I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, her doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was 41 , below the elbow (肘部). Then he gave her some 42 . “Don’t treat her any 43 from the other girls. Demand more.” And she 44 .
My mother had to work to support our family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to 45 . Once when I was about seven, I came out of the 46 , “Mom, I can’t peel (削皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”
“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n) 47 for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes with my good hand while holding them down with my other arm. There was always a 48 , and Mom knew it. “If you try hard 49 ,” she’d say, “You can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars (高低杠). When it was my turn, I 50 my head. Some kids 51 . I went home crying.
After work the next afternoon, Mom took me to the school play-ground.
“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I practiced, and she 52 me when I made progress.
I’ll never forget the 53 time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I 54 I can’t handle (处理) things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to 55 anything. And she taught me I could, too.
41. A. missing B. broken C. diseased D. short
42. A. warning B. medicine C. help D. advice
43. A. badly B. differently C. well D. normally
44. A. did B. refused C. cried D. was
45. A. find out B. work out C. carry out D. help out
46. A. kitchen B. bedroom C. house D. school
47. A. idea B. change C. excuse D. tool
48. A. chance B. way C. time D. success
49. A. enough B. too C. again D. often
50. A. hurt B. nodded C. shook D. turned
51. A. cheered B. whispered C. joked D. laughed
52. A. helped B. raised C. praised D. protected
53. A. first B. last C. wondered D. next
54. A. admit B. fear C. find D. realize
55. A. face B. teach C. learn D. solve
41. A. 42. D. 43. B. 44. A. 45. D. 46. A. 47. C. 48. B. 49. A. 50. C. 51. D. 52. C.
53. D. 54. B. 55. A.
41. A. 解析: 从下文可看出她出生时肘部以下就没有了。
42. D. 解析：从空后的句子我们得知，这是医生给她母亲的建议。
43. B. 解析：从下句demand more我们可以得知，医生要她母亲不要因为她残疾就把她和其他的孩子区别对待。
44. A. 解析：did在此相当于demanded more，其它答案不合题意。
45. D. 解析：从下文削土豆皮的经历得知她们姐妹几个都帮母亲的忙。
46. A. 解析：从空后的“Mom, I can not peel potatoes”看，她从厨房走出来。
47. C. 解析：母亲认为那是借口，事实也是如此。
48. B. 解析：从下文的“If you can try hard enough, you can do anything”得知，办法总是有的。
49. A. 解析：enough 在这里表示程度。
50. C. 解析：从下文得知，这次她没有做，所以选 “shook” 表示摇头拒绝。
51. D. 解析：A, C有较大的干扰性，cheer多表达因为成功、喜悦而欢呼庆祝；joke指开玩笑，在这里作者是说有几个孩子在嘲笑她。
52. C. 解析：因为有进步, 所以目前就该是表扬她。
53. D. 解析: 针对没有成功的那一次而言的第二次。
54. B. 解析：因为是怕不能处理的事情，所以就担心。
55. A. 解析：母亲用心去面对一切事情。从空前的heart我们得知，母亲从心理上能勇敢面对一切困难。