短文填空二篇

李建高

用所給單詞的適當形式填空，未提供單詞的根據上下文填入適當的詞（組）。

（一）

Tyler had an accident years ago. In（1）__________ accident， he lost his right arm. On that day， a car hit him while he（2）__________（cross）the road. “I can’t feel my hand！” Tyler shouted when he woke up in the hospital. He knew that he couldn’t write， draw or play sports anymore as before. It was（3）__________（real）a hard time for him.

But life went on. Tyler spent the next two years in the hospital. At first， he couldn’t even wear his shoes or open a bottle of water by（4）__________（him）. Later， he realized that he had no choice but to face all those（5）__________（difficulty）. With the help of his family， he（6）__________（begin）to join in all kinds of activities. He even decided（7）__________（learn）to play the violin. Tyler did not know about the violin（8）__________he met Lam， a music lover and amateur（業余的）violinist. Tyler became Lam’s first student.

Tyler says playing the violin doesn’t make life much（9）__________（easy）than before， and he still has to face new problems every day. However， he won’t give（10）__________. And he will never stop trying new things in his life.

（二）

Several years ago， a couple sold their house and drove to travel around America with their 12 children. The parents taught their children in the morning and did sports outside in the afternoon.

The husband， Dan. Kaylog said， “After we went back home from work or school， everyone felt a little bored.” In（1）__________face of the situation， they wanted to make some changes. They thought about changing the way of life（2）__________（careful）and made a crazy decision.（3）__________the couple just had a new baby， they gave up the comfortable house and started their travel with hope instead of（4）__________（live）a normal life. They sold their house，（5）__________（buy）a recreational vehicle（房車）and started the travel around America. The couple even took 12 children.（6）__________（young）one of the 12 children was only 3 months old.

The（7）__________（develop）of technology made their life possible. Dan didn’t need an office. He was an engineer and he could continue his work and communicate with others through a computer. As（8）__________their children’s studies， Dan and his wife used the Internet to teach them and sometimes they learned by（9）__________（them）. “Study at home” allowed the couple（10）__________（take）the children outside to reach nature at any time.

Keys：（一）1. the 2. was crossing 3. really 4. himself 5. difficulties 6. began 7. to learn

8. until 9. easier 10. up （二）1. the 2. carefully 3. Although 4. living 5. bought 6. The youngest 7. development 8. for 9. themselves 10. to take