Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a girl who strengthened my understanding of the power of belief. She was __36___ the most powerful person I had ever met. I met Chris for the first time while taking the Dale Carnegie __37___ in California.
Our class had already been going for quite some time when ___38___, supported by metal crutches(拐杖), ___39__ herself in. Chris had cerebral palsy(大脑性麻痹). She had much ___40___ in communicating with others. This was not because of ___41___ of desire, but because most of her twenty-one years of life she had been kept in a room with no more than Elvis records and tapes to __42___ her. No one had taken the time to help her develop the ability to ___43___. It was Bonnie, her present caretaker, who ___44___ there was much more to Chris than anyone else could see.
When asked by the instructor what her goal ___45___ the twelve-week course was, Chris struggled to respond and became impatient and ____46___ in the process. For most of her ___47___ nobody would listen to her. The only way she knew to get someone to ___48___ was through temper outbursts(发脾气). With Bonnie as her interpreter, Chris conveyed that her ___49___ was to be able to stand by herself in front of forty-five people and tell us about herself.
On the twelfth week, Chris stood in front of the room and ___50___ with us, in her own words, what her life had been like. It was one of the most beautiful and enlightening experiences I had ever ___51____. Though as a girl who had in many ways been ____52___, she believed that she could ___53___ more in her life and she did. And she also had the love and support of forty-five friends, who, just weeks before, had been ____54___ strangers.
What we all witnessed through Chris’ courage is that life is ____55___ moment by moment, based on our beliefs, which are related to both our personal and professional direction and have the power to make our wildest dreams come true.
| 小题1: | | A．luckily | B．probably | C．formally | D．naturally |
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| 小题2: | | A．break | B．chance | C．house | D．course |
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| 小题3: | | A．someone | B．he | C．herself | D．she |
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| 小题4: | | A．ran | B．rushed | C．dragged | D．jumped |
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| 小题5: | | A．difficulty | B．concept | C．disagreement | D．suggestion |
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| 小题6: | | A．lack | B．need | C．notice | D．cheer |
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| 小题7: | | A．impress | B．annoy | C．calm | D．entertain |
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| 小题8: | | A．walk | B．pronounce | C．communicate | D．write |
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| 小题9: | | A．knew | B．asked | C．spoke | D．required |
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| 小题11: | | A．angry | B．surprised | C．grateful | D．noisy |
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| 小题12: | | A．way | B．life | C．operation | D．process |
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| 小题13: | | A．watch | B．smile | C．listen | D．understand |
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| 小题14: | | A．class | B．goal | C．ability | D．reason |
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| 小题15: | | A．began | B．agreed | C．found | D．shared |
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| 小题16: | | A．argued | B．attended | C．witnessed | D．accepted |
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| 小题17: | | A．found out | B．thrown away | C．brought up | D．held out |
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| 小题18: | | A．give | B．spend | C．accomplish | D．accompany |
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| 小题19: | | A．complete | B．necessary | C．enough | D．typical |
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| 小题20: | | A．called | B．carried | C．searched | D．created |
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