It's5-year-oldKarmen'sdreamtobeaballerina(芭蕾舞女演员).ButKarmenlivinginDenverwasbornwiththeAIDSvirusandhasspentmuchofhershortlifegoinginandoutofthehospital.Karmen16betterthananyonedared

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   It's 5-year-old Karmen's dream to be a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员). But Karmen living in Denver was born with the AIDS virus and has spent much of her short life going in and out of the hospital.

    Karmen 16  better than anyone dared to hope. Doctors thought she would never walk or talk but she 17  with a walker and speaks fairly  18  .                 

Karmen's hopes dreams and  19   are being documented with the help of a Denver organization called the Children's Legacy.  20   by the photographer Katy Tartakoff the charity helps seriously sick children and their families write their own  21   by providing books that guide _22__ along -- My Stupid Illness for  23   children and Let Me Show You My World for their siblings(兄弟姊妹)  and parents. The books contain suggestions of  24   to draw or things to write. Tartakoff helps illustrate the books by taking black-and-white photographs of the children.                                                           

For those children who _25_ the books help their families cope. For those _26_ survive the books help them heal 27_.

    Karmen may not grow up to be a ballerina _28 despite her difficulty walking she was 29_ when she put on a tutu (芭蕾舞的短裙) her mother had bought her. "She really took 30  the persona of a ballerina " says Ms. Tartakoff.       

    This picture of Karmen is one of a collection of Ms. Tartakoff's 31  that the charity has published in a book called An Alphabet About Families Living With HIV-AIDS _32_ poetry. According to the book "Sometimes Karmen 33  her head on her folded hands because she is 34  and sometimes she needs to talk with God." One of her prayers: "Dear God Please make my_35  and body strong. Please let me grow up."                                      

16. A. has gone         B. has fared       C. has spent        D. has experienced

17. A. stands around   B. gets up          C. walks away       D. gets around

18. A. well           B. good          C. nice             D. right

19. A. smiles           B. illnesses       C. struggles         D. sadnesses

20. A. Found        B. Founded       C. Built            D. Created

21. A. stories         B. novels         C. problems         D. sicknesses

22. A. him              B. us             C. them            D. her

23. A. healthy          B. sick           C. normal           D. ill

24. A. charts           B. pictures        C. photos           D. designs

25. A. live             B. fear              C. die              D. suffer

26. A. that             B. which          C. /                  D. who

27. A. emotionally      B. happily         C. carefully         D. quietly

28. A. however          B. and            C. but              D. though

29 A. changed       B. turned          C. shaped          D. transformed

30. A. after            B. in              C. on              D. to

31. A. collections      B. photographs      C. books           D. copies

32. A. holding          B. containing       C. writing          D. including

33. A. lays              B. lies            C. sets             D. puts

34. A. ill              B. dead            C. tired            D. bored

35. A. legs             B. arms            C. hands           D. feet

Answer 1

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