A little boy would come to school early each day to start the fire and warm the classroom with an old-fashioned coal stove before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One morning they to find the schoolhouse in flames. They dragged the boy out of the building and took him to the nearby hospital.
The semi-conscious boy heard the doctor talking to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die—which was for the , really—for the terrible fire had the lower half of his body completely.
But the brave boy didn't want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. , to the amazement of the physician, he did . He again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told that he was to be a lifetime cripple (瘸子) with no use at all of his lower limbs. Once more the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a cripple. He would walk. But from the waist down, he had no motor ability.
Finally he was from the hospital. Every day his mother massage (按摩) his little legs, but there was no feeling. Yet his 41 that he would walk was as as ever. One sunny day his mother him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, sitting there, he threw himself from the chair, pulled himself across the grass, his legs behind him. With great , he raised himself up on the fence. Then he began dragging himself along the . He started to do this every day he footed a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence.
At last, he did the ability to stand up, then to walk, and then to run.
This determined young man, who was not to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run—Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!
A.rushed B.got C.arrived D.intended
A.scared B.brave C.determined D.unconscious
A.worst B.best C.least D.most
A.damaged B.influenced C.disturbed D.removed
A.Besides B.Somehow C.Though D.However
A.recover B.survive C.insist D.remain
A.sure B.ready C.willing D.upset
A.strangely B.importantly C.gradually D.unfortunately
A.freed B.sent C.protected D.avoided
A.could B.would C.must D.should
A.determination B.confidence C.courage D.attention
A.wonderful B.clear C.strong D.meaningful
A.pushed B.wheeled C.drove D.persuaded
A.instead of B.because of C.despite of D.regardless of
A.raising B.dragging C.holding D.hiding
A.challenge B.strength C.pleasure D.effort
A.yard B.grass C.chair D.fence
A.until B.since C.when D.after
A.prepare B.develop C.discover D.improve
A.encouraged B.required C.expected D.attempted