Plague - Apr 21

He began to speak, but had to ________(咳嗽) before continuing, because ________(他的嗓音发出来太刺耳).

His clawlike fingers were feebly ________(拉/扯/拽) the sides of the bed. Then they rose, scratched at the blanket over his knees, and suddenly he ________(蜷起双腿), bringing his thighs above his stomach, and remained quite still.

The light on the whitewashed walls was changing from pink to yellow. The first waves of another day of heat were ________([阳光/热度]打在窗户上). They hardly heard Grand saying he would come back as he turned to go.

And then, ________(与一致) the tortured child, he struggled to sustain him with all the remaining strength of his own body.