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AStrangeGreeting,aTrueFeelingLastweekIwasinvitedtoadoctor’smeetingattheRuthhospitalforincurables.Inoneofthewardsapatient,anoldman,gotupshakilyfromhisbedandmovedtowardsme.Icouldseethathehadn'tlongto1,buthecameuptomeandplacedhisrightfootclosemineonthefloor.“Frank！”Icriedinastonishment.Hecouldn’t2,asIknew,butallthetime3
hisfootagainstmine.My4racedbackmorethanthirtyyearstothe5daysof1941,whenIwasastudentinLondon.The6wasanair-raidshelter,inwhichIandabouthundredotherpeopleslepteverynight.TwooftheregularswereMrs.WestandhersonFrank.7wartimeproblems,weshelter-dwellersgotto8eachotherverywell.FrankWest9mebecausehewasn’t10,notevenatbirth.Hismothertoldmehewas37then,buthehad11ofamindthanababyhas.His“12”consistedofroughsounds——soundsofpleasureorangerand13more.Mrs.West,thenabout75,wasastrong,capablewoman,asshehadtobe,ofcourse,becauseFrank14onherentirely.Heneededallthe15
ofababy.OnenightapolicemancameandtoldMrs.Westthatherhousehadbeenflattenedbya500-pounder.She16nearlyeverythingsheowned.Whenthatsortofthinghappened,therestofushelpedthe17ones.Sobeforewe18thatmorning,IstoodbesideFrankand19myrightfootagainsthis.Theywereaboutthesamesize.Thatnight,then,Itookapairofshoestotheshelterforfrank.Butassoonashesawmehecamerunningandplacedhisrightfootagainstmine.Afterthat,his20tomewasalwaysthesame.1．A．workB．stayC．liveD．expect2．A．answerB．speakC．smileD．laugh3．A．coveringB．movingC．fightingD．pressing4．A．mindsB．memoriesC．thoughtsD．brains5．A．betterB．darkC．youngerD．old6．A．caveB．placeC．sightD．scene7．A．DiscussingB．SolvingC．SharingD．Suffering8