8.One afternoon in January in 2008,Susan Sharp,43,and her 8-year-old son David,were walking across an icy square,when Susan's cane (拐杖) slipped on the ice.Her face (16)D first into the mud.David (17)A her mother's side,"Are you all right,Mom?"(18)C,Susan pulled herself up,"I'm okay,Honey,"she said.
Susan was falling more(19)A since she had trouble walking.Every inch of ice was a(20)B danger for her."I wish I could do something,"the boy thought.David,too,was having (21)B of his own.The boy had a speech problem,so at school he talked(22)A.
One day,David's teacher announced a(23)C homework."Each of you is going to come up with an (24)A,"she said.This was for"INVENT AMERICA",a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea(25)C David one evening.If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice."What if I(26)B your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom?"he asked his mother.
"(27)C the sharp end would scratch (剐蹭) floors,"Susan said.
"No,Mom,I (28)Amake it like a ball-point pen.You take your hand off the button and the(29)C returns back up."Hours later the cane was finished.David and his father (3)D as Susan used it to walk 50feet about the (31)A.Happily Susan cried out,"It(32)D!"
In July 1999,David was(33)D national winner for the"INVENT AMERICA".David began to make public appearance.Thus he was forced to communicate(34)B.Today,David is nearly free of his speech problem,and his(35)A is becoming well accepted.
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Susan was falling more(19)A since she had trouble walking.Every inch of ice was a(20)B danger for her."I wish I could do something,"the boy thought.David,too,was having (21)B of his own.The boy had a speech problem,so at school he talked(22)A.
One day,David's teacher announced a(23)C homework."Each of you is going to come up with an (24)A,"she said.This was for"INVENT AMERICA",a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea(25)C David one evening.If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice."What if I(26)B your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom?"he asked his mother.
"(27)C the sharp end would scratch (剐蹭) floors,"Susan said.
"No,Mom,I (28)Amake it like a ball-point pen.You take your hand off the button and the(29)C returns back up."Hours later the cane was finished.David and his father (3)D as Susan used it to walk 50feet about the (31)A.Happily Susan cried out,"It(32)D!"
In July 1999,David was(33)D national winner for the"INVENT AMERICA".David began to make public appearance.Thus he was forced to communicate(34)B.Today,David is nearly free of his speech problem,and his(35)A is becoming well accepted.
16.A.dropped | B.touched | C.lay | D.fell |
17.A.rushed to | B.stood by | C.looked at | D.ran around |
18.A.Firmly | B.Easily | C.Shakily | D.Quickly |
19.A.frequently | B.slowly | C.freely | D.heavily |
20.A.hiding | B.possible | C.certain | D.waiting |
21.A.method | B.trouble | C.disease | D.hope |
22.A.little | B.few | C.much | D.more |
23.A.useful | B.strange | C.special | D.common |
24.A.invention | B.appearance | C.experience | D.experiment |
25.A.reminded | B.encouraged | C.hit | D.occurred |
26.A.put | B.fixed | C.stuck | D.tied |
27.A.So | B.And | C.But | D.For |
28.A.would | B.might | C.did | D.need |
29.A.pen | B.hand | C.nail | D.cane |
30.A.helped | B.supported | C.noticed | D.watched |
31.A.ice | B.street | C.yard | D.square |
32.A.helps | B.operates | C.succeeds | D.works |
33.A.given | B.received | C.won | D.declared |
34.A.more slowly | B.more clearly | C.more carefully | D.faster |
35.A.cane | B.speech | C.mother | D.story. |