Imagine a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone without your   31  .You can’t walk anywhere without your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you   32  at yourself in the mirror(鏡子)like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?
Nick was born without limbs(四肢), so life was not   33  for him. At school many students played jokes on him. Because he looked different from everyone else. He was refused(拒絕)to be   34  friends, so he always felt   35  . However, he faced that bravely. He   36  to type and write with two toes at the age of six, and he could   37  surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success and was among the excellent students in the studies. And he decided on what to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.
Now Nick is one of the most popular   38  in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story against difficulties. “Living life fully is about looking at what you   39  , not what you don’t have.” he said. His story encourages millions of people.
“I tell people to keep on getting up when they   40  and to always love themselves, ”he said. “If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”

One very cold morning, my, father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the ____31____.

  “About an hour.”he answered.

  “I wish I could go hone now—my __32__ aches.”

  “I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?”said my father.

  “But my headache is getting __33__.”

  “Well,” said he,“you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home __34__ tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黃，一種苦藥).It will __35__ you a lot.”

  I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to __36__ the terrible medicine. But it was too __37__.She understood my __38__ as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.

  I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter it was! I would rather __39__ all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be __40__.

Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.

1.A. field                 B. hospital               C. factory

2.A. tooth                B. head                  C. stomach

3.A. better                B. worse                 C. less

4. A. but                 B. or                     C. and

5.A. hurt                 B. worry                 C. help

6.A. take                 B. buy                   C. make

7. A. early                B. late                    C. easy

8.A. joke                 B. duty                   C. problem

9.A. work                B. play                    C. study

10. A. kind                 B. honest                  C, helpful

One very cold morning, my, father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the ____31____.
“About an hour.”he answered.
“I wish I could go hone now—my __32__ aches.”
“I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?”said my father.
“But my headache is getting __33__.”
“Well,” said he,“you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home __34__ tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黃，一種苦藥).It will __35__ you a lot.”
I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to __36__ the terrible medicine. But it was too __37__.She understood my __38__ as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.
I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter it was! I would rather __39__ all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be __40__.
Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.
【小題1】A. field                 B. hospital               C. factory
【小題2】A. tooth                B. head                  C. stomach
【小題3】A. better                B. worse                 C. less
【小題4】 A. but                 B. or                     C. and
【小題5】A. hurt                 B. worry                 C. help
【小題6】A. take                 B. buy                   C. make
【小題7】 A. early                B. late                    C. easy
【小題8】A. joke                 B. duty                   C. problem
【小題9】A. work                B. play                    C. study
【小題10】 A. kind                 B. honest                  C, helpful