Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was only twelve years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to
16 off most of his right leg.
17 Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假肢). The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.
Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs
, 18 . They decided to
19 across America. They all wore special T-shirts.
20 it was “Run, Jeff, Run, Jeff Keith’s Run Across America”.
Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west
21 he was twenty-two years old. He started running in Boston(波士顿). Seven
22 later, he stopped
23 in Los Angeles（洛杉矶）. He ran 3,200 miles (1 mile =" 1.6093km)." Jeff wore out thirty-six pairs
24 running shoes and five plastic legs. Jeff
25 in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff,
26 for the American Cancer Society. The Society used the money to help people know
27 about cancer.
On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff talked to people about
28 . Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer(律师). Jeff says, “People can do
29 they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran
30 for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”
| 小题2: | | A．Every day | B．One day | C．Some day | D．A day |
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| 小题3: | | A．also | B．too | C．either | D．neither |
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| 小题6: | | A．while | B．because | C．when | D．if |
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| 小题7: | | A．months | B．days | C．hours | D．minutes |
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| 小题8: | | A．running | B．to run | C．walking | D．to walk |
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| 小题10: | | A．reached | B．studied | C．stopped | D．started |
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| 小题12: | | A．more | B．less | C．fewer | D．little |
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| 小题13: | | A．cancer | B．walk | C．society | D．America |
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| 小题14: | | A．any | B．thing | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题15: | | A．not only | B．not | C．only | D．just |
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