3 . 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 |