Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a girl who strengthened my understanding

Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a girl whostrengthened my understanding of the power of belief. She was __36___ the mostpowerful person I had ever met. I met Chris for the first time while taking theDale Carnegie __37___ in California.

Our class had already been going for quite some timewhen ___38___, supported by metal crutches(拐杖), ___39__herself in. Chris had cerebral palsy(大脑性麻痹). Shehad much ___40___ in communicating with others. This was not because of___41___ of desire, but because most of her twenty-one years of life she hadbeen kept in a room with no more than Elvis records and tapes to __42___ her.No one had taken the time to help her develop the ability to ___43___. It wasBonnie, her present caretaker, who ___44___ there was much more to Chris thananyone else could see.

When asked by the instructor what her goal ___45___the twelve-week course was, Chris struggled to respond and became impatient and____46___ in the process. For most of her ___47___ nobody would listen to her.The only way she knew to get someone to ___48___ was through temper outbursts(发脾气). With Bonnie as her interpreter, Chris conveyed thather ___49___ was to be able to stand by herself in front of forty-five peopleand tell us about herself.

On the twelfth week, Chris stood in front of the roomand ___50___ with us, in her own words, what her life had been like. It was oneof the most beautiful and enlightening experiences I had ever ___51____. Thoughas a girl who had in many ways been ____52___, she believed that she could___53___ more in her life and she did. And she also had the love and support offorty-five friends, who, just weeks before, had been ____54___ strangers.

What we all witnessed through Chris’ courage is thatlife is ____55___ moment by moment, based on our beliefs, which are related toboth our personal and professional direction and have the power to make ourwildest dreams come true.

1.                A．luckily          B．probably        C．formally  D．naturally

2.                A．break          B．chance         C．house    D．course

3.                A．someone       B．he             C．herself   D．she

4.                A．ran            B．rushed         C．dragged  D．jumped

5.                A．difficulty        B．concept        C．disagreement  D．suggestion

6.                A．lack           B．need           C．notice    D．cheer

7.                A．impress        B．annoy          C．calm D．entertain

8.                A．walk           B．pronounce      C．communicate  D．write

9.                A．knew          B．asked          C．spoke    D．required

10.               A．at             B．for            C．on   D．in

11.               A．angry          B．surprised       C．grateful   D．noisy

12.               A．way           B．life            C．operation  D．process

13.               A．watch          B．smile          C．listen D．understand

14.               A．class           B．goal           C．ability D．reason

15.               A．began          B．agreed         C．found D．shared

16.               A．argued         B．attended       C．witnessed  D．accepted

17.               A．found out       B．thrown away     C．brought up D．held out

18.               A．give           B．spend          C．accomplish D．accompany

19.               A．complete       B．necessary       C．enough   D．typical

20.               A．called          B．carried         C．searched  D．created

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1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

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