He lay in bed, with his eyes ______ up at the ceiling and his fingers ______.

In 1883，an engineer named John Roebling intended to build a bridge connecting New York with the Long Island.  36 ，experts throughout the world thought it impossible and not  37  .
Roebling couldn’t  38  the vision in his mind of this bridge. He knew deep in his heart it could be done. He just had to  39  the dream with someone else. After much persuasion he managed to  40  his son Washington，a young engineer，that the bridge  41  could be built.
Working together，the father and son developed concepts of  42  it could be accomplished and how the difficulties could be  43  . With great  44  and inspiration，they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.
The project started well，but unfortunately an accident took the life of John. Washington was injured and left with a brain damage， 45  him not being able to walk or talk or even move.
Everyone had a  46  comment to make and felt the project should be trashed. In  47  of his disability，Washington still had a burning  48  to complete the bridge and his mind was still as  49  as ever.
He tried to pass on his  50  to some of his friends. Suddenly an idea  51  him as he lay in hospital. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best  52  of it. By moving this，he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife. He used the method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish  53  the project was under way again.
For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm，until the Brooklyn Bridge was finally completed.
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die  54  that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and  55  an impossible goal.

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       Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl __16___ （name） Lisa who was suffering from a rare and serious disease．Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion __17___ her five-year-old brother, ___18__ had miraculously （奇迹般地） survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies （抗体） needed to fight the ___19__ （ill）．

       The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy___20__ he would be willing to give his blood to his sister．I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking ___21__ deep breath and saying, “Yes, I’ll do it if it can save Lisa．”

       As the transfusion progressed, he lay in a bed next to his sister and ___22__ （smile）, as we all did, seeing the color returning ____23__ her cheeks．Then his face grew pale and his smile faded．He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?”

       Being young, the boy had ____24___ （understand） the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give her all ___25___ blood．

语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

  阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

     Perhaps I am Courageous, but that's because I've had some inspiring teachers. I'll tell you about one of them. Many years ago, when I worked   1.  a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liza  2.  was suffering from a rare and serious disease, Her only chance of    3.   (recover) appeared to be a blood transfusion (输血) from   4.   five-year-old brother, who    5.   (survive) the same disease and developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy  6.   he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for a moment  7.    taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save Liza."

     As the transfusion progressed, he lay in a bed next to his sister, 8.  (smile). But then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked at the doctor and asked with  9.  trembling voice, "Will I start to die fight away?"

     Being young, the boy had misunderstood the doctor. He thought he was going to have to give her  10.  his blood.

Every person has some unforgettable experiences in his life .Some will remain in his heart as instructive stories to his life. I believe that we often tell ourselves the stories in order to keep our sanity(通情达理). These stories stay inside ourselves.
Many of the stories that I have kept inside myself are in the   36  of lessons that have taught me something about life. These lessons are 37 to carry with me. They require no outside   38  to store them in. No one can   39  me of them. They 40   their freshness without having to be renewed. And I can offer them to others without 41 them myself.
I remember there is a lesson which is about a little girl who was   42   from a serious disease. Her only chance of  43  was to have a blood transfusion(输血)  44  her five-year-old brother. The doctor asked the little boy 45   he would be willing to give his 46   to his sister. He took a 47  breath and said he would do it if it would save her life.
As the transfusion took place, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled as he watched the color 48 to her cheeks. Then his   49  disappeared. He looked up at the doctor and asked in a trembling   50  . “Will I start to  51  right away?”
Being so  52 , the lovely little boy had  53  the doctor. He thought he was going to die after he gave blood to his sister.
This was my lesson in “ 54  ”. I learned that a candle loses  55 by lighting another candle.