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Maricel Apatan，22，stands in the kitchen of the Edsa Shangri—La Hotel in Manila，preparing todecorate a cheesecake. It would seem to be  a（n）__ __ task for apastry(糕点) chef，but Maricelis no __ __ chef－she has no hands．

“When I first saw Maricel, I was worried she might ____ herself when using a chef’s knife __ __ that has never been aproblem, ” says Maricel’s manager. “She doesn’t get __ __ treatment andworks just as hard as the rest of the chefs.”

Despite financial __ __ from ArchbishopLedesma, a distant relative, Maricel __ __ to deal with her disability. “Iwas __ __ dependent on my mother and couldn’t do anything,” she recalls.

In 2004, Archbishop Ledesma __ __ for Maricelto live in the House with No Steps, a training centre for people withdisabilities. She __ __ how to write and do regular tasks and, moreimportantly, __ __ her disability. She became more determined to __ __hard to live a normal life.

Maricel __ __ graduated from high school andenrolled(注册) in a two-year Hotel and RestaurantManagement course in Cagayan de Oro City. I have really enjoyed __ __since I was seven years old,” she says.

After Maricel moved back to Manila to continue herstudies, the media started reporting __ __ this determined young woman.She didn't shy away from the __ __.“I wanted others living withdisabilities to believe it's __ __ to live a normal life,” Maricel says.

Later, Maricel's three younger brothers and sistersmoved to Manila．She __ __ the rent of their smallapartment, __ __ their parents look after the family farm in Mindanao．“It is difficult to make ends meet but I don't lose ____. I believe anything is possible if you dream, and work hard．”

1.A.  impossible         B.      simple       C.      practical   D.      important

2.A.  ordinary   B.      admirable C.      talented    D.      gentle

3.A.  absorb      B.      express     C.      hurt  D.      forgive

4.A.  for    B.      or     C.      but   D.      and

5.A.  special      B.      equal         C.      official       D.      effective

6.A.  advice       B.      control      C.      information       D.      help

7.A.  hesitated  B.      disagreed C.      struggled  D.      pretended

8.A.  gradually  B.      hardly       C.      increasingly       D.      totally

9.A.  searched  B.      arranged  C.      applied     D.      begged

10.A.explained B.      realized    C.      wondered         D.    learned

11.A.accepted  B.      blessed     C.      cured        D.      forgot

12.A.think          B.      try    C.      listen         D.      relax

13.A.partly        B.      firstly         C.      eventually         D.      immediately

14.A.reading     B.      cooking     C.      writing      D.      drawing

15.A.beyond     B.      by     C.      against      D.      on

16.A.attention  B.      description        C.      decoration        D.      connection

17.A.successful          B.      difficult     C.      possible    D.      certain

18.A.raises        B.      pays C.      collects     D.      receives

19.A.unless       B.      once          C.      though      D.      while

20.A.memory    B.      weight       C.      hope         D.      patience

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【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.C

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