完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I didn’t cry when I learned I was the parent of a mentally handicapped (弱智的) child.
“Go ahead and cry，”the doctor __
1__ kindly. But I couldn’t cry then nor during the months that followed.
We sent her to a kindergarten in our neighborhood at age seven. I worried that she was the “__
2__” child among twenty fiveyearolds.
__
3__，positive things began to happen to Kristi in her school，and to her schoolmates，too. When talking big of their own accomplishments，Kristi’s classmates always took __
4__ to praise her as well，“Kristi got all her spelling words right today.”No one would say that her spelling list was easier than anyone else’s.
During Kristi’s second year in school，she __
5__ a very special challenge. The big public event of the term was a __
6_ based on the final outcome of the year’s music and physical education activities. Kristi was __
7__ in both. My husband and I felt __
8__ about the day as well.
On the day of the program，Kristi _9__ to be sick. Desperately I wanted to keep her home. Why let Kristi fail in a gymnasium __
10__ with parents，students and teachers？What a simple __
11__！But I finally got her onto the school bus.
Just as I had forced my daughter to go to school，now I forced myself to go，too. Then I knew Kristi’s __
12__.Her class was divided into relay（接力） teams. With her slow and clumsy reactions，she would surely _13__ her team.
But as Kristi’s turn to __
14_ neared，a change took place in her team. The tallest boy in the line stepped __
15__ Kristi and placed his hands on her waist. Two other boys stood a little ahead of her. The __
16_ the player in front of Kristi stepped from the sack(bag)，the two boys seized it and held it open while the tall boy __
17__Kristi and dropped her neatly into the sack. A girl ahead took her hand and supported her until she gained her __
18__.Then off Kristi hopped (跳跃)，smiling and proud.
At the cheers of the crowd，I slipped out to thank Heaven for the warm and considerate people making it possible for my __
19__daughter to be like her fellow human beings. Then I finally __
20_.
| 小题1: | | A．demanded | B．requested | C．advised | D．joked |
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| 小题2: | | A．common | B．different | C．excellent | D．casual |
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| 小题3: | | A．but | B．Therefore | C．Eventually | D．However |
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| 小题4: | | A．pains | B．time | C．efforts | D．measures |
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| 小题5: | | A．failed | B．accepted | C．faced | D．shared |
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| 小题6: | | A．competition | B．conclusion | C．conference | D．ceremony |
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| 小题7: | | A．stupid | B．slow | C．serious | D．awkward |
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| 小题8: | | A．annoyed | B．anxious | C．guilty | D．tough |
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| 小题9: | | A．wanted | B．happened | C．pretended | D．proved |
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| 小题10: | | A．filled | B．jammed | C．covered | D．burdened |
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| 小题11: | | A．approach | B．method | C．key | D．solution |
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| 小题12: | | A．worry | B．disaster | C．choice | D．error |
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| 小题13: | | A．hold on | B．hold out | C．hold over | D．hold up |
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| 小题14: | | A．participate | B．operate | C．practise | D．show |
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| 小题15: | | A．around | B．off | C．behind | D．beside |
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| 小题16: | | A．interval | B．moment | C．chance | D．point |
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| 小题17: | | A．caught | B．lifted | C．protected | D．hid |
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| 小题18: | | A．access | B．position | C．speed | D．balance |
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| 小题19: | | A．nervous | B．slim | C．disabled | D．delicate |
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| 小题20: | | A．recovered | B．cried | C．prayed | D．applauded |
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