14．A. Involve B．Forget

C．Appreciate D．Protect

解析：要把事情变得简单就应该让其他人也参与到事前的讨论中。

答案：A

15．A. Return B．Mail

C．Explain D．Lend

解析：本段主要讲的是生日计划要考虑到他人的想法，需要与人讨论，所以此处作者建议向朋友解释清楚生日计划。

答案：C

16．A. extremely B．finally

C．obviously D．especially

解析：especially表示"尤其是"，需要朋友的配合时，更得向他们解释你的计划。

答案：D

17．A. quarrel B．report

C．speech D．conversation

解析：从后面的It helped them understand my idea可知作者与朋友们进行了交流、谈话。

答案：D

18．A. clever B．common

C．comfortable D．funny

解析：和朋友们谈过后作者对自己的计划也更放心了。

答案：C

19．A. end B．improve

C．succeed D．develop

解析：从后面的Afterwards，talk about why the day was so much fun with your child，and...可知作者提醒大家还有后续动作。

答案：A

20．A.look forward to B．make sense of

C．take part in D．take notes of

解析：　要把最美好的部分记录下来，才能为以后服务。

答案：D

Ⅱ.阅读理解

Eeva Simons shows us that a physical disability doesn't necessarily bar one from dancing on the stage. With skillful handling，she can make her wheelchair do graceful moves and win applause worldwide. The 34­year­old is among a group of four Finnish performers with different physical disabilities.

Simons，a member of the Finnish dance troupe (剧团) Public Artistic Affairs，has been bound to a wheelchair since jumping from a roof in a suicide attempt that ended her dancing career 16 years ago. She said that for a long time she had been depressed，with no idea how to adapt to her changed circumstances. "The incident had a big impact on me，" she said. "I had never thought what it would be like to be a wheelchair user. It was difficult."

But positive changes came several years later when she met a group of disabled