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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 32,"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
trainers __15__   Winter with a hightech 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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