Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.
Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?
Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙残疾的﹚。I have no arms and only one leg.
Reporter:Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?
Mr Shum:Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet.No,I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.
Reporter:I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disablbed person, but can we talk first about your handicap?
Mr Shum:Well,in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”?
I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped”means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.
Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?
Mr Shum:No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old.After that I became depressed﹙沮丧﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.
【小题1】Mr Shum is a painter who has no ____.

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Monday morning is an important time at our school. All of the students go to the playground. We listen to music, and we  1 the national flag go up.

　 Usually, one student gives a talk on Monday mornings. One Monday last year, a boy gave the talk. He was   2 and excited! When I saw him, I wanted to have a try, too.

　 Can I really do it?

　 Last week, our teacher said our class should give the talk. My teacher   3 me, “I know you want to have a try. Next Monday morning, I want you to give the talk. Go and write something down.  4 for it, I’m sure you’ll do well.”

“Thank you.” I answered. It was such a great  5 for me! When I got home, I was excited. I wrote two pages for the talk. I read them again and again. When I read, I asked my parents  6 . I wanted to make my teacher happy.

Finally Monday morning came. I began to feel  7 .

When did I last give a talk to  8 many people? Never! This was my first time. Could I really  9 it? Maybe I couldn’t finish the talk.

When I got to school, we all went out to the playground. I  10 in front of everyone. I opened my mouth, but I couldn’t say anything.

“Take it easy,” I said to  11 . “Don’t be nervous. You can do it.”

Just then, I looked down at everyone. I saw about 1,000 eyes. They were all looking at me ! I couldn’t  12  stand up.

I took a look at their eyes more carefully. Their eyes seemed to say, “You can do it! Come on!   13 afraid, just talk!”

I took a big breath. Then I began to talk. It wasn’t hard. It was easy.

I don’t know 14 I finished my talk, but I tried my best to do it. I felt so good that day. I showed myself  15 everyone what I can do.

1.                A．watch          B．see            C．notice    D．look at

2.                A．surprised       B．proud          C．bored    D．careful

3.                A．spoke          B．asked for        C．said to    D．showed

4.                A．Look out        B．Come on        C．Take care D．Get ready

5.                A．chance         B．news           C．time D．message

6.                A．to do          B．to listen         C．to see    D．to play

7.                A．excited         B．happy          C．nervous  D．surprised

8.                A．after           B．such           C．before   D．so

9.                A．do            B．speak          C．talk  D．take

10.               A．sat            B．stood          C．jumped   D．ran

11.               A．me            B．myself         C．my class   D．my parents

12.               A．be able to       B．hardly          C．never D．even

13.               A．Not be         B．Don’t         C．Don’tbe  D．Not

14.               A．where         B．how           C．why  D．whether

15.               A．with           B．at             C．to    D．for

My parents have always loved everything about India, so a year ago we went on holiday there. It’s a wonderful    15  with beautiful scenes and interesting people . However, I didn’t enjoy Indian  16  very much.

On the second day we planned to see an old palace. At the  17  they said. “If you go by train, it’ll take you only two hours to get there.” However, the hot   18  took over four hours. I was very  19  when we got there , so we had some rice and vegetables with bread in a small restaurant. We were  20  to find it was quite nice. I wasn’t full up though and I saw a man nearby eating some little meatballs.

I said to my dad, “I’ve been eating rice all week. Can I have some meatballs please?”

Well, they looked delicious so I ate the first one very  21  . I was just putting the second one in my mouth when I felt myself  22 —my mouth was on fire! I started to cough（咳嗽）and there were tears (泪水)in my eyes. I couldn’t  23  how spicy (辛辣的) it was!

I drank about ten glasses of water but the worst thing was everyone was laughing at me. You couldn’t make me eat another Indian meatball for all the   24   in the world!

1.                A．town           B．city            C．country   D．restaurant

2.                A．food           B．scenes         C．people   D．costumes

3.                A．palace         B．hotel           C．airport   D．entrance

4.                A．sail            B．walk           C．drive D．ride

5.                A．hungry         B．curious         C．cheerful  D．nervous

6.                A．shocked        B．surprised       C．bored    D．tired

7.                A．quietly         B．easily          C．quickly   D．gently

8.                A．burning        B．watering        C．crying    D．smiling

9.                A．feel           B．believe         C．think D．know

10.               A．diet           B．luck           C．time  D．money

综合填空。（5分）

I am a boy. I’m thirteen years old. I 1. from England. I’m a student. I 2. a round face and small eyes. My nose is big, and my mouth is small. I have a sister. 3. name is Amy. She is twelve. She is a student, too. She has a 4. face, big eyes, a small nose and a small mouth. We are in the same school, but in 5. grades.

 —How about your English speech contest yesterday?

—Quite well.But my heart was in my mouth before it.

A．I felt very happy.   B. I felt very nervous 

C. I felt very easy     D. I felt very cold