On a Saturday morning, my left arm went numb, and I felt dizzy. I was taken to hospital. After a quick       , the doctor said I had a stroke. As waves of paralysis(瘫痪) came over me, I slowly lost_       of my body. I was just 50 and I thought about how _    it was.
After two operations, I was transferred to the Recovery Center. Though I had lost the use of my         arm and leg and couldn’t see out of my left eye, the only thought on my mind was to return to my job. But the           was that I needed to relearn how to         and see first. I had always been kind of           , and this just made me feel like recovery was impossible.
A few days after my first_         physical therapy(治疗) session, my mother came into my room with a neatly-typed           written by a nine-year-old boy named Jackson. He told me about the stoke he’d had only a year earlier. He, too, had been paralyzed on his left side. But,          telling me what he had lost, Jackson shared what I would          . “Do not give up on yourself. All the hard work is worth it.” he wrote.
And the advice kept on coming. He told me to       the therapy on the hospital’s “grown-up” floor, where “they make you work hard and you get lots of things back fast.” Here I was, a grown man and a senator of Illinois, getting         from a young boy I had _         met.
After a few weeks of correspondence(通信), I arranged for us to meet. He seemed _         at first, but all the awkwardness quickly_       . Jackson showed me how he could run, and I immediately felt_       . One thing I particularly_       was the energy and dignity radiating from him.
As for my recovery, it _          just as Jackson said it would. After a year of intense physical therapy, I climbed to the top of the Capitol and returned to work. With every step I took, I thought of Jackson and his _       . Whenever I was tired or discouraged, I thought of him, the world’s strongest boy.

A．decision B．examination C．description D．discussion

A．hope B．sight C．memory D．control

A．unbelievable B．ordinary C．significant D．controversial

A．right B．left C．single D．only

A．effect B．consequence C．reality D．conclusion

A．speak B．stand C．run D．climb

A．pessimistic B．optimistic C．generous D．realistic

A．efficient B．satisfactory C．discouraging D．amazing

A．book B．poster C．slogan D．letter

A．beyond B．by C．without D．except

A．experience B．discover C．lose D．gain

A．attend B．reject C．end D．escape

A．information B．knowledge C．advice D．freedom

A．occasionally B．seldom C．ever D．never

A．confident B．nervous C．upset D．desperate

A．broke out B．came over C．melted away D．turned up

A．inspired B．relaxed C．frustrated D．confused

A．recommended B．admired C．doubted D．obtained

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A．wisdom B．intelligence C．strength D．Lesson