题目内容

8、Mitchell once had a very serious car accident．More than 65 percent of his _1__ was burnt．He was unable to __2__ a knife at dinner, or go to the bathroom without _3__．But Mitchell never believed he was  __4__．“I am in charge of my own spaceship,” he said．“It's my up or my down．I could __5___ to see this situation as a defeat __6__ a starting point．” Six months later Mitchell bought himself a plane and he was piloting it __7__．

       Later he _8__ with two friends and founded a food company that __9_ to be Vermont's second largest food company．Then four years __10__ the car accident, the plane Mitchell was piloting crashed．The accident made Mitchell unable to walk anymore．“I __11__ what was happening to me．What did I do to get this?”

       Mitchell worked __12__ day and night to regain as much independence as possible．He was elected Mayor of Crested Butte, Colorado．He __13__ the town from mineral mining that would __14__ its beauty and environment．

       Although he had __15__looks and physical difficulties, Mitchell __16__ flying and speaking in public．“Before I __17__ walk, there were 10,000 things I could do,” Mitchell says, “Now there are 9,000．I can __18__ cry for the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have．I tell people that I have had two big bad lucks in my life．__19__ you think you also have bad lucks, you can step back, take a __20__ view and have a chance to say, ‘Maybe that isn't such a big deal after all．’ It's not what happens to you; it's what you do about it,”

1．A．car                       B．hand                   C．head                       D．body

2．A．put up                   B．take up                C．pick up                   D．set up

3．A．help                      B．strength               C．spirit                      D．pain

4．A．burnt                    B．defeated              C．touched                  D．hurt

5．A．choose                  B．learn                   C．come                      D．manage

6．A．and                       B．but                      C．or                          D．so

7．A．yet                       B．again                   C．ever                       D．too

8．A．appeared               B．cheered up           C．practiced                D．teamed up

9．A．seemed                 B．grew                   C．happened                D．hoped

10．A．after                   B．before                 C．till                          D．from

11．A．understand           B．asked                  C．wondered               D．realized

12．A．sadly                   B．bravely                C．proudly                   D．kindly

13．A．took                    B．accepted              C．changed                  D．saved

14．A．ruin                    B．produce               C．attract                    D．serve

15．A．amusing             B．charming             C．shocking                 D．moving

16．A．stopped               B．continued            C．began                     D．tried

17．A．could                  B．couldn't              C．must                      D．mustn't

18．A．only                    B．still                     C．thus                       D．either

19．A．Though               B．Unless                 C．When                     D．Since

20．A．bigger             B．wider            C．louder                  D．deeper