18. 2011·山东烟台市一模  完型填空

About 10 years ago I taught a group of children to sail．They were bright, enthusiastic and as eager to    36    life as any other children．All, however, had a serious    37   ．Three were in wheelchairs．One was nearly blind and two walked with difficulty, and another two    38   a lot from Cerebral palsy（脑瘫）．

Matthew was among them．His hands, arms, legs, and even his voice were all distorted（扭曲） from the disease．To speak, Matthew had the help of a    39   ．Slowly, and with determination, he would    40   with distorted hands, letter by letter, what he wanted to say Yet he was always bright and cheerful and loved to   41    everything his classmates were doing, both in the boat and in the classroom．

They learnt fast and enjoyed every minute of the   42   ．But I think that 1 was the one who learned the greatest lesson．One day the sailing centre was    43    by a storm．Rather than   44   the session we decided to work in a classroom．All the children   45   ．Just like other children they all wanted to answer the questions I asked．

Often they would loudly    46    each other, trying to get an answer in before one of the others．But when Matthew wanted to answer a question it was   47   ．All of a sudden they all   48   ．Matthew whispered and gestured at his letter board．They    49     with great patience． Matthew   50   with dogged persistence（坚持） until the answer was  51   ．When Matthew had answered his question the children were, almost magically, transformed back into a group of   52   and enthusiastic children．

All of these children were heroes in their own way．But the   53   they afforded to Matthew with his most severe disabilities was   54   ．If only the rest of the world were able to learn to afford care, respect and help to someone less    55    than themselves, violence and intolerance would possibly be gone．

36．A．enjoy           B．start         C．experience     D．lead

37．A．shortcoming     B．disability    C．injury         D．habit

38．A．learned         B．changed      C．suffered     D．spent

39．A．letter-board      B．tape-recorder C．computer     D．microphone

40．A．show off        B．point out      C．give away      D．take in

41．A．understand      B．criticize       C．remember       D．try

42．A．daysB．classesC．treatmentD．life

43．A．blockedB．hitC．occupiedD．flown

44．A．completeB．checkC．escapeD．cancel

45．A．ran awayB．got tiredC．joined inD．fell asleep

46．A．fightB．limitC．interruptD．stop

47．A．hopelessB．funnyC．difficultD．different

48．A．whisperedB．smiledC．quietedD．left

49．A．laughedB．waitedC．continuedD．recorded

50．A．struggledB．thoughtC．practicedD．waved

51．A．cried outB．typed outC．spelled outD．signed out

52．A．noisyB．politeC．diligentD．clumsy

53．A．thankB．praiseC．pleasure D．patience

54．A．attractiveB．angryC．considerateD．inspiring

55．A．fortunateB．excitingC．responsibleD．careful