1 . My legs don’t do much because I have a serious disease. They just sit there and look pretty. When people look at me, they only see the chair — my wheelchair. I’ve been in one since I was 3 years old. And it doesn’t matter if I graduate at the top of my class and go to law school. To some, I’ll always be the girl in the chair.
But I don’t think of myself as the kid who can’t walk. Most of my friends don’t even notice the chair anymore. I’m just the girl they’ve been friends with. My friends are good at lifting me in and out of my small car when we go to the movies. We even took the car to the dance. One of the boys helped me out of the car and all the girls helped me to fix my dress. Even in the crowded school elevator, there’s always someone around to carry me.
There are a lot of things I can’t do for myself, such as lifting my arms, dressing myself, and feeding myself. Even so, I do very well at school and I always tell myself that I’m just like any other kid in my school.
The truth is that my parents raised me to be proud of my disability(残疾). There are plenty of things I wish I could do differently. I wanted to be a doctor. But that’s not going to work out. So I’ll be a lawyer(律师) instead. I also wanted to dance and play soccer. My parents taught me that I’m like this for a reason — to educate people and show them that this disease affects(侵袭) my bones — not my brain. My friends Erica once said to me, “Kennedy, you’re not disabled. You just can’t walk.”
1. What does the underlined word “They” in the first paragraph refer to?

A．The author’s legs	B．The author’s chairs
C．The author’s friends	D．The author’s diseases

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that the author        .

A．is the dancing queen of her school

B．is afraid of taking the school elevator

C．often gets lots of help from her friends

D．can’t be understood by her schoolmates

3. Kennedy’s story mainly tells us that we should           .

A．work hard	B．smile at life
C．have dreams	D．thank our parents

2 . A sufferer of Hansen’s Disease in Fiji, with twisted hands, became an internationally known artist. “My ____ I see as a gift led me to my life’s work,” he said. “If it had not been for it, none of these things would have ____.”
Some people succeed ____handicaps(残疾). Others succeed because of them. The ____is that our problems help to make us what we are. Those who____often learn the value of sympathy. And those who ____often teach others how to rise again. Our troubles can ____us in ways a carefree (无忧无虑的) existence cannot.
A ____is told about an Eastern village that through the centuries was known for its good pottery（陶器）. Especially ____were its pots, high as tables, wide as chairs; they were ____around the globe for their strong form and great beauty.
Legend has it that when each pot was seemingly ____, there was still one final step. The craftsman ____it---and then put it back together with gold filigree(金银丝).
A(n) ____pot was then transformed into a priceless work of art. What seemed finished wasn’t until it was broken.
So it is with ____! Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedies, they can become ____and bitter. ____when mended by a hand of patience and love, the finished ____will be a work of beauty; a life that could ____reach its wholeness after it was broken.
If you feel broken, ____that you are a work of art! And you may not actually be complete until the ____are bonded with gold filigree of love.1.

A．sickness

B．guilt

C．danger

D．complaint

2.

A．failed

B．spread

C．happened

D．stopped

3.

A．in honour of

B．in place of

C．in advance of

D．in spite of

4.

A．decision

B．truth

C．excuse

D．promise

5.

A．escape

B．suffer

C．argue

D．exist

6.

A．fall down

B．calm down

C．get up

D．turn up

7.

A．scold

B．shape

C．trap

D．disturb

8.

A．story

B．dream

C．lie

D．joke

9.

A．boring

B．frightening

C．relaxing

D．striking

10.

A．saved

B．lost

C．admired

D．stolen

11.

A．counted

B．purchased

C．received

D．finished

12.

A．shared

B．collected

C．broke

D．changed

13.

A．ordinary

B．precious

C．small

D．heavy

14.

A．history

B．culture

C．people

D．space

15.

A．disappointed

B．ashamed

C．amused

D．shy

16.

A．Or

B．But

C．So

D．Because

17.

A．experiment

B．building

C．passage

D．product

18.

A．seldom

B．never

C．only

D．sometimes

19.

A．explain

B．deny

C．inform

D．remember

20.

A．edges

B．pieces

C．ends

D．facts

3 . After giving a talk at a high school,I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed.

During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症).When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five, and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen.He wanted to meet me because I was a Gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams.Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase (公文包) and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion.You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:

Dear Dick,

My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that.However, I know I’m a champion,and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven,God will give me my medal and when you get there,I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.

Your friend,
Matthew
1. The boy looked forward to meeting the author because      .

A．he was also good at weight lifting

B．he wanted to get to the Olympics and win a medal

C．he was one of the author’s fans

D．he admired the author very much

2. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that      .

A．the boy never complained about how unlucky he was to have this disease

B．the boy never complained about not being able to go to school

C．the boy never complained why the author had never come to see him before

D．the boy never complained about not getting a medal

3. Matthew didn’t accept the author’s medal because      .

A．he thought it was too expensive

B．he was sure that he could win one in the future

C．he thought it was of no use to him as he would die soon

D．he would not be pitied by others

4. What would be the best title for this passage?

A．A sick boy.	B．A special friend.
C．A real champion.	D．A famous athlete.