Who do you think came up with the idea for the Paralympics (残奥会)? The man who organized the sporting events which became the Paralympics Games_______was a doctor, Ludwig Guttmann.

In his teens, Ludwig was always interested in medicine and worked as a _______in a hospital. Then he_______ from medical school and became a doctor when he was 25 years old.

Guttmann _______ a successful career for the next few years._______ , because Guttmann and his family were Jews, in Germany was becoming very _______ for them. In 1938 Guttmann _______ to the UK with his family where he continued his research _______ the best way to treat patients.

The Second World War was going on and there were a lot of soldiers_______in the fighting. Often they  __________ the use of their legs and needed __________ and help. The disabled soldiers were often __________ and angry for they couldn’t really live a normal, useful life. Guttmann used his new __________ to look after their injuries but he also tried to give them emotional strength.

Guttmann __________ taking part in sport could help a person’s body as well as their mind and began to use __________ as a treatment to help his patients. He wanted to give them back their self-respect and dignity and __________ them to take part in sports.

In 1948 the hospital held a sporting event called “The International Wheelchair Games”. By 1952 the event began to __________bigger with disabled athletes from other countries attending. By 1960 the games were called the International Stroke Mandeville Games and they were held in Rome alongside the __________ Summer Olympics. By 1968 there were 750 athletes from 29 different countries. Guttmann himself died in 1980, even__________ the games were called “Paralympics”, but there is no __________ that he is the founder and father of the Paralympics Games. It’s thanks to his hard work that we are all able to enjoy the Paralympics.

1.A.gradually B.eventually C.temporarily D.compulsorily

2.A.doctor B.steward C.volunteer D.director

3.A.excited B.benefited C.suffered D.graduated

4.A.enjoyed B.accepted C.designed D.explored

5.A.But B.However C.Therefore D.Otherwise

6.A.ambiguous B.difficult C.apparent D.diverse

7.A.moved B.poured C.submitted D.flooded

8.A.of B.over C.about D.into

9.A.dying B.sacrificing C.wounded D.destroyed

10.A.made B.lost C.reduced D.lacked

11.A.treatment B.movement C.development D.achievement

12.A.exhausted B.challenged C.depressed D.astonished

13.A.materials B.experiments C.models D.methods

14.A.knew B.denied C.allowed D.approved

15.A.music B.medicine C.sport D.magic

16.A.forced B.encouraged C.allowed D.drove

17.A.seem B.go C.run D.get

18.A.yearly B.local C.independent D.official

19.A.before B.after C.until D.since

20.A.evidence B.wonder C.doubt D.problem

We had no food left in our backpacks, and    things worse, it began to pour.

A.making B.to have made C.having made D.to make

Leonardo da Vince   birds kept in cages in order to have the pleasure of setting them free.

A.is said to be buying

B.is said to have bought

C.had said to buy

D.who said to have bought

—Could you possibly tell me what to do with such sort of situation?

—It’s no good asking me all the time, Anna. You’ll have to learn to think   yourself.

A.of B.to C.by D.for

He doesn’t like having    for supper.

A.chick B.chicken C.chickens D.chicks

On the way, they fired on settlers’ houses and stole about twenty    and six horses.

A.cattles B.head of cattles C.head of cattle D.heads of cattle

—Tom, you’ve got an A in the final English exam .Congratulations!

—Thanks.But I never thought the result came out so fast.The papers________when I left the teacher’s office just now.

A.had been marked

B.were still being marked

C.are still marking

D.had been marking

“Overall, export performance will be_______better, and it’s going to accelerate in the_______months.” said an economist in Hong Kong.

A.more; coming B.much; following

C.little; to come D.much; to follow

—Jim, are you_______this Saturday?　

—Oh, sorry. I need to go to the bookshop_______the bank on Saturday.

A.convenient; and B.convenient; as well as

C.available; with D.available; as well as

The_______moment we had looked forward to_______at last.

A.excited; came B.exciting; coming

C.excited; coming D.exciting; came