Angela had a serious disease about her nervous system(神经系统). She was unable to walk and her 21 was affected in other ways. The doctors did not 22 much hope of her recovering from this illness. They forecast she would spend the rest of her life in a 23 and said that few were able to come back to normal after 24 this disease. However, the little girl was 25 . She would tell others she was 26 going to be walking again someday.
She was sent to a rehabilitation hospital(康复医院) in San Francisco. Whatever treatments could be 27 to her disease were used. The doctors were 28 by her optimistic spirit. They taught her about 29 seeing herself walking. If it did nothing else, it would 30 give her hope and something positive to do in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela would work as hard as possible in physical treatment. She worked just as hard 31 there imagining herself moving, moving, moving!
One day, as she was trying hard to imagine her 32 moving again, it seemed 33 a miracle(奇迹) happened: The bed moved! It began to move around the room! She shouted out in 34 , “Look what I’m doing! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved, I moved!”
In fact, it was the recent San Francisco earthquake. At that 35 moment, everyone else in the hospital was shouting out, too, and running for 36 . People were shouting, equipment was falling and glass was breaking. It was an earthquake. 37 they had no time to tell that to Angela. She was 38 that she did it.
Only a few years later, she was back in school! You see, anyone who can 39 San Francisco can 40 a disease, can’t they?
21. A. memory B. character C. hearing D. movement
22. A. hold B. lose C. reduce D. destroy
23. A. school B. wheelchair C. stadium D. workshop
24. A. suffering from B. working out C. breaking down D. appealing to
25. A. innocent B. humorous C. scared D. optimistic
26. A. simply B. usually C. certainly D. hardly
27. A. applied B. observed C. reflected D. ignored
28. A. impressed B. tricked C. puzzled D. annoyed
29. A. reporting B. imagining C. cheating D. complaining
30. A. at best B. at most C. at worst D. at least
31. A. rising B. standing C. climbing D. lying
32. A. arms B. legs C. heads D. eyes
33. A. even if B. even though C. as though D. so that
34. A. relief B. excitement C. panic D. terror
35. A. extreme B. only C. very D. just
36. A. hide B. trouble C. attack D. advance
37. A. And B. So C. But D. Or
38. A. concerned B. warned C. convinced D. blamed
39. A. hit B. explode C. dig D. shake
40. A. occupy B. defeat C. explore D. cause
