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Many years ago，my dad was facing a serious heart condition.He was unable to do a(n) __1__ job.Sometimes he fell suddenly ill and had to be __2__ to the hospital.
He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he __3__ to volunteer at the local children's hospital.My dad loved kids.It was a perfect __4__ for him.He ended up working with the __5__ children.He would talk, play, and do arts with them.
One of his __6__ was a girl with a __7__ that paralyzed(使瘫痪) her from the neck down.She couldn't do anything, and she was very __8__.My dad decided to try to __9__ her.He started visiting her in her room, __10__ paints, brushes and papers. He __11__ the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to __12__.He didn't use his hands at all.All the while，he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your __13__ to.”
At the end of the day, she began to paint using her __14__， and she and my dad became friends.Soon after, the little girl was sent __15__ because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her.My dad also __16__ the children's hospital for a little while because he became ill.Some time later, after my dad had __17__ and returned to work, the little girl who had been paralyzed came in, but this time she was __18__.She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight.She gave him a __19__ she had done using her hands.At the bottom it __20__：“Thank you for helping me walk.”
My dad said sometimes love is more powerful than the doctor.
本文讲述了一个感人的小故事。作者的父亲因为心脏病的原因不能正常工作，但是因为他非常喜欢孩子所以到一家儿童医院做志愿者。在医院他鼓励一位因疾病而瘫痪在床的小女孩勇敢乐观，教她用嘴画画，最终小女孩可以自己走路了。爱的力量有的时候比医生的力量更强大。
1．A.important B．steady
C．easy D．complex
答案：B
解析：逻辑推理题。后句“有时他会突然生病要被送进医院”说明他状态不稳定，自然无法做一份稳定的工作。故B正确。
2. A．admitted B．connected
C．attended D．allowed
答案：A
解析：词语搭配题。短语be admitted to...被……录取，加入。本句中该词指他时不时会突然住院，接受治疗。故A正确。
3．A.decided B．promised
C．forced D．agreed
答案：A
解析：词语辨析题。decide决定；promise承诺；force迫使；agree同意。他想做一些事情让自己忙碌起来，所以他决定到当地儿童医院做志愿者。不是“承诺、迫使、同意”，而是决定要做某事。
4. A．experience B．lesson
C．task D．job
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。因为我的父亲很喜欢孩子，所以做志愿者对他来说是一份很完美的工作。故D正确。
5．A.happy B．lonely
C．sick D．normal
答案：C
解析：背景常识题。根据上文可知父亲在当地的儿童医院里工作，那么进入医院的当然是生病的儿童了。
6. A．kids B．students
C．doctors D．colleagues
答案：A
解析：词汇复现题。根据上文“to volunteer at the local children's hospital”可知父亲进入儿童医院做志愿者，那么在医院里接受治疗的是儿童。
7．A.wound B．pain
C．gift D．disease
答案：D
解析：背景常识题。根据上文可知父亲进入儿童医院做志愿者，所以此处应是一个生病的女孩。故D正确。
8．A.excited B．depressed
C．embarrassed D．confused
答案：B
解析：词语辨析题。excited兴奋的；depressed压抑的；embarrassed尴尬的；confused困惑的。这种疾病让小女孩瘫痪在床，什么事情也不能做，这让她很压抑。A、C、D三项语义不搭配。故B正确。
9．A.comfort B．encourage
C．help D．remind
答案：C
解析：词语辨析题。comfort安慰；encourage鼓励；help帮助；remind提醒。看到小女孩如此痛苦，父亲决定要尽力帮助她。故C正确。
10. A．buying B．borrowing
C．asking D．bringing
答案：D
解析：词语辨析题。buy购买；borrow借用；ask请求；bring带来。他开始到女孩的病房看望女孩并给女孩带来了颜料、画笔和纸。bringing作伴随状语，buy是短暂性动词，不符合语境。
11．A.turned B．pulled
C．stuck D．stood
答案：D
解析：词语辨析题。turn up调高，出现；pull up停车；stick up伸出；stand up竖起，站立。他把纸张竖起来，把画笔咬在嘴里，开始画画。故D正确。
12. A．paint B．bite
C．beat D．write
答案：A
解析：背景常识题。带来的画笔、颜料、画纸，是为了画画而准备的。
13．A.goal B．mind
C．spirit D．action
答案：B
解析：词语辨析题。goal目标；mind思维，思想；spirit精神；action行动。父亲鼓励她：只要你把思想集中在上面，你什么都可以做成的。故B正确。
14. A．hands B．mouth
C．legs D．toes
答案：B
解析：词汇复现题。根据上文“He__11__the paper up，put the paintbrush in his mouth”可知父亲教她用嘴画东西，后来这个女孩就按照父亲教给她的去做了。
15．A.hospital B．school
C．home D．abroad
答案：C
解析：逻辑推理题。根据后半句“the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her”(医生认为没有什么可以为她做的)可推断出这个女孩被送回家休养了。
16．A.visited B．enjoyed
C．served D．left
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。根据后半句“because he became ill”可知父亲生病了，所以他和女孩一样都离开了儿童医院。
17．A.received B．realized
C．refused D．recovered
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。根据后半句“...returned to work”(回去上班)，可知父亲身体恢复健康以后，又回到医院做志愿者了。故D正确。
18．A.smiling B．walking
C．waving D．crying
答案：B
解析：词语辨析题。smile微笑；walk步行；wave挥手；cry哭泣。曾经瘫痪的小女孩现在已经康复了，也就是说小女孩现在已经可以步行了。
19．A.card B．flower
C．picture D．book
答案：C
解析：逻辑推理题。从上文可知小女孩已经康复了，不再瘫痪在床了，现在也不再需要用嘴来绘画了，可以用双手绘画。女孩给了他一张用手画好的画。
20. A．read B．showed
C．warned D．explained
答案：A
解析：词语辨析题。read写着，阅读；show展示；warn警告；explain解释。动词read和say都可以表示通知、布告所写的内容。在画的最下面，女孩写着：谢谢你帮助我走路。故A正确。
