I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some _________, “Don’t treat her any _________ from the other girls. Demand more.” And she did!
My mother had to work to _________ my family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the _________, “Mom, I can’t peel(削……皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n) _________for anything again!” Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand, while holding them down with my other arm. There was always a way, and Mom knew it. “If you try hard _________,” she said, “you can do anything.” Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars(攀爬架). When it was my turn, I _________ my head. Some kids laughed. I went home crying. After work the next afternoon, Mom took me back to the school playground.“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by_________ I practiced, and she praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget the next time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I _________ I can’t handle things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to _________ anything. And she taught me I could, too.
| 小题1: | | A．warning | B．medicine | C．help | D．advice |
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| 小题2: | | A．badly | B．differently | C．well | D．normally |
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| 小题3: | | A．care | B．help | C．support | D．feed |
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| 小题4: | | A．kitchen | B．bedroom | C．house | D．school |
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| 小题5: | | A．idea | B．change | C．excuse | D．tool |
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| 小题6: | | A．enough | B．too | C．again | D．often |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurt | B．nodded | C．shook | D．turned |
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| 小题8: | | A．before | B．as | C．after | D．until |
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| 小题9: | | A．know | B．fear | C．find | D．realize |
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| 小题10: | | A．face | B．teach | C．learn | D．solve |
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