As a mother, I have been blessed. I have a nice, smart, good-looking son named Alan. About a month ago, there was an assembly (集会) about seat belt safety 36 at Alan’s high school. One of the presenters in this program, Kathy Hezlep, had 37 her son in a horrible car crash the year before.
When Kathy was 38 asked to speak at this assembly, she was reluctant (不情愿的). Her son’s 39 had been extremely hard on her. She often felt helpless and discouraged, and she wasn’t sure how she could 40 a difference by speaking to this group.
But at last she 41 to talk to the students in the school. Kathy spoke about how 42 it had been since the loss of her son. She spoke 43 from her heart and 44 son took her words straight into his heart.
One day, the worst nightmare came. The 45 told me my son had been driving down a curving road and lost 46 of the car. When I was taken to the scene of the 47 and saw the broken car, I felt physically 48 . I couldn’t 49 three kids had walked away from that car 50 .
When I got to the hospital, I talked to Alan about the accident. He told me that 51 of the kids had been 52 their seat belts when he started the car. But Kathy’s words about her terrible loss had 53 him so deeply that he 54 that everyone put on their shoulder and lap belts before he would leave. That is 55 had saved their lives.
1.. A. spoken B. introduced C. presented D. talked
2.. A. lost B. hurt C. saved D. seen
3.. A. again B. first C. then D. even
4.. A. wound B. smile C. life D. death
5.. A. give B. take C. feel D. make
6.. A. allowed B. agreed C. refused D. asked
7.. A. hard B. easy C. pleasant D. poor
8.. A. wildly B. highly C. directly D. safely
9.. A. the B. his C. her D. my
10.. A. parents B. police C. presenter D. kid
11.. A. control B. power C. direction D. sense
12.. A. station B. hospital C. road D. accident
13.. A. sick B. depressed C. angry D. ashamed
14.. A. express B. predict C. believe D. describe
15.. A. alive B. dead C. wakened D. relaxed
16.. A. neither B. one C. none D. either
17.. A. dressing B. wearing C. putting D. having
18.. A. remembered B. moved C. punished D. impressed
19.. A. hoped B. promised C. insisted D. informed
20.. A. it B. what C. that D. who
___ anybody call when I am away, please write down his name and address.
A. If B. Unless C. Could D. Should
–What took you so long? –I got lost. I have no ___ of direction.
A. sense B. ability C. knowledge D. feeling
Please arrange ___ first, and then let him have a good rest.
A. him a room B. a room for him C. him of a room D. a room with him
Students should always remember theory and should not at all be ___ from practice.
A. divided B. stopped C. separated D. operated
Ten years later, the prisoner of war ___ free and regained his ___.
A. was set, freedom B. was set, free C. was set, freely D. set, freedom
