It was a sports stadium（体育场）．Eight children were standing on the track（跑道）to take part in a running event．

    With the   （1） of the pistol（枪），all eight girls atsrted running. They had hardly covered ten to fifteen steps，then one of the girls slipped and  （2）  ．Because of bruises（擦伤）and pain，she started crying．When the other  （3）  girls heard this sound．they stopped running．After they stood for a while they all ran back to the place where the girls fell down．One  （4）  them bent down and kissed the girl gently．All the other girls lifted the fallen girl and comforted her．Two of them held the girl firmly and then all the eight joined hands together and walked together to reach the winning post．

    Officials（官员）were shocked by the eight girls'   （5） of teamwork with friendship．Clapping of thousands of spectators（观众）filled the stadium．Many eyes  （6）  tears（眼泪）and perhaps it even had reached the GOD! Yes．This happened in Hyderabad India，recently! The sports event was conducted by National Institute of Mental Health．All these   （7）  girls had come to take part in this event and they are spastic（患痉挛性麻痹症的）children．

What did they  （8）  this world? Friendship and teamwork? Humanity（人性；仁慈）? Equality（平等）among all?

     （9）  people should help those who are slow in learning  （10）  they are not left far behind．This is really a great message…spread it!

1．A．noise                     B．voice                   C．sound                    D．accent

2．A．broken down         B．fell down             C．turned down           D．wrote down

3．A．six                        B．seven                   C．eight                      D．nine

4．A．with                      B．above                  C．between                 D．among

5．A．spirit                     B．work                   C．standard                 D．riddles

6．A．were filled with        B．began with             C．got on with            D．were angry with

7．A．nervous                 B．dangerous            C．special                   D．healthy

8．A．promise                 B．order                   C．play                       D．teach

9．A．Disabled                B．Successful             C．Lazy                      D．Ugly

10．A．in order to            B．because               C．unless                    D．so that