完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I always felt sorry for people in wheelchairs.Some people,old and weak,cannot 36 by themselves.Others seem perfectly healthy, 37 in business suits,and wheel themselves around with strong determination.But whenever I saw someone in a wheelchair,I only saw a 38 ,not a person.
Then I fainted(晕倒)at Euro Disney 39 low blood pressure.This was the first time I had ever fainted,and my parents said that I must 40 for a while after First Aid.I agreed to take it easy,but 41 I stepped toward the door,I saw my dad pushing a (n) 42 in my direction!Feeling the colour burn my cheeks,I asked him to wheel that thing right back to 43 he found it.
I could not believe this was happening to me.Wheelchairs were 44 for other people but not for me.As my father wheeled me out into the main street,people 45 began to treat me differently.
Little kids ran in front of me, 46 my father to stop the wheelchair suddenly. 47 set in as I was thrown back and forth.“Stupid kids—they have perfectly good 48 .Why can’t they watch where they’re going?”I thought.People 49 down at me,pity in their eyes.Then they would look away,maybe because they thought the 50 they forgot me,the better.
“I am just like you!”I wanted to scream.“The only 51 is that you’ve got legs,and I have wheels.”
People in wheelchairs are not 52 .They can see every look and hear each word.Looking out at the faces,I finally understood: I was once just like them.I 53 people in wheelchairs exactly the way they did not 54 to be treated.I realized it is some of us with two healthy legs who are 55 disabled.
1.A.look around B.care about C.make out D.get around
2.A.dressed B.covered C.folded D.lost
3.A.beast B.disability C.passer-by D.failure
4.A.by way of B.as to C.due to D.in terms of
5.A.sleep B.break C.leave D.rest
6.A.before B.until C.because D.as
7.A.wheelchair B.carriage C.armchair D.bed
8.A.whom B.that C.where D.which
9.A.fine B.sad C.light D.cheap
10.A.gradually B.immediately C.finally D.rapidly
11.A.catching B.making C.preventing D.forcing
12.A.Bitterness B.lnterest C.Regret D.Amusement
13.A.space B.manners C.legs D.control
14.A.smiled B.stared C.handed D.pushed
15.A.happier B.faster C.sooner D.harder
16.A.advantage B.difference C.choice D.difficulty
17.A.healthy B.common C.stupid D.violent
18.A.treated B.ignored C.greeted D.injured
19.A.mean B.need C.enjoy D.want
20.A.generally B.truly C.mostly D.eventually
Glasses are and must be handled with great care.
A.heavy B.smooth C.flexible D.fragile
—How soon do you think the economy will recover?
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A.What for B.Who knows C.Why not D.How come
Provision of food and is their main concern for the flood victims.
A.relief B.safety C.shelter D.defense
The old lady likes to spend time indoors, she can comfortably watch televison and read newspapers.
A.when B.that C.which D.where
Ballet is highly technical and it professional dancers years to train.
A.takes B.achieves C.deserves D.needs