“You will never walk again．You will have to use a wheelchair．” I heard his   36  fall heavily on my ears, numbing my soul．If I had never felt hopeless before, I felt hopeless then．

The car accident has left me unconscious．When   37  , I found both legs in casts（石膏）．While I had other serious injuries, my    38  were my first concern．Working as a special needs teacher and busy and active by nature, I couldn’t imagine being   39  in a wheelchair．

Lying in my bed, I wondered how I   40  give my ten-year-old son hope that mom would  41 ．He’d been cheerful on every visit, but I saw    42  in his eyes． He needed the ray of hope that I would not be in a wheelchair forever．

Just maybe, I thought, I could use this experience to teach him what to do when misfortune 43 ．

It didn’t take me long to become  44 with my limited movements and even with the pace the doctors were willing to go with me．I was determined to learn everything they showed me．

Every night in my private room, as soon as I knew I wouldn’t be   45 or discovered, I would move myself from the bed to the floor,  46  on to the bed rail（床栏杆） for dear life, and slowly putting my weight   47  my feet．After several weeks of such difficult   48 , my strength and confidence continued to    49  ．

It came the time to share my accomplishments with the person most    50   to me．One night, when I heard my son greet the nurses at the station, I    51  myself up．As he opened the door, I took a few small steps．   52  , he could only watch as I turned and started back to bed．All of the pain, the fear, and the struggle   53 as I heard the words I had longed to hear, “Mommy, you can walk!”

I am now able to walk alone, sometimes using a stick．I am able to take public transportation to shop and visit friends．My life has been blessed with many   54 of which I am proud．But none has ever brought me the satisfaction and joy   55  by those four little words of my son．

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Roy died at an old age with many memories. His life was full of both good and bad memories, but he  26  to remember mostly the good. The bad memories that broke his heart and that he  27  with friends, involved the big war－World War II. So many things about his war experience he remembered  28  great detail.

    Roy survived the attack on Normandy－he was part of the second wave that landed. He  29  with him the memories of water mixed with the blood of fallen soldiers. He experienced  30  , sweat, blood, fire and salt water just to get to the beach. In terror-filled moments that would forever change his life and the history of our world, his life was robbed of innocence（天真）  31  the realities of war engulfed（吞噬）him.

    Not too many months later, he found himself cold and  32  . Close to being completely  33  from air supplies（供给）because of the weather, Roy and his fellows hung on to what little hope they could have. Then Christmas morning came, the weather cleared long enough for supplies to be  34  and word to spread that other troops would soon be there.

    Many of the young men who began with Roy did not make it home  35  . They gave their lives to fighting against the Nazi. Those who did survive would never be the same. Many of them were the most patriotic（爱国的）people you would  36  meet, but most of them  37  war. They had experienced it. They knew its final realities－things got blown up while people were killed, and robbed of their beloved ones.

    It is Memorial Day in the United States today. We all pray for an end for the world’s need for young men and young women to be placed in harm’s way. We also need to remember those who paid the huge  38  of wars－costs not counted in dollars, but in lost lives, broken hearts, forgotten innocence, broken families, and terrible memories. And as we remember to  39  those who paid this awful price, we also remember in hopes to see an end to war itself.

    Please, in their honor, don’t forget their sacrifices（牺牲）. Please, for our world’s sake, don’t forget to pray for  40  .

26. A. refused         B. chose             C. promised                 D. planned

27. A. shared          B. lost                C. fought                     D. valued

28. A. at                 B. in                   C. for                          D. with

29. A. took             B. got                 C. brought                   D. carried

30. A. fear              B. disappointment   C. excitement               D. courage

31. A. but               B. as                  C. since                       D. so

32. A. sad              B. lonely             C. wounded                 D. hungry

33. A. cut off         B. kept away       C. left behind                      D. put down

34. A. taken            B. sent               C. dropped                   D. shipped

35. A. healthy         B. strong            C. alive                        D. safe

36. A. never                  B. ever               C. already                    D. yet

37. A. hated            B. liked               C. experienced             D. missed

38. A. money          B. efforts            C. attention                  D. costs

39. A. find              B. help               C. honor                      D. understand

40. A. luck             B. life                 C. peace                             D. happiness