完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30）IntroductiontoLetterstoSamDearReaderPleaseallowmetotellyousomethingbeforeyoureadthisbook.Whenmy36Samwasbornmyheartwasfilledwithjoy.

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完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30）

Introduction to Letters to Sam

Dear Reader

     Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my   36 Sam was born my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then and I have been  37  ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the  38  to tell Sam what I had  39  .

     For years I have been hosting a program on the  40  and writing articles for a magazine.  Being  41 to move freely I have learned to sit still and keep my heart  42 exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and  43  . So when Sam was born I  44  to tell him about school and friendship romance and work love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these  45 . I hope that Sam would  46  them sooner or later.

     However that expectation  47  when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He  48  to communicate with others even the family members. That was  49  for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even   50  now to tell him. I wanted him to  51  what it means to be “different” from others and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll  52  as I myself his grandfather did. I just  53  if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.

     Now    54  the book has been published I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life and all about what it means to be a   55  .

                                                                 Daniel Gottlieb

36. A. son       B. nephew      C. brother       D. grandson

37. A. seriously      B. mentally     C. slightly      D. quietly

38. A. ability  B. time    C. courage      D. responsibility

39. A. written B. suffered     C. observed    D. lost

40. A. radio    B. television   C. stage   D. bed

41. A. ready    B. unable C. anxious      D. eager

42. A. warm   B. broken       C. closed D. open

43. A. hosts    B. visitors       C. readers       D. reporters

44. A. began   B. stopped      C. forgot D. decided

45. A. letters   B. emails C. books  D. diaries

46. A. find      B. read    C. collect D. keep

47. A. developed    B. disappeared       C. changed     D. arrived

48. A. tried     B. refused       C. regretted    D. hoped

49. A. exciting       B. acceptable  C. strange       D. heartbreaking

50. A. less      B. everything  C. more   D. nothing

51. A. understand   B. explain       C. believe       D. question

52. A. fear      B. face    C. know  D. cause

53. A. felt       B. guessed      C. saw     D. doubted

54. A. as  B. once   C. though       D. if

55. A. teacher B. child   C. man    D. writer

Answer 1

36—40 DABCA  41—45BDCDA  46—50 BCBDC  51—55 ABDAC