问题详情:
I Was Forced to Find My Gifts
I was a pretty typical 17-year-old with a strong interest in painting when something happened. One Sunday, I went to an old swimming hole and dove in. I 31 something under the water head-on and broke a couple of vertebrae(椎骨)of my neck.
For five months I stayed at the hospital, feeling like a 32 to my family. My self-image was instantly 33 . I was described with terms like “disabled” or “crippled.” I was angry and
34 after I failed so many times at some 35 task---dropping something on the floor and trying to get it back up again.
Near the end of my stay in the hospital, my doctor almost forcibly tied a 36 to my hand. He had seen my paintings I’d done before and 37 me to paint. Fortunately, I found that I
38 had this artistic ability left. It was like a big weight had been 39 . At least I could do something worthwhile again, and it became a 40 part of my recovery.
After I left the hospital, I stayed at home, feeling desperately 41 . It seemed like I was cut off from 42 . No one can get along 43 love and acceptance. So that fall, I started at the University of Texas, majoring in graphic design.
One day a man happened to see one of my paintings. He had a great 44 for it and asked if I ever did art shows. So I was given a(n) 45 . Much to my surprise, I found that people liked my paintings and would pay for them. That was about 11 years ago. Today, 1,500 46 have carried my work.
It was the art that provided the 47 for me to get up every morning and do something,
48 sitting in front of the television. Society has such 49 expectations of the disabled person, so it’s very easy to get sucked into a dependency routine --- you know, the “give me” kind of attitude. And that’s what I take the most 50 in --- the fact that what I’m doing today is well received all over.
31. A. saw B. hit C. touched D. picked
32.A. burden B. failure C. joke D. patient
33.A. improved B. created C. changed D. judged
34. A. helpless B. careless C. nervous D. tired
35.A. difficult B. special C. simple D. important
36. A. bandage B. towel C. rope D. paintbrush
37.A. allowed B. taught C. ordered D. encouraged
38. A. already B. still C. even D. always
39. A. gained B. carried C. lifted D. measured
40. A. vital B. strange C. boring D. different
41. A. lonely B. weak C. frightened D. guilty
42. A. success B. classmates C. society D. treatment
43. A. in B. for C. behind D. without
44. A. sympathy B. fondness C. talent D. responsibility
45. A. exhibition B. challenge C. permission D. message
46. A. hospitals B. galleries C. schools D. families
47.A. imagination B. chance C. motivation D. curiosity
48. A. instead of B. apart from C. due to D. but for
49. A. high B. low C. enough D. unrealistic
50. A. power B. pride C. comfort D. advantage
【回答】
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知识点:人物传记 故事阅读类
题型:完型填空