Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note课时作业

Using language

第一节 完型填空

　　阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Do you believe that the power of belief can create miracle(奇迹) in one's life? Surely, it can and it once did in my life.

"You will never walk again and you'll have to use a wheelchair." The doctor's words made me 1 and hopeless. A 2 car accident had both of my legs broken. As a busy and active teacher, I couldn't 3 becoming a disabled person. Lying in bed, I 4 how I could give my ten-year-old son hope that Mom would 5 . He needed the ray of hope that I would not be in a wheelchair forever.

Just maybe, I thought, I could use this experience to teach him what to do when a(n) 6 strikes. It didn't take me long 7 I became impatient with my limited movement. To make things happen my way, I 8 to move on my own at night because I didn't want the rest of my life in a 9 .

With the 10 that I could walk through my effort, every night in my private room, would 11 to move myself from the bed to the floor, holding on to the bed rail, and slowly putting my weight on my 12 . After several weeks of these ever so 13 efforts, my strength and confidence continued to build. I knew one thing 14 -there would come a day when the wheelchair would be gone and I would walk.

One night, before my son arrived for his regular visit, I pulled myself into the chair and 15 the walker in front of me. When I heard him greet the nurses, I 16 myself up. As he opened the door, I took a few small steps. 17 , he could only watch as I turned and started back to bed. All of the pain, the fear, and the struggle 18 as I heard the words, "Mommy, you can walk!"

I am now able to walk 19 , sometimes using a stick. And I am able to take public transportation to shop visit friends. My life has been blessed with many achievements of which I