．held
答案：D hold one's arm “抓住某人的手”。故D项正确。
16．A.stated B．whispered C．shouted D．prayed
答案：B 依据语境可知，作者因为不懂西班牙语而产生了误解，如此尴尬的情形之下，女医生应是轻声地向作者解释了事情的原委。故B项正确。
17．A.colleague B．staff C．patient D．student
答案：A 由上文可知，两位医生之间应该是同事关系。故A项正确。
18．A.delivering B．defending C．wanting D．expecting
答案：D 根据下一句“embarazada means pregnant in Spanish”可知，医生原本是问作者是否怀孕了。expect a baby意为“怀孕，快要生产”，而A项deliver a baby则意为“接生孩子”。故D项正确。
19．A.result B．cause C．concern D．effect
答案：B 根据语境可知，这是指“她一告诉我这些我就认识到了误解的起因”。故B项正确。
20．A.as B．when C．although D．since
答案：C 句意：我们大家都笑了起来，虽然我必须承认我还是觉得自己相当愚蠢。although “虽然，尽管”，符合语境。故C项正确。
