One day in early December, we woke up to discover a heavy fall of snow. “Mom, can we go _______ after breakfast?” my eleven-year-old daughter Erica begged. I didn’t want to _______ her request, so we headed towards the only _______ in our town.
When we arrived, the hill was crowded with people. We found an open spot next to a thin man and his three-year-old son. The boy was already lying in the sled, _______ to be launched. “Come on, Daddy!” he called.
The man looked over at me. “Okay if we go _______?” he asked.
“Sure. Looks like your son is ready to go,” I said. With that, he gave the boy a huge _______, and off he flew! And the father ran after his son at full speed.
“He must be afraid that his son is going to _______ somebody,” I said to Erica. “We’d better be _______, too.”
Then we also skied down the hill at a great speed. As we returned to the top, I noticed that the man was _______ his son, who was still lying in the sled, back up to the summit. When we reached the top, the boy was ready to play again. Again, the father ________ him down the hill, and then pulled both the boy and the sled back up. The little boy was terribly spoilt by his father, I thought. ________ he was small, the child could pull his own sled up the hill once in a while. This ________ went on for more than an hour, but the man never ________ , and he was very happy instead. Finally, I could ________ it no longer. I called to him, “You have tremendous ________ !”
The man smiled and said, “He has cerebral palsy (脑瘫). He can’t walk. ”
I was dumbstruck (惊呆的). It had all seemed so happy, so ________ , that it never occurred to me that the child might be ________ . Although I didn’t know the man’s name, I told the ________ in my newspaper column. Either he or someone he knew must have recognized him, ________ shortly afterward, I received this letter:
Dear Mrs. Silverman,
The energy I expended on the hill that day is ________ compared to what my son does every day. To me, he is a true hero.
1.A.camping B.hiking C.shopping D.skiing
2.A.answer B.refuse C.allow D.accept
3.A.hill B.lake C.market D.gym
4.A.promising B.advising C.waiting D.warning
5.A.too B.second C.last D.first
6.A.wave B.ability C.push D.touch
7.A.look at B.run into C.come across D.call on
8.A.natural B.honest C.careful D.special
9.A.attracting B.following C.pulling D.forbidding
10.A.found B.chased C.drove D.noticed
11.A.As if B.Even though C.Now that D.Ever since
12.A.accident B.signal C.pattern D.adventure
13.A.doubted B.laughed C.tired D.cried
14.A.interrupt B.stand C.change D.demand
15.A.energy B.value C.skills D.attitude
16.A.fair B.frightening C.normal D.unlucky
17.A.homeless B.disabled C.technical D.creative
18.A.joke B.story C.meeting D.news
19.A.because B.unless C.if D.although
20.A.all B.everything C.something D.nothing
—Could Martha afford the money to go on a trip abroad with us?
—I’m afraid not. She is ___________ at the moment.
A.physically challenged B.between jobs C.not all there D.all ears
Our high-tech zone has__________guidelines for sustainable development in the next five years.
A.fallen for B.got over C.broken down D.laid out
I can’t figure out why some foreigners must go out_______staying at home is the safest way during the outbreak of the virus.
A.until B.before C.unless D.when
Our school often organizes various after-school activities, _____our stress to some degree.
A.to relieve B.relieved C.having relieved D.relieving
_______for the wrong turning on the highway, I would be having dinner with my friends now.
A.Had it not been B.Were it not C.It had not been D.It were not
