Question

I was now five, and still I showed no much interest in things except with my toes. My father took care of me. I could not look after myself, so I used to lie on my back all the time in the kitchen. I felt ____because I was imprisoned(监禁) in a world of my own, not able to communicate with others.

Then, suddenly it happened on the afternoon of a cold December day. All the family were gathered round the big kitchen fire. Mona and Paddy were drawing funny animals, using a bright piece of yellow chalk. It was the chalk that ____me so much because I had never seen anything like it before.

Suddenly, I wanted to do what my sister was doing. Then without thinking or knowing exactly what I was doing. I reached out and took the chalk out of my sister’s hand, with my left foot. It was a puzzle (迷惑 )to many people as well as to me. I held the ___ tightly between my toes and made a wild scribble(乱涂)with it on the board. Next moment I stopped not knowing what to do with the chalk next, hardly knowing how it got there. Then I looked up and realized that everyone was looking at me ____. My mother came in. Her eyes looked from my face down to my ____ , then she took another piece of chalk from Mona and drew the single letter"A "on the floor in front of me. "Copy that, Christy. " She said. I tried to do the same action, but I ____ ."Try again, Christy. " she whispered in my ear. I tried another two more times. I drew one side of the letter, then the other. It looked ugly, but I ____ to make it finally. I had done it! True! I couldn’t speak with my mouth, but now I would speak through something more lasting than spoken words. That one letter was my ___ to a new world, my key to mental(精神的) freedom.

1.A. lonely B. tired C. happy D. relaxed

2.A. troubled B. worried C. helped D. interested

3.A. pencil B. chalk C. brush D. stick

4.A. angrily B. sadly C. silently D. carefully

5.A. hand B. foot C. neck D. leg

6.A. succeeded B. forgot C. fell D. failed

7.A. tried B. managed C. offered D. decided

8.A. road B. dream C. gift D. tool

Answer 1