文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位女孩劳伦,她有唐氏综合症,但是她的父母一直以来都没有告诉她这个事实,并且对她和其他孩子一样对待。Laure表现出对篮球的兴趣,并加入了女子篮球队。在一场比赛中,虽然她被叫上场的时间很短,但她成功地投篮得分,这让她感到非常自豪。通过这次比赛,父亲意识到劳伦的不同之处不仅仅是身体和情感上的,而是她对生活的态度。
Sports are important in our family. Both of our sons were high-school athletes. So, I shouldn’t have been _________ when Lauren announced she was going out for the girls’ basketball team. But I was, because she has Down syndrome(唐氏综合症). My wife and I never told Lauren that she was _________. We treated her like our other children. We didn’t want her to feel disabled.
“I’m gonna play basketball, Daddy.” Lauren ran to meet me when I came in from work. She flew into my arms and lingered long in my embrace. “That’s _________, honey,” I patted her shoulder and walked into the kitchen. My wife spoke slowly, her tone steady. “What Lauren’s trying to say is that she’s joining the girls’ high-school basketball team.” Her words _________ in. Everything that could happen flashed through my mind. But what could we do?
Mid-November, the season’s first basketball game arrived. It got off to a good start, but soon Verden, Lauren’s team, was behind. Lauren _________ followed the movement on the court and reacted to every shot. Even though she wasn’t playing, she looked as if she were having the time of her life.
Just less than two minutes were left, and Verden was down by seventeen points when Lauren was called in for the game! She _________ the others fairly well. From her agile movement and eager expression, I knew she was desperate to score for her team. Then they passed Lauren the ball. She _________ it. She shot. She scored! A few minutes later, Lauren joined us in the stands. “Did you see? I scored! I made a _________!”
For sixteen years, I’d tried hard to _________ Lauren from feeling like she was different. But watching Lauren in the game, I saw that she really was different—not physically or emotionally, but __________.
1. A.disappointed | B.surprised | C.depressed | D.embarrassed |
2. A.normal | B.ordinary | C.different | D.typical |
3. A.awful | B.strange | C.hard | D.nice |
4. A.sank | B.poured | C.came | D.kicked |
5. A.frequently | B.carelessly | C.attentively | D.repeatedly |
6. A.kept pace with | B.gave way to | C.put up with | D.broke away from |
7. A.threw | B.missed | C.cast | D.caught |
8. A.mistake | B.record | C.mess | D.basket |
9. A.excuse | B.shelter | C.discourage | D.prohibit |
10. A.consciously | B.spiritually | C.literally | D.socially |