I had an interesting experience playing table-tennis last year. I was playing against a    1    opponent (对手) . The score was 20 to 17 in her   2     . I won the next three points which made the score 20 to 20. I   3     my paddle on the table and thanked my opponent and began to walk away. She called me   4     and said we had to continue until one of us   5     .

“Look,” I said, “if we    6    , one of two events will take place. Either you or I will win. If you win, I will begin to   7     my skill. If I win, you will be unhappy. Isn’t it better to know that we both played   8     , that we enjoyed the competition , and that we played to an even (相等) score ?” This was a    9    ending for my opponent and for the persons watching this contest. It made    10    to me to leave with a tie game , an impasse (僵局): no winner , no    11    !

So, my friends, here is the problem    12    me. Our present technology makes it possible for nations to    13    other nations with time for retaliatory (报复) strikes . In such a nuclear time there    14    be no winners, only losers. Under these conditions, the only choice to   15 global destruction is global impasse. This would be a   16     “tie game” where no nation wins and no nation loses. An impasse reached through compromise (妥协). This is because compromise becomes the only means of    17    . We cannot destroy this beautiful planet by holding on to    18    understanding of victory. The    19    victory is in achieving a desirable impasse. No one wins,  20     no one loses either .

1．A．tiring                    B．poor                   C．fine                    D．brave

2．A．favor                   B．side                    C．lead                    D．place

3．A．threw                   B．placed                C．stuck                 D．dropped

4．A．up                       B．over                   C．on                      D．back

5．A．lost                      B．won                   C．gave up              D．tired out

6．A．perform               B．stop                   C．continue             D．leave

7．A．doubt                   B．hate                    C．practice              D．desert

8．A．hard                     B．fair                     C．poorly                D．well

9．A．close                    B．surprising           C．satisfying            D．reasonable

10．A．progress             B．room                  C．sense                 D．time

11．A．loser                  B．fighter                C．success              D．player

12．A．encouraging        B．frightening          C．shocking            D．troubling

13．A．destroy               B．attack                 C．invade                D．rule

14．A．may                    B．should                C．can                    D．must

15．A．escape                B．flee                    C．accept                D．avoid

16．A．different             B．small                   C．huge                  D．familiar

17．A．surviving            B．living                  C．staying               D．pleasing

18．A．an old                 B．an unusual          C．the same             D．a complete

19．A．great                  B．only                   C．same                  D．equal

20．A．while                  B．but                     C．as                      D．since

I was born disabled．A difficult birth, feet first, my head  46  in the birth canal（产道）． 47  I was 3, the Hospital in Boston told my father I had cerebral palsy（脑瘫）．A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain  48  to the right side of my body．But  49  son of my dad’s was going to be disabled．Every day my dad  50  me on the bedroom floor to  51  my right leg．His job was to craft（用手精心推拉） them straight, at any  52 ．Back and forth, up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into  53 ．But my dad’s help didn’t stop there． 54  my 13^th birthday, he threw me a special party．When everybody was gone, he brought me a set of boxing gloves．We put them on．My dad continued to  55  me mercilessly．Each time I  56  him to stop．He told me I was a man now and things would be extra  57  for me．That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn’t  58  for Little League．Everybody laughed at me．Two weeks  59 , Dad started the Shed Park Minor League．Dad coached the Yankees and  60  me a pitcher（棒球投手）．In high school, I became a football star．The  61  of my dad’s love guaranteed I walked and more．In 1997, a brain doctor in San Jose told me I didn’t have cerebral palsy  62 ．

My dad never knew the whole truth  63  he passed away years ago．But all that  64  is the bottom line．After all his  65 , on this Father’s Day, like every Father’s Day, I’m no longer disabled．

I was born disabled．A difficult birth, feet first, my head  46  in the birth canal（产道）． 47  I was 3, the Hospital in Boston told my father I had cerebral palsy（脑瘫）．A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain  48  to the right side of my body．But  49  son of my dad’s was going to be disabled．Every day my dad  50  me on the bedroom floor to   51  my right leg．His job was to craft（用手精心推拉） them straight, at any  52 ．Back and forth, up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into  53 ．But my dad’s help didn’t stop there． 54  my 13^th birthday, he threw me a special party．When everybody was gone, he brought me a set of boxing gloves．We put them on．My dad continued to  55  me mercilessly．Each time I  56  him to stop．He told me I was a man now and things would be extra  57  for me．That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn’t  58  for Little League．Everybody laughed at me．Two weeks  59 , Dad started the Shed Park Minor League．Dad coached the Yankees and  60  me a pitcher（棒球投手）．In high school, I became a football star．The  61  of my dad’s love guaranteed I walked and more．In 1997, a brain doctor in San Jose told me I didn’t have cerebral palsy  62 ．

       My dad never knew the whole truth  63  he passed away years ago．But all that  64  is the bottom line．After all his  65 , on this Father’s Day, like every Father’s Day, I’m no longer disabled．

46．A．stuck             B．struck           C．got                  D．laid

47．A．Because           B．Though          C．When                D．Once

48．A．symbols           B．signals           C．character              D．warnings

49．A．each              B．every             C．no                    D．neither

50．A．placed             B．forced               C．dropped              D．threw

51．A．push              B．pull               C．exercise              D．practice

52．A．expense           B．pay               C．salary                D．cost

53．A．shape             B．form              C．style                 D．position

54．A．In                B．On                C．With                   D．By

55．A．beat               B．win               C．knock              D．chase

56．A．ordered            B．demanded        C．wanted                D．begged

57．A．rough             B．bright             C．tough                D．easy

58．A．elected            B．picked             C．liked                   D．thought

59．A．later              B．ago               C．past                  D．over

60．A．asked             B．offered            C．made                D．let

61．A．energy            B．influence           C．source              D．power

62．A．in all               B．after all            C．above all             D．all in all

63．A．since              B．because of                                           C．that       D．when

64．A．finishes            B．ends                 C．counts                                    D．results

65．A．study             B．effects           C．function       D．effort