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I Was Forced to Find My Gifts

    I was a pretty typical 17-year-old with a strong interest in painting when something happened. One Sunday, I went to an old swimming hole and dove in. I   31   something under the water head-on and broke a couple of vertebrae（椎骨）of my neck.

    For five months I stayed at the hospital, feeling like a   32   to my family. My self-image was instantly   33  . I was described with terms like “disabled” or “crippled.” I was angry and

  34   after I failed so many times at some   35   task---dropping something on the floor and trying to get it back up again.   

    Near the end of my stay in the hospital, my doctor almost forcibly tied a   36   to my hand. He had seen my paintings I’d done before and   37   me to paint. Fortunately, I found that I

  38   had this artistic ability left. It was like a big weight had been   39  . At least I could do something worthwhile again, and it became a   40   part of my recovery.  

    After I left the hospital, I stayed at home, feeling desperately   41  . It seemed like I was cut off from   42  . No one can get along   43   love and acceptance. So that fall, I started at the University of Texas, majoring in graphic design.

    One day a man happened to see one of my paintings. He had a great   44   for it and asked if I ever did art shows. So I was given a(n)   45  . Much to my surprise, I found that people liked my paintings and would pay for them. That was about 11 years ago. Today, 1,500   46   have carried my work.   

It was the art that provided the   47   for me to get up every morning and do something,

  48   sitting in front of the television. Society has such   49   expectations of the disabled person, so it’s very easy to get sucked into a dependency routine --- you know, the “give me” kind of attitude. And that’s what I take the most   50   in --- the fact that what I’m doing today is well received all over.    

31. A. saw              B. hit          C. touched      D. picked

32.A. burden                B. failure          C. joke             D. patient

33.A. improved          B. created      C. changed      D. judged

34. A. helpless         B. careless     C. nervous      D. tired

35.A. difficult         B. special          C. simple           D. important   

36. A. bandage          B. towel            C. rope         D. paintbrush

37.A. allowed           B. taught           C. ordered      D. encouraged

38. A. already          B. still            C. even         D. always

39. A. gained           B. carried          C. lifted           D. measured

40. A. vital            B. strange      C. boring       D. different      

41. A. lonely           B. weak         C. frightened       D. guilty

42. A. success          B. classmates  C. society      D. treatment 

43. A. in               B. for          C. behind           D. without

44. A. sympathy     B. fondness         C. talent           D. responsibility

45. A. exhibition       B. challenge        C. permission       D. message

46. A. hospitals        B. galleries        C. schools      D. families

47.A. imagination       B. chance           C. motivation       D. curiosity

48. A. instead of       B. apart from       C. due to           D. but for

49. A. high         B. low          C. enough       D. unrealistic

50. A. power            B. pride            C. comfort      D. advantage

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