My parents are an interesting couple. They don’t mean to 34 each other but what they do
is humorous.
When my dad was thirty something, he hit himself on the forehead very hard on something
inside the garage. So, my mother 35 him to an emergency room. Because my father cut
himself very badly, the doctor had to perform a 36 . Seeing my father suffering, my mother felt
weak; the nurse pulled a chair up for her and then went back to dad’s side. “I know we’re all
grown-ups,” said the nurse, “but, it’s OK to cry sometimes when it hurts.” After the operation was
done, my mother asked my father 37 he heard what the nurse said or not. “I did,” my father
replied, “and I thought she was talking to you.”
Days after staying in the hospital, my father could finally go home. 38 the way home, my
mother asked my father what the most uncomfortable thing he had during his stay. “The food, of
course.” My mother looked at my father with a smile, 39 what she was going to fix for him.
40 , my father continued, in a very philosophical tone, “If I have to eat that kind of food, why
do I have to stay in the hospital? ” That evening, we had McDonald’s.
【題組】38. (A) In (B) By (C) For (D) On