18. 2011·山東煙臺市一模 ?完型填空

About 10 years ago I taught a group of children to sail．They were bright, enthusiastic and as eager to ? ?36 ? ?life as any other children．All, however, had a serious ? ?37 ? ．Three were in wheelchairs．One was nearly blind and two walked with difficulty, and another two ? ?38 ? a lot from Cerebral palsy（腦癱）．

Matthew was among them．His hands, arms, legs, and even his voice were all distorted（扭曲） from the disease．To speak, Matthew had the help of a ? ?39 ? ．Slowly, and with determination, he would ???40 ? with distorted hands, letter by letter, what he wanted to say Yet he was always bright and cheerful and loved to ? 41 ? ?everything his classmates were doing, both in the boat and in the classroom．

They learnt fast and enjoyed every minute of the ? 42 ? ．But I think that 1 was the one who learned the greatest lesson．One day the sailing centre was ? ?43 ? ?by a storm．Rather than ? 44 ? the session we decided to work in a classroom．All the children ? 45 ? ．Just like other children they all wanted to answer the questions I asked．

Often they would loudly ? ?46 ? ?each other, trying to get an answer in before one of the others．But when Matthew wanted to answer a question it was ? 47 ? ．All of a sudden they all ? 48 ? ．Matthew whispered and gestured at his letter board．They ? ?49 ? ? with great patience． Matthew ? 50 ? with dogged persistence（堅持） until the answer was ?51 ? ．When Matthew had answered his question the children were, almost magically, transformed back into a group of ? 52 ? and enthusiastic children．

All of these children were heroes in their own way．But the ? 53 ? they afforded to Matthew with his most severe disabilities was ? 54 ? ．If only the rest of the world were able to learn to afford care, respect and help to someone less ? ?55 ? ?than themselves, violence and intolerance would possibly be gone．

36．A．enjoy???????????B．start?????????C．experience?????D．lead

37．A．shortcoming?????B．disability????C．injury?????????D．habit

38．A．learned?????????B．changed??????C．suffered?????D．spent

39．A．letter-board??????B．tape-recorder?C．computer?????D．microphone

40．A．show?off????????B．point?out??????C．give?away??????D．take?in

41．A．understand??????B．criticize???????C．remember???????D．try

42．A．daysB．classesC．treatmentD．life

43．A．blockedB．hitC．occupiedD．flown

44．A．completeB．checkC．escapeD．cancel

45．A．ran?awayB．got?tiredC．joined?inD．fell?asleep

46．A．fightB．limitC．interruptD．stop

47．A．hopelessB．funnyC．difficultD．different

48．A．whisperedB．smiledC．quietedD．left

49．A．laughedB．waitedC．continuedD．recorded

50．A．struggledB．thoughtC．practicedD．waved

51．A．cried?outB．typed?outC．spelled?outD．signed?out

52．A．noisyB．politeC．diligentD．clumsy

53．A．thankB．praiseC．pleasure?D．patience

54．A．attractiveB．angryC．considerateD．inspiring

55．A．fortunateB．excitingC．responsibleD．careful