1 . Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the Olympics, once said, “All _______ for all people.” Sports were also a big part of Jim’s life. Jim was always on the team. But his favourite sport was football.

One day in practice, something went horribly _______. Jim got seriously hurt. Doctors had to _________ his right leg below the knee. After weeks of treatment, Jim got a man-made leg. “I felt, like a baby, because I had to learn how to _______ again,” he said. However, Jim never lost his _________ spirit. “I took it on just as a _________.” he explains.

One goal kept Jim _______. “I was determined to get back and play football.” he says. His coach and teammates visit him, offering their _________.

When Jim returned to school, he was in a wheelchair. Jim’s school had a top football team. Would Jim be able to play at such a competitive level? At first, no one was _______. There was no need to worry. Before long, Jim mastered the use of his new __________. He was back on the football field and soon became one of the most __________ members of the team.

Jim also ________ playing wheelchair basketball and wheelchair football. He competed in weightlifting (举重) for people with disability as well.

Jim always says, “Don’t try to be something you’re not, be the ____________

you can be.” Jim’s best performance turns out to be better than anyone could have __________. Now he holds a world record for weightlifting. And he hopes to __________ in the Paralympics (残奥会).1.

A．honour

B．sports

C．stress

D．strength

2.

A．strange

B．unique

C．narrow

D．wrong

3.

A．work out

B．cut off

C．focus on

D．apply for

4.

A．quit

B．hike

C．survive

D．walk

5.

A．fighting

B．commenting

C．comparing

D．winning

6.

A．request

B．legend

C．challenge

D．friendship

7.

A．pretending

B．going

C．graduating

D．searching

8.

A．support

B．source

C．destination

D．diet

9.

A．sure

B．successful

C．official

D．graceful

10.

A．castle

B．flight

C．leg

D．tool

11.

A．injured

B．valuable

C．unusual

D．expensive

12.

A．admired

B．considered

C．remembered

D．began

13.

A．biggest

B．tallest

C．best

D．wisest

14.

A．known

B．realized

C．expected

D．provided

15.

A．cheat

B．cheer

C．sweat

D．compete

2 . When Najla Imad Lafta, 14, plays table tennis, her torso turns as smoothly as a dancer’s to meet the ball and she returns it so fast.

She just _________ her fourth silver and her fourth bronze medal from an international sports tournament for _________ people in Egypt in June.

“In fourth grade, I was _________ I was different from the other girls,” said Najla as she sat in a narrow _________.

Najla was 3 when a bomb magnetically _________ beneath her father’s car went off. In a matter of seconds she _________ one of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis seriously _________ in the civil war that followed the American invasion in 2003. Civilians young and old were _________ in the crossfire, crippling (使残疾) them physically and _________.

Najla’s life had been turned upside down and could do nothing but try her best to __________ to her new life with the __________ of a wheelchair.

__________ at his daughter’s struggles, Mr. Lafta __________ a friend of his from the Iraq Paralympic team for help to give her daughter some training lessons.

Najla worked on her __________ for a couple of days at home - her family bought a playing table that took up almost all the space in one of the compound’s rooms - barely __________ enough space for her to play with her sisters.

The Paralympics committee recently bought prostheses for Najla, and these were far better than the ones she had before but they were still not the kind made for __________.

__________, Najla has made the __________ from playing in a wheelchair to standing: a remarkably rare progression in the sport, when most players do the opposite.

“To be honest, nothing compared to __________ legs and arms, but at least I am __________ with what I have done.”

1.

A．won

B．sold

C．missed

D．began

2.

A．injured

B．disabled

C．talented

D．healthy

3.

A．tired of

B．proud of

C．aware of

D．lack of

4.

A．room

B．wheelchair

C．stick

D．gap

5.

A．made

B．attracted

C．hung

D．attached

6.

A．became

B．met

C．discovered

D．affected

7.

A．survived

B．died

C．wounded

D．lost

8.

A．killed

B．caught

C．arrested

D．protected

9.

A．intellectually

B．morally

C．legally

D．mentally

10.

A．adjust

B．refuse

C．waste

D．adopt

11.

A．ambition

B．assistance

C．effort

D．method

12.

A．Excited

B．Embarrassed

C．Frustrated

D．Astonished

13.

A．admired

B．forced

C．disturbed

D．contacted

14.

A．challenge

B．confidence

C．memory

D．technique

15.

A．leaving

B．clearing

C．making

D．sharing

16.

A．doctors

B．teachers

C．students

D．athletes

17.

A．Nevertheless

B．Therefore

C．Gradually

D．Fortunately

18.

A．living

B．switch

C．decision

D．mistake

19.

A．losing

B．hurting

C．having

D．fixing

20.

A．sad

B．anxious

C．happy

D．concerned