One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan’s cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face 36 first into the mud. David 37 her mother’s side, “Are you all right, Mom” 38 , Susan pulled herself up, “I’m okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more 39 since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 40 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having 41 of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked 42 .
One day, David’s teacher announced a 43 homework. Each of you is going to e up with an 44 , she said. This was for INVENT AMERICA, a national petition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea 45 David one evening. If only his mother’s cane didn’t slip on the ice. “What if I 46 your cane to a nail ing out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ 47 the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I 48 make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the 49 returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father 50 as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the 51 . Happily Susan cried out, “It 52 !”
In July 1999, David was 53 national winner for the INVENT AMERICA. David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to municate 54 .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his 55 is being well accepted.
1. A. fell
B. touched
C. lay
D. dropped
2. A. stood by
B. rushed to
C. looked at
D. ran around
3. A. Firmly
B. Easily
C. Quickly
D. Shakily
4. A. slowly
B. frequently
C. freely
D. heavily
5. A. hiding
B. certainly
C. possible
D. waiting
6. A. method
B. disease
C. trouble
D. hope
7. A. few
B. little
C. much
D. more
8. A. useful
B. strange
C. mon
D. special
9. A. appearance
B. invention
C. experience
D. experiment
10. A. reminded
B. encouraged
C. occurred
D. hit
11. A. fastened
B. stuck
C. fixed
D. tied
12. A. So
B. And
C. For
D. But
13. A. might
B. would
C. did
D. need
14. A. pen
B. hand
C. cane
D. nail
15. A. watched
B. supported
C. noticed
D. helped
16. A. street
B. ice
C. yard
D. square
17. A. works
B. operates
C. succeeds
D. helps
18. A. declared
B. received
C. won
D. praised
19. A. more slowly
B. more carefully
C. more clearly
D. faster
20. A. cane
B. mother
C. speech
D. story
A
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(答案→)A
解析：
【小题1】A fall“摔倒”，过去式fell。
【小题1】B 看到妈妈摔倒，儿子“冲到”妈妈的身边。
【小题1】D Shakily“颤抖地”，儿子着急和担心妈妈。
【小题1】B 因为走路有困难，摔倒得更“频繁”了。
【小题1】C 每走一步都有摔倒的可能，每块儿冰都是可能的危险。
【小题1】C 有他自己的困难，根据句意，选C。
【小题1】B David有语言问题，故在学校说话“很少”。
【小题1】D 根据文意，为INVENT AMERICA而做的发明创造，故，老师布置的应该是一项特殊的作业。
【小题1】B 每人想一项发明，参加比赛。
【小题1】D occur to sb.译为“……浮现在某人脑海里”，hit“击中”，在此意为“使想起”。
【小题1】C fix“固定”，“把……固定到……上”fix … to…
【小题1】D 妈妈比赛了担心“锋利的末段会划破地板”，是转折，用but。
【小题1】B would是情态动词，表示将要。
【小题1】D 根据上文“to a nail ing out of the bottom”可知，选D. nail。
【小题1】A 父子俩看着她走，watched表示较长时间的“观看，观察”。
【小题1】B walk about“来回走动”，新发明的拐杖被拿来在冰上试验。
【小题1】A 固定用法，work常被用作“起作用”之意。
【小题1】A declare“宣布，声明”，一般指公开性的宣布。
【小题1】C 成为公众人物后，作者不得不改善自己的语言，要使演讲更“清晰”一些。
【小题1】C 克服语言障碍后，他的演讲变得很精彩。