Victor used to be such a good runner that he (1) _____________（win）nine awards at the age of 18.Then one day while he (2) ____________（run）along the roadside, an accident suddenly happened to him. Unfortunately both of his legs (3) _____________ （injure）seriously by a car out of control. Since then, he (4) _______________ （not be）able to walk any more.

After a long time, however, he knew life (5)_____________（not stop）for him. He focused on what he could do instead of what he lost. He realized that there were many possibilities for the disabled. One of the things he became interested in was foreign languages.

Every day he listened to tapes and read books. After several years he became fluent in three languages. Then he (6) _____________（try）his best to work as a translator in a company. To everybody’s surprise, he became the best one in the city.

Though Victor wishes he could walk, he is always looking forward to (7) _____________（live）a wonderful life in the future. Sometimes he (8) _____________（miss）being able to walk or run. But now at least he can live on his own and make himself (9) ____________（enjoy）what he likes. He thinks there’s much (10) _____________（be）thankful for.

用所给单词的适当形式填空。

Victor used to be such a good runner that he 1        (win)nine awards by the age of 18．Then one day while he  2        (run)along the roadside，an accident suddenly happened to him.．Unfortunately both of his legs 3        (injure)seriously by a car out of control．Since then，he  4       (not be)able to walk any more．

After a long time，however，he knew life 5        (not stop)for him．He focused on what he could do instead of what he lost．He realized that there were many possibilities for the disabled．One of the things he became interested in was foreign languages．

Every day he listened to tapes and read books．After several years he became fluent in three languages．Then he 6       (try)his best to work as a translator in a company．To everybody’s surprise，he became the best one in the city．

Though Victor wishes he could walk，he is always looking forward to  7        (1ive) a wonderful life in the future．Sometimes he 8          (miss)being able to walk or run．But now at least he can live on his own and make himself 9         (enjoy)what he likes．He thinks there’s much 10         (be)thankful for．

用括号内所给动词的适当形式完成短文。

Victor used to be such a good runner that he（1） ________ （win）nine awards at the age of 18．But one day while he（2） ________ （run）along the road，an accident suddenly happened to him．Unluckily，both of his legs（3） ________ （injure）seriously by a car out of control．Since then，he（4） ________（not be）able to walk any more．

After a long time，however，he knew life wouldn’t（5） ________（stop）for him．He focused on what he could do instead of what he lost．He realized that there were many possibilities for the disabled．One of the things he became interested in was foreign languages．

Every day he listened to tapes and read books．After several years he could speak three languages well．Then he（6） ________ （try）his best to work as a translator in a company．To everybody’s surprise，he became the best one in the city．

Though Victor can’t walk，he is always looking forward to（7） ________ （live）a wonderful life in the future．Sometimes he（8） ________ （miss）being able to walk or run．But now at least he can live on his own and make himself（9） ________ （enjoy）what he likes．He thinks there’s much（10） ________ （be）thankful for in the world．

    When she was young，Merry Wilson was told that she was an epileptic(癫痫患者) ．He father，Jim Wilson，is a morning runner．One day，Merry told her father that what she’d really love to do is running．Her father told her，“If you do．I know how to do it．So let’s start running!”

    That’s just what they did every day．It was a good time for them to share．After a few weeks，she told her father,“Daddy，what I’d really love to do is to break the world’s long-distance running record for women．”

    As a student in her first year in college，Merry said，“I’m going to run from Orange County to San Francisco(a distance of 400 kilometers)．“in my second year,”she went on，“I’m going to run to Portland，Oregon(over l,500 kilometers)．)“I will run to the White House(more than 3,000 kilometers away) in my fourth year at college”

    That year，she finished her run to San Francisco．Her dad ran every kilometer  at her side，and her mom，a nurse，followed in a car in case(万一)anything went wrong．The next year，on the way to Portland，a bone(骨头)broke in her foot．A doctor told her she had to stop．But she didn’t stop．So she kept running to Portland．Four months later，Merry ran to Washington and shook the hand of the president of the USA．

    If Merry can do so much with such poor health，what can you do to outperform(战胜) yourself in a healthy state?

1．Merry．as a child．told her father she wanted to ______ ．

  A．run    B．go to college    C．ran to San Francisco    D．sing

2．The time she spent running together with her father was _____．

  A．hard    B．boring    C．pleasant    D．helpless

3．---What is Merry’s mother?---一She’s a _______．

  A．doctor    B．nurse    C．runner    D．car driver

4．What does the passage tell us?

A．Healthy people can’t do as well as the sick people．

B．People can do much better than they think they can．

C．Sick people can’t do as well as the healthy people．

D．The writer isn’t pleased with what the healthy people do.