問題詳情

Sue and Joanna rent an apartment together to share expenses. In November, Joanna becomes ill with pneumonia. As her illness lingers, she turns frail and loses hope of 54 . Outside her window is an old ivy vine with only a few leaves remaining. Joanna has become so disheartened 55 she convinces herself that when the lastleaf falls off the vine, she will die. Sue is worried and reveals her fears to Mr. Behrman, a grizzled, unsuccessful artist who dreams of one day painting a masterpiece. Mr. Behrman finds only one leaf .56 to its stem. He cannot but feel worried that it will eventually fall victim to the wind and rain. The next morning the last leaf is still there, which causes Joanna to think that fate made the leaf stay on the vine so that she would not die. With this change in attitude, Joanna gradually gets well. However, Mr. Behrman becomes ill and quickly 57 pneumonia. Later that day, Sue discovers how Mr. Behrman became ill. On the stormy night 58 the last leaf was about to fall, Mr. Behrman took a ladder, climbed the wall, and painted a true masterpiece--a picture of the last leaf on the brick wall.
54.
(A) recovering
(B) returning
(C) counting
(D) creating

參考答案

答案：[無官方正解]
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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