19.It was a cold afternoon.I was training a football team for first-graders.It was the day of our(35)Apractice.
I seated the kids on a long bench on the grass.Any time I was training a new team,I spent a few minutes getting them to(36)Cone another,each kid saying his name and the names of all the kids sitting to the left.
A few minutes later,I decided to put the kids to a test.Alex was chosen to start at the far left end of the bench,go up to each kid,say that kid's (37)D and then shake his right hand.
Alex was doing well and he went down the row-Dylan,Micah,David,and Beau
until he reached Ben.He said Ben's name and reached out his right hand,but Ben just(38)A there,his right hand(39)D in his jacket.
"Ben,why don't you let Alex shake your hand?"I asked.Ben stood up,and said,"But I don't have the(40)B."He pulled his jacket away from his right shoulder.
Ben's arm ran from his right shoulder but his arm(41)C at the elbow(胳膊肘).No forearm,no hand,no fingers!
I got shocked(震惊) and couldn't think of(42)B to say,but the little kids were unwilling to hide their curiosity(好奇心).
"Look at that,"said Alex.
"Hey,what happened to your arm?"another asked.
"Does it hurt?"
Ben took off his jacket to (43)C the kids what they all wanted to see.He explained to them that he had always been that(44)C and that there was nothing(45)B.What he meant was that he wanted to be treated like everybody else.
And he was from that day on.
From that day on,he was(46)D Ben,one of the players on the team.
35.A.first | B.next | C.later | D.last |
36.A.help | B.see | C.know | D.teach |
37.A.number | B.class | C.story | D.name |
38.A.sat | B.played | C.lay | D.studied |
39.A.opened | B.raised | C.waved | D.hidden |
40.A.finger | B.hand | C.foot | D.leg |
41.A.met | B.pointed | C.stopped | D.joined |
42.A.something | B.anything | C.nothing | D.everything |
43.A.offer | B.give | C.show | D.ask |
44.A.style | B.manner | C.way | D.nature |
45.A.common | B.special | C.magic | D.harmful |
46.A.also | B.even | C.yet | D.just. |