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My mother was a nurse. She left at 5:45 a.m, so I had to wake myself up, fix breakfast, and walk to the 7:30 a.m. bus. I hated being left home alone in the __1__, but I especially hated having to take the bus. Mom worked the day shift so she could pick me up after school.
One day, as we walked to our car, I saw an old man walking toward us. He __2__ broke into a wide smile, but I didn't know him.
"Leigh! Leigh!" he said, __3__ my mother's name.
"Hello," she answered, "How are you feeling?"
"Couldn't be better! Thanks. Now who is this lovely young girl?" he asked __4__.
"This is my daughter," Mom replied, looking over at me, "Jenny, can you say hello?"
I looked at him and smiled, unsure of my __5__.
"Well, it's very nice to meet you. I hope you know how lucky you are!" he said.
I looked at him in __6__ as I had no idea what he was talking about and I didn't feel lucky at all.
"You have the most wonderful, caring, and lovely mother," he said. "When I was in the hospital last month she took the best care of me. She made every day better. Every day! In fact, young __7__ I shall never forget her."
I watched this stranger's joy in my mom. He kept thanking her and thanking her.
Right then I suddenly __8__ what it meant for my mom to be a nurse. She was caring for, serving, and loving those strangers, often during some of the __9__ times in their lives.
It wasn't the last time I witnessed someone thanking Mom or __10__ her on her bedside manner, but it was the first time I understood why I stood at the bus stop every morning.
( ) 1. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
( ) 2. A. smoothly B. simply C. suddenly D. slowly
( ) 3. A. writing B. calling C. reading D. asking
( ) 4. A. carefully B. curiously C. cheerfully D. calmly
( ) 5. A. looks B. age C. moods D. food
( ) 6. A. surprise B. hope C. doubt D. envy
( ) 7. A. lady B. man C. person D. student
( ) 8. A. accepted B. explained C. considered D. realized
( ) 9. A. happiest B. darkest C. busiest D. warmest
( ) 10. A. praising B. greeting C. attacking D. reminding