The prisoner had little difficulty in ___ from the police.

    A.getting out   B.getting on    C.getting away    D.getting of

I missed what was happening because I wasn’t ______ very closely.

A. noticing        B. running   C. watching       D. glancing

All the girls swam in the lake except two, who _____ halfway.

A. gave off        B. gave up        C. gave away        D. gave out

If they don’t understand it the first time, _____ over it again until they do.

A. go        B. to go   C. going D. to be going

To my surprise, the manager ______ 30 dollars from my salary without any good reason.

A. cut off  B. held up         C. brought down      D. kept back

More and more people are willing to______part of their incomes to the school children in the poverty areas.

A.give in     B.give away    C.give out    D.give up

Food and drink are _____,but the men are still cheerful and confident.

A. running out    B. going out   C. spreading     D. happening

—What do you think of Andrew ?

   —There are some things that are not easy to____ , and his coldness is one .

   A. put aside       B．put up with       C．think of     D．get along with

Andy was born with a developmental disorder. The two sides of his 36. _______were not joined normally with each other. The right side of his body could not 37.______ with the left. At age three, it was 38._______ for him to walk, speak, and play. He could only 39._______ back a few words, and walk 40.________while someone held each of his hands.

Then came the struggles. He 41._______ an all-day center he was enrolled in every imaginable therapy(疗法). He 42._______, sometimes in tears, to get stronger. Andy hated it when his parents would leave him in the mornings. 43._______, they believed -- against all odds -- that he would grow up to live a 44.______ healthy life. They believed it for themselves, and for Andy.

It 45._______. Today Andy is a successful 13-year-old high school student. His progress has been nothing short of phenomenal. He receives special help with 46._________, but joins with friends in all the activities he loves. Andy 47.________ enormous odds to move from adversity to victory.

Ask yourself: “What are the seeds of strength hidden in my struggles today? If I get back up when I fall, what will that make possible tomorrow?”

36. A. body                               B. hands                       

C. brain                         D. legs

37. A. talk                                B. speak                       

C. exchange                     D. communicate

38. A. easy                                       B. difficult                       

C. unchallenging                  D. comfortable

39. A. pay                                B. answer                     

C. reply                        D. respond

40. A. smoothly                           B. swiftly                       

C. slowly                       D. quickly

41. A. attended                       B. joined                         

C. presented                 D. went

42. A. behaved                         B. struggled                    

C. appeared                             D. seemed

43. A. Therefore                        B. While                       

C. However                      D. Though

44. A. rich                             B. average                     

C. common                     D. normal

45. A. paid back                        B. paid out                       

C. paid off                      D. paid for

46. A. something             B. nothing         

C. anything                D. everything

47. A. beat                           B. won                          

C. overlooked                     D. overcame

Difficulties and hardships have ________ the best character of the young geologist.

   A. brought in　　      B. brought up  C. brought out D. brought about