When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was
16 to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She
17 the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old mind thinking that she wouldn’t live
18 from then on.
Over the years, I
19 and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,
20 a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a particularly tiring day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang 21 .
A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair,
22 into my son’s room with a box of
23 . After 16 years, I still
24 Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about her life since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she smoothed the path for those people who were less
25 than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be
26 .
Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt
27 . But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was
28 . From this person that I thought would have no quality of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously
29 and we moved north, but I owe Helen
30 that I can never repay.
| 小题1: | | A．walking | B．riding | C．running | D．driving |
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| 小题2: | | A．Lived | B．survived | C．existed | D．escaped |
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| 小题3: | | A．equally | B．calmly | C．quietly | D．normally |
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| 小题4: | | A．studied | B．moved | C．worked | D．1ived |
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| 小题5: | | A．suffering | B．causing | C．bearing | D．catching |
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| 小题7: | | A．ran | B．walked | C．rolled | D．moved |
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| 小题8: | | A．tissues | B．presents | C．pills | D．candies |
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| 小题9: | | A．realized | B．knew | C．recognized | D．reminded |
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| 小题10: | | A．rich | B．healthy | C．strong | D．fortunate |
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| 小题11: | | A．money | B．hope | C．pity | D．medicine |
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| 小题12: | | A．small | B．pitiful | C．weak | D．shameless |
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| 小题13: | | A．admitted | B．beaten | C．hurt | D．hospitalized |
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| 小题14: | | A．treated | B．worsened | C．relieved | D．recovered |
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| 小题15: | | A．some money | B．some tissues | C．a debt | D．a hope |
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