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| Christopher Reeve is best known as the man who acted Superman always fighting against the forces of evil(邪恶). He came to __1___ the victory of good over bad. Now he has taken on his __2___ fight. In 1995, __3___ riding his horse, Christopher Reeve was thrown to the ground. He broke his ___4__ and has been paralyzed(瘫痪) ever since. He cannot move the muscle ___5__ his shoulder level and for six months after his accident he could not even __6___ without help. However, __7___ his terrible injuries, his goal is to carry on as __8___ a life as he can. He now spends a lot of time traveling around America __9___ for people who are in the same __10___ as he is. Over 215, 000 Americans suffer from spinal cord(脊髓) injuries, but 90% of them survive and live to a great age. Almost $9 billion is spent every year __11__ these people, yet only $5 million is spent on the ___12___ to find a cure. Christopher Reeve is a very ___13___ man, who will not accept that he will __14___ walk again. He and many others believe that the only thing stopping ___15__ from finding a cure for their injuries is ___16___ for research. In 1996, he set up the Christopher Reeve Foundation(CRF) to raise funds(资金) for medical research to treat and find a cure for spinal cord injuries, and also to support programs that improve the __17__ of life for people with___18__. Christopher Reeve makes the best of his position. He has conquered his ___19___. He has even returned to the ___20___ world with a ＄5, 000 wheelchair that can be controlled by sucking or puffing on a straw. | ||||
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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college, for many months he had 1 a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and 2 his father could well 3 it, he told him that was all he wanted. | ||||
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he replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars.”
were leaving, he offered to ride the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! But can you take me to my mother?” “To your mother?” the man was a little puzzled but didn’t say anything. She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave (坟墓).| 完形填空 | ||||
| Learning to Accept I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. However,  he did not teach me acceptance(接受) when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 1 and ill. My father was once a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 2 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 3 One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about life, and I told them about one of my 4 . I said that we must very often give things up as we grow-our youth, our beauty, our friends-but it always 5 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 6 up. He said, "But, Peter. I gave up  7 ! What did I gain?" I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 8 , he answere  d his own question. "I 9 the love of my family." I looked at my sisters, and sawtears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. I was also 10 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated(激动的) at someone, I would remember his words and become 11 . He could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 12 to give up my small irritations. In this 13 , I learned  the power of acceptance from my father.Sometimes I 14 what other things I cold learn from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful(感谢的)for this 15 . | ||||
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