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Christopher Reeve is best known as the man who acted Superman always fighting against the forces of
evil(邪恶). He came to __
1___ the victory of good over bad. Now he has taken on his __
2___ fight.
In 1995, __
3___ riding his horse, Christopher Reeve was thrown to the ground. He broke his ___
4__
and has been paralyzed(瘫痪) ever since. He cannot move the muscle __
_5__ his shoulder level and for
six months after his accident he could not even __
6___ without help. However, __
7___ his terrible
injuries, his goal is to carry on as __
8___ a life as he can. He now spends a lot of time traveling around
America __
9___ for people who are in the same
__10___ as he is.
Over 215, 000 Americans suffer from spinal cord(脊髓) injuries, but 90% of them survive and live to
a great age. Almost $9 billion is spent every year __
11__ these people, yet only $5 million is spent on the
___
12___ to find a cure. Christopher Reeve is a very ___
13___ man, who will not accept that he will
__
14___ walk again. He and many others believe that the only thing stopping ___
15__ from finding a cure
for their injuries is ___
16___ for research.
In 1996, he set up the Christopher Reeve Foundation(CRF) to raise funds(资金) for medical research
to treat and find a cure for spinal cord injuries, and also to support programs that improve the __
17__ of
life for people with__
_18__. Christopher Reeve makes the best of his position. He has conquered his
___
19___. He has even returned to the ___
20___ world with a ＄5, 000 wheelchair that can be controlled
by sucking or puffing on a straw.
( )1. A. stand for
( )2. A. own
( )3. A. before
( )4.A. legs
( )5 A. above
( )6. A. jump
( )7. A. instead of
( )8. A. normal
( )9. A. allowing
( )10. A. country
( )11. A. treating
( )12. A. hospital
( )13. A. smart
( )14. A. later
( )15. A. hospitals
( )16. A. time
( )17. A. equality
( )18. A. disabled
( )19. A. fear
( )20. A. business |
B. call for
B. serious
B. when
B. arm
B. below
B. work
B. in case of
B. pleased
B. writing
B. illness
B. caring
B. patients
B. young
B. possibly
B. scientists
B. equipment
B. quantity
B. unable
B. spinal cord
B. movie |
C. apply for
C. interesting
C. after
C. back
C. from
C. breathe
C. in honor of
C. easy
C. looking
C. situation
C. serving
C. research
C. determined
C. hardly
C. chemists
C. money
C. quality
C. inability
C. hardship
C. sports |
D. allow for
D. hard
D. by
D. hand
D. of
D. think
D. in spite of
D. difficult
D. speaking
D. part
D. curing
D. medicine
D. handsome
D. never
D. patients
D. views
D. equal
D. disability
D. victory
D. pleasant |