Sarah Ivermee is a mother from the UK who gave birth to her son Freddie back in 2011. _______, the little boy was born deaf in one ear and nearly deaf in the other.
In 2014, Freddie was given a cochlear implant (人工耳蜗) for his deaf ear, and he absolutely _______ it. Though Freddie was happy with his implant, Sarah quickly learnt that not all children in his situation accept implants _______.
“We learnt very quickly that not all families have had such a smooth ride, having lots of problems with children not _______ to wear their devices as they look ugly and _______ ,” Sarah said. “We did some _______ and found there was not a lot available to _______ the look of hearing devices and _______ there must be something we could do.” When Sarah _______ that a friend's 9-year-old daughter felt out-of-place while ____________ her device, she offered to decorate it for her, ____________ it into something the little girl loved. “She loves them and loves the fact that she can have ____________ designs that her friends don’t have,” Sarah said. This experience inspired Sarah. In 2014, she founded the company Lugs, which ____________ custom-made kits (配件) families can ____________ to decorate hearing devices and cochlear implants. Thanks to these kits, kids can decorate their devices with everything from flowers and butterflies to superheroes and cartoon characters.
“I thought there would be a lot of families ____________ with children who don’t want to wear their hearing devices, and I felt I had to ____________ ,” Sarah explained. “Knowing children are not only ____________ to wear their hearing devices but also ____________ to show them off makes it all worthwhile.”
The kits are ____________ the lives of families all over the world. One mother even said that she used a kit to decorate her three-month-old daughter’s device!
We applaud (赞赏) Sarah for going above and beyond to help these kids feel more ____________ about themselves!
21. A.Doubtfully | B.Unfortunately | C.Naturally | D.Finally |
22. A.missed | B.proved | C.considered | D.loved |
23. A.easily | B.equally | C.openly | D.formally |
24. A.remembering | B.affording | C.wanting | D.refusing |
25. A.familiar | B.unappealing | C.impractical | D.advanced |
26. A.experiments | B.writing | C.research | D.adjustments |
27. A.improve | B.control | C.imagine | D.enjoy |
28. A.admitted | B.explained | C.mentioned | D.decided |
29. A.suspected | B.predicted | C.reported | D.heard |
30. A.making | B.wearing | C.testing | D.operating |
31. A.turning | B.putting | C.breaking | D.dividing |
32. A.simple | B.beautiful | C.similar | D.general |
33. A.owns | B.earns | C.needs | D.sells |
34. A.use | B.produce | C.share | D.borrow |
35. A.associating | B.competing | C.struggling | D.working |
36. A.know | B.check | C.follow | D.help |
37. A.free | B.happy | C.careful | D.afraid |
38. A.appropriate | B.impossible | C.proud | D.unwilling |
39. A.changing | B.risking | C.mixing | D.exploring |
40. A.crazy | B.worried | C.confident | D.serious |