In 1970, at the age of 35, my father was diagnosed
with Parkinson’s disease. There was not much done
at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment that
were at that time. But one thing was
, my father was not a quitter. He was a teacher who
children with special educational needs in Chicago Public High School.
Every day we would hear about “his kids”.
These “kids” did not usually my sister and
I.
One day, my father arrived at his school and walked up
the for his first period. He was having a very
day because the disease was really taking
everything out of him. He once and
bruised (擦傷) his knee but he still kept going. did
he know that someone was watching.
As the day his
steps began to get a little lighter. At the end of the day, he was about to
leave a young girl entered his office. He
had met her in the hallway but she was not one of his .
He asked what he could do for her and she said, “I just wanted to thank you for
my life.”
He looked at her and couldn’t what
he had done. She then went on . “When I
got up this morning, I felt as if I was at the end of my and
ready to kill myself. But when I saw you trying to go up the stairs and then
you fell, I felt and the feeling of sadness just kept
getting . And now you are walking as as
ever. It’s really true that everything will get better as the days go on.”
1.A. information
B. research C.
knowledge D.
experience
2.A. favorable B.
believable C.
reasonable D.
available
3.A. obvious B.
special
C. natural D.
strange
4.A. abandoned B.
followed C.
taught D.
attended
5.A. stories B.
jokes C.
songs D.
humors
6.A. connect B.
change C.
mean D.
defeat
7.A. mountains B.
stairs C.
ladders D. streets
8.A. normal B.
pleasant C.
simple D.
difficult
9.A.
fell B.
stood C.
happened D. appeared
10.A. Few B.
Little C.
Seldom D.
Never
11.A. arrived B.
progressed C.
broke D.
stopped
12.A. until B.
before C.
when D.
while
13.A. students B.
friends C.
teachers D.
workers
14.A.
losing B.
giving C.
passing D. saving
15.A. write down B.
figure out C.
cut off D.
put up
16.A. responding B.
admitting C.
explaining D.
complaining
17.A.
rope B.
wall C.
road D.
work
18.A. sorry B.
bad C.
lucky D.
proud
19.A. lower B.
weaker C.
higher D.
stronger
20.A. carefully B.
quickly C.
lightly D.
slowly