1 . When I became an amputee (截肢患者) at age 29, I was forced to rethink the idea of physical perfection. My life became different, as I changed from an acceptably attractive woman to an object of pity and _______.
Too busy _______ physical pain and obvious mobility limitation, I was not aware of this change at first. I was determined to _______, feeling good about the progress I had made, as I moved forward.
_______, as I made my first excursion outside the hospital, society had already assigned me a new status. Happy to be free of my restriction in the hospital, I rolled through the shopping mall – a _______ survivor, feeling like a war hero. Unfortunately, I had a rude _______ as I discovered that others did not view me in the way I had come to view myself.
All eyes were upon me, yet no one dared to make eye contact. Their efforts to _______ my eyes forced me to realize they saw only my missing legs. Mothers _______ held their children closer as I passed. Elderly women patted me on the head saying, “God Bless You!” with _______ in their eyes.
While I sat thinking about what had happened, a small girl came up to me. She stared with unembarrassed ________ at the empty pants. Finding nothing there, she looked up at me with a puzzled look, she innocently asked, “Lady, where did your legs go?”
I explained that my legs had been sick. Since my legs hadn’t been strong and healthy like hers, the doctors had to ________ them. Leaning her head upwards, she asked, “Did they go to ‘Leg Heaven’?”
That incident made me think about how ________ children and adults react to the unknown. To a child, an odd appearance is an interesting curiosity and a ________ learning experience while adults often view the same thing with fear and horror. I began to realize that, I, too had been ________ of the same inappropriate reactions before I knew what life was like for an amputee.
To fulfill the wholeness of my mind and spirit, I now smile warmly, make eye contact, and speak in a confident manner. By using a ________ approach, I attempt to enlighten society about the fact that having a not-so-perfect body doesn’t mean having a poor quality of life.
1. | A．comfort | B．fear | C．hatred | D．sadness |
2. | A．crying with | B．figuring out | C．holding back | D．dealing with |
3. | A．endure | B．quit | C．revenge | D．succeed |
4. | A．Instead | B．Moreover | C．However | D．Therefore |
5. | A．calm | B．poor | C．proud | D．rare |
6. | A．awakening | B．ending | C．happening | D．proceeding |
7. | A．turn | B．hold | C．catch | D．avoid |
8. | A．softly | B．protectively | C．reluctantly | D．pleasantly |
9. | A．pity | B．anger | C．depression | D．upset |
10. | A．curiosity | B．determination | C．enthusiasm | D．satisfaction |
11. | A．lose | B．adjust | C．remove | D．stretch |
12. | A．differently | B．positively | C．strangely | D．sympathetically |
13. | A．painful | B．potential | C．similar | D．common |
14. | A．conscious | B．guilty | C．ignorant | D．short |
15. | A．creative | B．flexible | C．positive | D．scientific |
