完形填空。
The young woman entered the pool where an injured dolphin (海豚) was swimming. Despite her fear, she
felt strong wearing her new leg.
In her second grade, Maja  1  her cousin, Jasmina. After Jasmina's death, Maja swore she would honor
the little girl by  2  with a dolphin, an animal that both girls  3  . "Jasmina never got the chance to do it." says
Maja, now, "so I  4  that someday I'd do it for her."
In high school, Maja was  5  about sports. She even planned to become an athlete.  6  , in 1993, during
the civil war in her home country, a bomb  7  her left leg.
After two years'  8  in the U.S., Maja received her first artificial (人造的) leg. But  9  it didn't fit well,
walking for Maja was very painful. 10 she managed to graduate from a local high school. Then after receiving
a 11 from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance firm and 12 started her own company.
To relax, Maja 13 often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium (水族馆) near her home. A young dolphin,
Winter, who had lost its tail, caught her 14 . One day, Maja happened to see trainers15 Winter with a high-tech
tail. When they were done, Winter swam freely in the water. Maja was 16 . She managed to find the inventors
of Winter's tail. Within ten days, she had a new leg which freed her of the 17 that had troubled her for almost
16 years.
Now, Maja was ready to keep her 18 . She went to the aquarium. Lowered herself into the pool and held
out a hand to Winter, who approached 19 , then swam away. After a few minutes, the dolphin let Maja 20 
its back. Finally, the two began to swim around the pool together.

(     )1. A. lost       (     )2. A. talking    (     )3. A. adored     (     )4. A. pretended  (     )5. A. positive    (     )6. A. Undoubtedly (     )7. A. took away   (     )8. A. study     (     )9. A. until      (     )10. A. Otherwise   (     )11. A. scholarship (     )12. A. gradually   (     )13. A. might      (     )14. A. eye        (     )15. A. decorating (     )16. A. inspired   (     )17. A. worry      (     )18. A. appointment (     )19. A. blindly    (     )20. A. strike

B. visited      B. living      B. adopted      B. decided      B. enthusiastic    B. Surprisingly     B. took over    B. operation    B. because      B. Therefore    B. degree      B. actually    B. should      B. leg          B. guiding      B. puzzled      B. sadness      B. promise      B. angrily      B. cover

C. rescued    C. swimming C. possessed   C. preferred C. particular      C. Strangely   C. cut down   C. treatment   C. although  C. Besides    C. prize     C. eventually C. could      C. nose      C. marking    C. shocked    C. pain      C. record    C. gratefully  C. touch

D. left           D. surfing        D. purchased      D. agreed         D. curious        D. Unfortunately               D. cut out        D. experiment     D. if             D. However        D. notice         D. naturally      D. would          D. hand           D. fitting        D. amused         D. fear           D. habit          D. cautiously     D. wipe

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