In 1970, at the age of 35, my father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. There was not much done at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment that were at that time. But one thing was , my father was not a quitter. He was a teacher who children with special educational needs in Chicago Public High School. Every day we would hear about “his kids”. These “kids” did not usually my sister and I. One day, my father arrived at his school and walked up the for his first period. He was having a very day because the disease was really taking everything out of him. He once and bruised (擦伤) his knee but he still kept going. did he know that someone was watching. As the day his steps began to get a little lighter. At the end of the day, he was about to leave a young girl entered his office. He had met her in the hallway but she was not one of his . He asked what he could do for her and she said, “I just wanted to thank you for my life.” He looked at her and couldn’t what he had done. She then went on . “When I got up this morning, I felt as if I was at the end of my and ready to kill myself. But when I saw you trying to go up the stairs and then you fell, I felt and the feeling of sadness just kept getting . And now you are walking as as ever. It’s really true that everything will get better as the days go on.” 小题1: A．information B．research C．knowledge D．experience 小题2: A．favorable B．believable C．reasonable D．available 小题3: A．obvious B．special C．natural D．strange 小题4: A．abandoned B．followed C．taught D．attended 小题5: A．stories B．jokes C．songs D．humors 小题6: A．connect B．change C．mean D．defeat 小题7: A．mountains B．stairs C．ladders D．streets 小题8: A．normal B．pleasant C．simple D．difficult 小题9: A．fell B．stood C．happened D．appeared 小题10: A．Few B．Little C．Seldom D．Never 小题11: A．arrived B．progressed C．broke D．stopped 小题12: A．until B．before C．when D．while 小题13: A．students B．friends C．teachers D．workers 小题14: A．losing B．giving C．passing D．saving 小题15: A．write down B．figure out C．cut off D．put up 小题16: A．responding B．admitting C．explaining D．complaining 小题17: A．rope B．wall C．road D．work 小题18: A．sorry B．bad C．lucky D．proud 小题19: A．lower B．weaker C．higher D．stronger 小题20: A．carefully B．quickly C．lightly D．slowly