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     On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three,  36   my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it  37  over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down,   38   to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of  39   with lots of unexpected challenges( 挑战). We went from the "haves" to the “have-nots". Or so we thought.

        40   what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of   41  difficulties. We came to learn that something  42   could happen in a disaster . All over the world people  43   Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a  44  center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of  45   had been received and sorted.

     As   46  , we opened letter after letter. They gave us   47   and became a source of strength for us. We used them to  48   ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a  49  , or to the "Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or  50  in bed living happily and  51  .

    These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so   52   we offer one of them to you.

Dear Chris,

      My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your  53   accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this   54   challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you   55  .

Yours Sincerely,

Nancy Reagan

36. A.since            B. before             C.  when                    D. while

37. A. walked               B. climbed            C. pulled             D. jumped

38. A. able                    B. unable              C. suitable           D. unsuitable

39. A. disability            B. possession         C. convenience      D. experience

40. A. So                      B. For                  C. Or                          D. Yet

41. A. sharing         B. separating       C. fearing                    D. exploiting

42. A. terrible               B. similar            C. wonderful        D. practical

43. A. wrote for            B. cared for           C. hoped for        D. sent for

44. A. medical              B. postal               C. experimental     D. mental

45.A. news              B. paper                    C. equipment         D. mail

46. A. patients               B. a family          C. nurses              D. a group

47. A. effect            B. effort                    C. comfort           D. explanation

48. A. encourage           B. express             C. control            D. treat

49. A. cry                 B. laugh                   C. chat                D. sigh

50. A. much           B. never              C. even                 D. seldom

51.A. bitterly           B. fairly                    C. weakly            D. successfully

52. A. here                   B. there               C. therefore          D. forward

53. A. driving               B. flying                      C. running           D. riding

54. A. technical             B. different          C. difficult                   D. valuable

55. A. nearby                B. close               C. busy                D. alive

Answer 1

36.C 37.D38.B39.C40.D41.A42.C43.B44.A45.D46.B47.C48.A49.B50.C51.D52.A53.D54.C55.D

解析:

36.解析：when当……的时候。表示动作紧接着发生。while强调动作同时发生，一般延续时间较长。从马上摔下来时间较短，不能用while。

37.解析：jump跳。根据宾语a fence可确定答案。

38.解析：unable不能。从上文的paralyzed可以看出，由于Chris从马上摔下来，高位截瘫，不能正常呼吸。

39.解析：a life of convenience指为一种特定目的而进行的生活。

40.解析：yet然而。上文讲述了由于Chris从马上摔下来，使生活充满了意想不到的挑战，下文讲述了正是这些挑战使作者一家学到了很多东西。两段是转折关系。

41.解析：share共同承担。由于共同承担遇到的困难而使这种磨难成了“礼物”。

42.解析：wonderful奇妙的。根据上文的gifts可判断出作者从生活的磨难中找到了奇妙的东西。

43.解析：care for关心。从下文letters and postcards poured in every day可以看出全世界的人们都在关心着Chris。

44.解析：medical医疗的。根据上文Chris瘫痪了这件事可判断出这是发生在医疗所。

45.解析：mail邮件。根据上文的letters and postcards可判断答案。他们收到了35 000封邮件。

46.解析：从这句话的主语we可以看出，全家人一起把一封又一封的信打开。

47.解析：comfort安慰。因为Chris瘫痪了，他们全家人受到了磨难，大家都来安慰他们。

48.解析：encourage鼓励，鼓舞。大家的关心和安慰给了Chris一家很大的鼓舞。

49.解析：根据上文的Funny可判断出当作者一家需要“大笑”时，作者去阅读标有“Funny”的信件，寻求笑料。

50.解析：even甚至。even在这里表示情况更糟糕。借助于轮椅生活的人还可以活动，躺在床上卧床不起的人情况更加严重。

51.解析：successfully成功地。作者到标有“Disabled”的信件中寻找那些在轮椅里甚至卧床不起但生活得幸福和成功的人们的建议。

52.解析：here在这里。指在这篇短文里。

53.解析：根据上文fell from his horse可判断出这里说的是骑马造成的事故。

54.解析：difficult challenge困难的挑战。由于瘫痪使生活充满困难。

55.解析：alive精力充沛。使作者一家精力充沛。