四、完形填空
Jayce Crowder began noticing that he looked different from his classmates when he was in kindergarten. They had two hands. He had one. "It started when one boy laughed at him," says his mother, Cortney Lewis. He would return to their home with questions: "Why am I
1 ? Why me? Why?" Lewis didn't know what to do at that time. How could she
2 her son's questions when she had never found those answers herself?
A few weeks later, Lewis came home from her job and
3 the TV to watch a news story that a six-foot-tall eighth grader from Washington, Trashaun Willis, then 14, had become famous after posting videos of his slam dunks (扣篮), and,
4 Jayce, he missed most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He was interested. At the time, it seemed that simply
5 Trashaun on TV would be an encouraging moment for Jayce—he'd see a role model with a similar birth defect (缺陷). A family friend asked the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce's
6 .
The boys met at Washington Middle School on a Saturday afternoon two months later. They rode bikes around the school's hallways, took photos, played hide-and-seek, and shot baskets (投篮). At one point, Trashaun did get
7 with Jayce. He talked about their left arms. He told Jayce he was perfect and told him not to let anyone's words
8 his confidence.
Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a big difference in her son, who is now seven and in the second grade. He has
9 started wrestling(摔跤)and loves it. Lewis believes it is Trashaun's
10 . As for Trashaun, his relationship with Jayce made him look forward to helping more kids.
(
D
) 1. A. weak
B. sick
C. terrible
D. different
(
C
) 2. A. avoid
B. choose
C. answer
D. prepare
(
B
) 3. A. opened up
B. turned on
C. looked at
D. picked up
(
C
) 4. A. near
B. with
C. like
D. from
(
A
) 5. A. watching
B. checking
C. copying
D. joining
(
D
) 6. A. friendship
B. support
C. relationship
D. confidence
(
B
) 7. A. mad
B. serious
C. angry
D. funny
(
A
) 8. A. shake
B. show
C. save
D. shape
(
B
) 9. A. certainly
B. recently
C. rapidly
D. secretly
(
D
)10. A. decision
B. experience
C. position
D. influence