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Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer (癌症). Doctors had to cut off
most of his right leg.
Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg (假腿). With the plastic artificial leg Jeff can ride a bicycle, swim,
and play soccer. He can also run.
Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America.
When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He
started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles.
Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was
not for Jeff, but for the American Cancer Society.
Jeff isdisabled, but he can do many things. He is studying to be a lawyer (律师). Jeff says, "People can
do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for
everybody."
1. Jeff's right leg was cut off because he had _____.
A. TB(肺结核)
B. an accident
C. cancer
D. a serious injury
2. From the passage we know that Boston is _____.
A. in the west
B. half between the east and west
C. near Los Angeles
D. in the east
3. It took Jeff _____ to run from Boston to Los Angeles.
A. about four and a half months
B. over two hundred days
C. almost twenty-five weeks
D. less than half a year
4. The underlined word "disabled" means _____.
A. 优秀的
B. 劳累的
C. 残疾的
D. 无能为力的
5. The fifth passage tells us that _____.
A. people should give him more money
B. people can do anything they want to do
C. some disabled men will become lawyers
D. disabled people also can run

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