2021年全国统一高考英语试卷（乙卷）试题解析(21)

My thoughts were soon（3） . We had a woman patient who was（4）　D from a knee replacement operation. One afternoon，while（5）　A to get into bed she collapsed （倒下）from what was（6）　A discovered to be a heart attack. The collapse was disastrous，（7） the emergency medical team and good teamwork. But she recovered，though （8）　C　，and was ready for discharge （出院） after four weeks.
She was （9）　A for everything that the medical and nursing team had done for her. On her day of discharge， we shared in her（10） at her recovery. As she was（11）　D　she was eager to say （12）　C to each of us in the nursing team. When she（13）　A　one nurse，she tried to press a five﹣pound note into her hand. My colleague（14）　D to accept it，saying that we were all just（15） our job. The patient looked puzzled，and then（16）　C　：
"Oh this isn"t for the（17）　D I had. I take that as a（18） .No， this is for setting my hair yesterday."
And there you have it. To many people，（19）　C lives is part of the job but styling hair is an （20）　D and should be rewarded.