Ted spent seven years as a prisoner of war. There he discovered the power of ___.
For more than half of that ___ he was in isolation (隔绝). He lived for ten months in total ___. Those ten months was the longest of his life. When they ___ with wooden boards the window of his little seven-by-seven foot cell, shutting out the light, he ___ if he was going to make it.
Ted spent hours a day exercising and thinking. But at times he felt he could do ___ but scream. Not wanting to give his ___ the satisfaction of knowing they’d ___ him, he placed clothing into his mouth to lessen the noise ___ he screamed at the top of his lungs.
One day Ted got down on the ___ and crawled (爬) under his bed. He found a hole that ___ air from the outside. As he approached the hole, he saw a ___ ray of light. Ted put his eye next to the wall and discovered a small crack in the building. It allowed him to glimpse ___, though all he could see was a ___ piece of grass. But when he saw this, he felt a surge of joy, excitement and ___ that he hadn’t had in years. “It represented life, growth and ___,” he later said. It was the small hope that helped Ted ___ this nearly unbearable experience.
The human spirit is ___. It seems to run forever ___ nothing but a faint (微弱的) hope. Without it, you have nothing. With it, nothing else ___ — even the worst conditions.
A.thought B.scream C.support D.hope
A.prison B.war C.time D.month
A.happiness B.sadness C.darkness D.silence
A.strengthened B.fixed C.covered D.broke
A.reminded B.required C.wondered D.feared
A.something B.nothing C.everything D.anything
A.soldiers B.friends C.enemy D.army
A.wounded B.quitted C.satisfied D.broken
A.till B.since C.as D.after
A.window B.floor C.wall D.board
A.let in B.put out C.took in D.gave off
A.weak B.soft C.strong D.sharp
A.inside B.outside C.above D.below
A.very B.right C.specific D.single
A.gratefulness B.usefulness C.fulfillment D.establishment
A.courage B.perseverance C.choice D.freedom
A.by B.out C.over D.through
A.straight B.strong C.lucky D.interesting
A.against B.from C.on D.over
A.matters B.relates C.changes D.happens