My crippled（瘸腿的）grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway, looking at her beautiful movements, completely . Do you know she'd had her accident. I had read that in an old newspaper article．
‘‘So．．．Your leg? I mean, did your leg heal(治愈)?"
“To tell you the truth my legs have been well all my life,” she said．
“But I don't understand!” I said, “Your dancing career．．．You all these years?”
‘‘Very much so, and for a very good .”
She thought for a while and then continued. “Your grandfather and I were talking about engagement（订婚） he had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him that the only way I could stay normal was to dance. I put all my heart practicing and I became very good. The public loved me, but all I could feel worried about not knowing whether the love of my life would return. One day a letter came, There were only three sentences: “I have lost my leg. I am no longer a man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.”
“I made my decision there and then. I traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought a stick. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. No one doubted the story l had learned to limp（一瘸一拐地走）. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a I knew well. Then I went to the hospital. The nurses pushed your grandfather outside in his ．I took a deep breath, leaned on my stick and limped to him.”
I showed him newspaper articles of my accident. “There is a whole life waiting for us out there! But I am not going to you. You are going to walk yourself.”
I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I'd taken out of my pocket. “Now show me you are a man.” I said．He bent to take his stick from the ground and struggled(挣扎) out of that wheelchair．He managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair in his life.”
“What did you show him?” I had to know. Grandma looked at me and smiled. “Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man.”
小题1:
A．dropped
B．defeated
C．shocked
D．pleased小题2:
A．How
B．What
C．Why
D．Who小题3:
A．predicted
B．pretended
C．prepaired
D．preferred小题4:
A．reason
B．excuse
C．effect
D．result小题5:
A．where
B．while
C．when
D．since小题6:
A．with
B．into
C．for
D．from小题7:
A．just
B．almost
C．ever
D．even小题8:
A．sad
B．half
C．rich
D．whole小题9:
A．myself
B．himself
C．ourselves
D．youself小题10:
A．doctor
B．reporter
C．visitor
D．leader小题11:
A．way
B．sunglass
C．car
D．wheelchair小题12:
A．take
B．fetch
C．carry
D．bring小题13:
A．hardly
B．still
C．also
D．never小题14:
A．again
B．about
C．above
D．along小题15:
A．though
B．unless
C．until
D．after
