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really look forward to seeing him.”

She stopped me with a serious voice. “Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story.”

I was surprised and ashamed. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that the pressure of this caused greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.

Listening to someone’s story costs less than expensive diagnostic (诊断的) testing but is key to healing (痊愈).

I often thought of what that woman taught me — the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, unexpectedly, I became the patient, with a diagnosis of sclerosis (硬化症) at age 31. Now, 20 years later, I sit all the time — in a wheelchair.

For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair, but I had to give up my job when my hands were influenced. I still teach medical students and other health care professionals, but now from the view of doctor and patient.

I tell them I believe in the power of listening. I tell them I know firsthand that huge healing takes place within me when someone stops, sits down and listens to my story.

58. What does “I was almost in the clear” mean?

A. I thought everything was clearly.

C. I almost made myself understood.

said.

A. showed her anger and impatience

C. liked giving orders to people

60. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Listening — a powerful medicine

C. A lesson given by a patient

B. An unforgettable experience D. Care — a key to treatment B. refused to listen to the doctor D. could not wait to break in B. I was about to finish my work. D. I was very quickly out of her sight. 59. From the 4th paragraph, we can infer the woman ____________ from the way she

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