Many years ago, my dad was
diagnosed with a terminal illness. He was unable to work at __21__ job. He
would be fine for quite a while, but would then fall suddenly __22__ and have
to be admitted to the hospital.
He wanted to do something to keep
himself __23__, so he decided to volunteer at the local children __24__. My dad
loved kids. He would talk to them and play with them. Sometimes, he would __25__
one of his kids. In certain instances, he would give __26__ to the sad parents
of these children.
One of his kids was a girl who had
been admitted with a __27__ disease that paralyzed (使……瘫痪)
her from the neck down. I don’t know the __28__ of the disease, but I do know
that it was very sad for a little girl. My dad decided to try to help her. He
started __29__ her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the
paper up __30__a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He
didn’t use his hands at all. Only his __31__ would move. He would visit her
__32__ he could and paint for her. All the while he would tell her, “see, you
can do __33__ you set your mind to”.
__34__, she began to paint using
her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was
discharged(允许出院). My dad also __35__ the children
hospital for a little while because he became ill. Sometime later after my dad
had recovered and __36__ to work, he was at the volunteer counter one day and
__37__the front door open. In came the little girl who had been paralyzed, but
this time she was __38__. She ran straight to my dad and hugged him really
tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her __39__. At the bottom
it read, “Thank you for helping me walk.”
Sometimes love is more__40__than
doctors, and my dad – who died just a few months after the little girl gave him
the picture -- loved every single child in that hospital.
21. A. an important B. a steady
C. an easy D. a good
22. A. ill B. behind C. asleep D. down
23. A. well
B. wealthy C. busy D. healthy
24. A. palace B. hospital
C. center D. park
25. A. teach B. miss C. lose
D. treat
26. A. speech B. comfort
C. praise D. help
27. A. special
B. curious C. strange D. rare
28. A. result
B. reason C.
name D. course
29. A. observing B. drawing C. painting D. visiting
30. A. with B.
across C. against D. over
31. A. head
B. neck C. fingers D. eyes
32. A. whoever
B.
whenever C. as if
D. as soon as
33. A. everything B. something
C. anything D. nothing
34. A. Basically B. Naturally C. Eventually D. Suddenly
35. A. left
B. entered C. rushed to D. stayed at
36. A. stopped B. returned C. hesitated D. refused
37. A. pushed B. noticed C. observed D. kicked
38. A. shouting
B. lying C. walking D. jumping
39. A. hands
B. pens C. paper D. mind
40. A. thankful B. useful C. thoughtful D. powerful
