完形填空。 Hank was 26 years old when he put on his first pair of long trousers a
For the first time he 1 himself as he had always wanted to be-a full five feet and eight inches tall.
Hank was born with diseased 2 .Until he was seven,his world was a world of repeated 3 .
At last he had no legs,but stumps that could be 4 with a kind of special boots.
Out of hospital,Hank often found people staring at him with 5 interest.Children laughed at
him and called him "Ape Man" because his arms 6 on the ground.He went to school like other
boys.His 7 were good and he needed only eight years instead of the 8 twelve.
After middle-school graduation,Hank 9 his way through college.He swept floors,waited 10
table,or worked in one of the college offices.During all this busy life,Hank had been moving around
on his 11 .But one day th
e doctor told him even the stumps were not going to 12 much longer.Hank would 13 have to use a wheel chair.
Hank felt himself go 14 all over.However the doctor said there was a 15 that he could be fitted
with artificial legs.
Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the 16 and saw
himself for the f
irst time,five feet and eight inches tall.But this was not the end yet.He had to learn to his new legs.Again and again he marched the 17
of the room,and did back again.There were times when he fell down on the floor,but 18 himself up
and went back to 19 marching.
When World War came,he took the 20 training.Few knew that he was legless.This was the true
story of Hank,the man without legs.
( )2.A.arms
( )3.A.operations
( )4.A.operated
( )5.A.cruel
( )6.A.pushed
( )7.A.subjects
( )8.A.normal
( )9.A.worked
( )10.A.for
( )11.A.own
( )12.A.last
( )13.A.quickly
( )14.A.through
( )15.A.way
( )16.A.doctor
( )17.A.length
( )18.A.pushed
( )19.A.further
( )20.A.recovery
B.legs
B.illness
B.fitted
B.kind
B.dragged
B.maths
B.real
B.found
B.with
B.stumps
B.walk
B.finally
B.cold
B.method
B.window
B.way
B.rose
B.endless
B.regular
C.feet
C.sadness
C.marked
C.strange
C.pulled
C.grades
C.practical
C.tried
C.on
C.feet
C.remain
C.later
C.bad
C.chance
C.house
C.area
C.pulled
C.far
C.extraordinary
D.hands
D.treatment
D.armed
D.funny
D.hung
D.books
D.usual
D.did
D.at
D.sticks
D.support
D.soon
D.mad
D.treatment
D.mirror
D.size
D.threw
D.new
D.useful
to learn about diseases and their effects.His natural curiosity led him to observe and study
the lives of wild animals in the countryside and he had strong and skillful hands,so essential
to a surgeon.In fact he became in a short time so famous that he was asked to lecture,but
John preferred the practical work of the surgeon.
Soon after becoming a surgeon Hunter joined the army.He learnt a great deal from his
experience of dealing with soldiers" wounds.In particular,he studied how to prevent a wounded
man from bleeding too much,learning thereby how the nerve system functioned in the bodies
of animals and humans.But there were many things he did not know about and which could
only be learnt by dissection.And this posed a problem.
The Christian church whose authority was complete on many matters opposed on dissection.
Cutting up dead animals to find out about their organs,and how these functioned was thought a
disgusting thing to do,and to cut up a human body,even though dead,was thought to be evil.
Surgeons had to pay grave diggers to steal bodies for dissection.Hunter once paid $7000 for
the body of an eight-foot Irishman whose skeleton can still be seen in the Royal College of
surgeon"s museum.To be a surgeon was thought so inferior an occupation that many operations
were carried out by barbers.
But Hunter continued with his experiments,at the time learning more about how our bodies
worked,and he found new ways of operating on people so as to save both their limbs and their
lives.If a man was brought to him with a bad tumor (肿瘤)on his leg,Hunter did not,as most
surgeons would have done,cut off his leg,but tried first to remove the tumor and treat the leg so
that the leg might be saved.
B.A natural curiosity
C.Lived in the country
D.Strong and skillful hands
A.looked down upon at that time
B.looked up to at that time
C.regarded as equal to other occupations
D.not permitted to carry out operations
B.putting different parts of something together to cure the patient
C.operating on somebody without medical instruments
D.stealing dead bodies from graves to cut into pieces
B.Hunter was learning more about how out bodies worked
C.Hunter found new ways of operations
D.Hunter was very conscientious and responsible
Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives.Not long ago,I had one that I
would like to__1__.I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team.The team was racing
down the highway at 85 mph__2__,we realized we were__3__.Luckily,we saw a rest area
ahead.I had a brand-new (崭新的)$20 bill.I was so__4__ because I had never had that
kind of cash before.But spending it on__5__seemed like throwing it away.We all rushed into
the pizza line.__6__I got a pizza and a drink,and walked to my table.About halfway through
the meal,I__7__I had not actually handed any money to the cashier.I had just__8__out,and
nobody had noticed.I felt terrible.
My conscience(良心)opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite.I couldn’t__9__
over it.I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and__10__for my stolen pizza.I was so upset
that I __11__ to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream for __12__that someone would
say,“Hey,Jeff,why don’t yo u use the change __13__ the pizza instead of that nice,new $20
bill?” I was not __14__of my cash now.
For the next two years,whenever I was __15__of the “pizza incident”,I would say to
myself,“Don’t think about it...”
I have learned two things from this __16__.Maybe I was a fool for __17__in to my
conscience,and being too stupid to appreciate a __18__pizza.But the real lesson is that even
if you get away from what you have done your conscience will __19__ up with you.
This reflects the saying,“A coward (懦夫)dies a thousand deaths,a hero dies one.” I was
a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times.If I had been a
“__20__” and gone back to pay for the pizza,I would have felt a little uncomfortable about
it only once,or maybe twice.
( )2.A.as
( )3.A.lost
( )4.A.excited
( )5.A.rest
( )6.A.Luckily
( )7.A.thought
( )8.A.walked
( )9.A.look
( )10.A.ask
( )11.A.refused
( )12.A.hope
( )13.A.into
( )14.A.sure
( )15.A.warned
( )16.A.experience
( )17.A.turning
( )18.A.free
( )19.A.make
( )20.A.coward
B.while
B.tired
B.eager
B.food
B.Finally
B.recognized
B.left
B.get
B.pay
B.wanted
B.surprise
B.with
B.upset
B.reminded
B.experiment?
B.taking
B.cheap
B.wake
B.fool
C.then
C.hungry
C .satisfied
C.travel
C.immediately
C.noticed
C.worked
C.turn
C.apologize
C.hoped
C.anger
C.for
C.proud
C.thought
C.story
C.handing
C.plain
C.catch
C.loser
D.when
D.anxious
D.encouraged
D.drink
D.Actually
D.realized
D.found
D.think
D.send
D.meant
D.fear
D.from
D.pleased
D.told
D.mistake
D.giving
D.delicious
D.put
D.hero
One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one"s
mistakes.It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about
that," and it is even harder to say,"I was wrong,and you were right about that."
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake
fifteen years ago.He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the
neighborhood where I grew up,and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons(箱子).
Then he related an incident and I began to remember clearly the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old at the time,and I had gone into the store with my mother to
do the weekly grocery shopping.On that particular day,I must have found my way to dairy
food department where the incident took place.
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive
display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons.The cartons were stacked (堆放)three
or four feet high.I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks.Just
then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons.
For some reason,I decided it was up to me to put the display back together,so I went
to work.
The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened.When
he appeared,I was on my knees examining some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs
were broken,but to him it looked as though I was the criminal.He severely scolded me
and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.I protested my innocence and tried to explain,
but it did no good.Even though I quickly forget all about the incident,obviously the
manager did not.
B.about 15
C.about 8
D.about 18
B.did not say anything
C.felt the manager was right
D.tried to explain the incident
B.has forgiven the manager for what he did to him fifteen years ago
C.would like to tell people never to be fooled by an egg sale
D.regrets arguing with the manager for what he didn"t do
Mom was a teacher most of her life.When she wasn"t in the classroom,she was educating
her children or grandchildren:correcting our grammar,starting us on collection of butterflies,
flowers or rocks;or inspiring a discussion on her most recent "Book of the Month Club"
topic.Mom made learning fun.
It w as sad for my three brothers and me to see her ailing in her later years.At
eighty-five,she suffered a stroke and she went steadily downhill after that.
Two days be fore she died,my brothers and I met at her nursing home and took her
for a short ride in a wheelchair.While we waited for the staff to lift her limp body back
into bed,Mom fell asleep.Not wanting to wake her,we moved to the far end of the room
and spoke softly.
After several minutes our conversation was interrupted by a muffled sound coming
from across the room.We stopped talking and looked at Mom.Her eyes were closed,
but she was clearly trying to communicate with us.We went to her side.
"Whirr," she said weakly.
"Where?" I asked."Mom,is there something you want?" "Whirr." she repeated a bit
stronger.My brothers and I looked at each other and shook our heads sadly.
Mom opened her eyes,sighed,and with all the energy she could muster said,"Not
was.Say were!"
It suddenly occurred to us that Mom was correcting brother"s Jim"s last sentence,
"if it was up to me..."
Jim leaned down and kissed her cheek."Thanks,Mom," he whispered.We smiled at
each other and once again shook our heads this time in awe of a remarkable teacher.
B.She wanted to have something to eat before she died.
C.She wanted to correct the mistakes Jim made while talking.
D.She wanted to te ach her sons more because she was dying.
B.Mom was always making her teaching fun.
C.Mom didn"t forget her teaching until she died.
D.Mom was no longer a teacher when she was at home.
B.His mother should forget her teaching and enjoyed the rest of her life.
C.His mother was great because she devoted herself to teaching.
D.His mother was an excellent teacher before she was retired.
home （本垒）and, thinking he had just ___1___ a game-changing run, he stood up only to face the
words, "You"re ___2___!"
Angry, he threw off his helmet and ran over to explain to the ___3___ why the call was wrong.
Before his ___4___ really got out of control, someone pulled him away, and he walked to the bench—
___5___.
Long after the coaches, players, and fans had gone home, he realized the impact of his ___6___.
Like most of us do when we are faced with the __7___ of our actions, he could have just let it go,
reasoning, "Everybody ___8___ it."
However, in the silence of his heart, he knew that just ___9___ everyone else does it, that doesn"t
make it all right. And so, long after his friends had gone home, he ___10___ that coach back up to the
school-not to ___11___ his car. No, the boy tracked this man down so he could tell him face to face,
"I"m sorry, Sir. It was all my___12___."
It takes true courage to stand up to face the ___13___ we all make and say, "I was wrong. I"m
sorry." What makes this ___14___ unique is that it wasn"t meant for the world to ___15___, it was
meant simply as a way to stay ___16___ to his own heart.
The truth is at one time or another we have all been this boy —___17___ out in anger, saying hurtful
things, and feeling ___18___ for doing so. But the real test comes later when we are ___19___ with the
choice to say "sorry" or to walk away thinking, "Ah, they"ll get over it."
Maybe the "they" is a customer, a friend, or a child. Whoever it is, don"t pass up the opportunity to
get right with your own heart. The time for apology is now! Courage is a ___20___ of the heart.
| ( )1. A. broken ( )2. A. down ( )3. A. judge ( )4. A. temper ( )5. A. peaceful ( )6. A. explanation ( )7. A. satisfaction ( )8. A. does ( )9. A. until ( )10. A. accompanied ( )11. A. repair ( )12. A. fault ( )13. A. promise ( )14. A. situation ( )15. A. praise ( )16. A. true ( )17. A. setting ( )18. A. regretful ( )19. A. offered ( )20. A. matter | B. scored B. in B. fan B. strength B. pale B. argument B. guilt B. hates B. because B. sent B. clean B. rudeness B. impoliteness B. excuse B. remember B. still B. acting B. brave B. awarded B. description | C. hit C. off C. coach C. mood C. hopeful C. performance C. embarrassment C. likes C. when C. brought C. destroy C. mistake C. effort C. announcement C. hear C. calm C. looking C. nervous C. presented C. bottom | D. completed D. out D. player D. spirit D. disappointed D. behavior D. pride D. receives D. if D. tracked D. drive D. carelessness D. attempt D. apology D. see D. sensitive D. holding D. right D. charged D. expression |