I was now five, and still I showed no much interest in things except with my toes(脚趾). I could not look after myself,
35 my father took care of me. I used to lie on my back all the time in the kitchen. I was
36 , imprisoned(监禁) in a world of my own, unable to communicate with others.
Then, suddenly, it happened on the afternoon of a cold December day. All the family were gathered round the big kitchen fire. Mona and Paddy were drawing funny animals, using a bright piece of yellow chalk. It was the chalk that
37 me so much. I had never seen anything like it before.
Suddenly, I wanted to do what my sister was doing. Then without thinking or knowing exactly what I was doing, I
38 out and took the chalk out of my sister’s hand, with my left foot. It is a puzzle(迷惑)to many people as well as to
39 . I held the chalk tightly between my toes and made a wild scribble(乱涂)with it on the board. Next moment I stopped, not knowing what to do with the chalk next, hardly knowing how it
40 there. Then I looked up and realized that everyone was looking at me
41 . My mother came in. Her eyes looked from my face down to my
42 , then she took another piece of chalk from Mona, and drew the single letter “A” on the floor in front of me. “Copy that, Christy.” She said. I tried to do the same action, but I
43 . “Try again, Chris.” she whispered in my ear. I tried another two more times. I drew one side of the letter, then the other. It looked ugly, but I
44 to make it finally. I had done it! True! I couldn’t speak with my mouth, but now I would speak through something more
45 than spoken words. That one letter was my
46 to a new world, my key to mental freedom.
小题2: | A.lost | B.lonely | C.tired | D.weak |
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小题3: | A.troubled | B.worried | C.reminded | D.interested |
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小题4: | A.dropped | B.set | C.checked | D.reached |
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小题6: | A.got | B.stuck | C.worked | D.arrived |
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小题7: | A.angrily | B.sadly | C.silently | D.carefully |
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小题9: | A.froze | B.forgot | C.fell | D.failed |
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小题10: | A.tried | B.managed | C.offered | D.decided |
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小题11: | A.lasting | B.interesting | C.moving | D.surprising |
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小题12: | A.dream | B.tool | C.gift | D.road |
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