"Tactfulness" also requires "truthfulness"．Doctors, for example must be truthful．If awith sensitivity．The doctor may try to give the patient hope by telling them curing techniques under study or about advanced equipment now available．Doctors must use tact with patients' relatives as well．Instead of bluntly saying, "Your husband is disabled," a doctor might say, "I'm sorry, but your husband has lost feeling in his legs and．．．"

　　Tact should not be confused with trickery．Trickery occurs when a nurse is about to give a patient an injection（） and says, "This won't hurt a bit．" Instead of trickery, the nurse might guarantee the patient that the discomfort of the injection is a small thing compared to the benefits of it．It would also be thoughtful for the nurse to tell the patients about some of these benefits．

　　Tact is a wonderful skill to have, and tactful people are usually admired and respected．Without tact our society would become an intolerable place to live in．

　　68．The underlined word "crushed" in the first paragraph probably means____．

　　A．surprised

　　B．cheated

　　C．regretful

　　D．painful

　　69．According to the author, his mother's praise for the brother is ____．

　　A．sensitive and tactful

　　B．sensitive but not tactful enough

　　C．truthful but not tactful enough

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