Run freely ——A lesson about Courage
One afternoon,many years ago，I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early so I_______ the car by the roadside and waited for her.
As I looked _______ the car window,there was a small park where I saw a little boy,around one and a half to two years old, _______freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short_______.The boy had a big smile on his face_______ he had just been set free from a ______.The boy would then fall to the grass,get up,and without_______ or without looking back at his mother,run as fast as he could,again ,still with a ______ on his face,as if nothing had happened.
Kids,when they fall down,they don’t consider their falling down as a failure,but _______, they treat it as a learning experience.They feel compelled to try and try again until they_______.
Not only was I impressed by the boy’s courage, but I was _____ touched by the manner in which he ran.With each attempt,he looked so_______,so natural, without signs of fear,nervousness,or of being disappointed.His only _____ was to run freely and to do it effectively as he could.He was just being a ______,just being himself.He was not looking for_____ or worrying about whether ________ was watching.He wasn’t concerned about being judged.He didn’t seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him ______and that it would be ______ if he did fall.No,all that______ to him was to accomplish the task of activity at hand to the best of his ability, feeling the experience of running fully and freely.
I learned a lot from that observation and ______, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in life.
| 小题1: | | A．left | B．started | C．stopped | D．drove |
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| 小题2: | | A．outside | B．down | C．toward | D．over |
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| 小题3: | | A．playing | B．smiling | C．rolling | D．running |
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| 小题4: | | A．sight | B．length | C．time | D．distance |
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| 小题5: | | A．evenif | B．solongas | C．asthough | D．nowthat |
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| 小题6: | | A．prison | B．house | C．park | D．castle |
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| 小题7: | | A．attention | B．hesitation | C．question | D．application |
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| 小题8: | | A．puzzle | B．smile | C．pleasure | D．surprise |
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| 小题9: | | A．therefore | B．instead | C．still | D．anyhow |
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| 小题10: | | A．stop | B．win | C．achieve | D．succeed |
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| 小题11: | | A．luckily | B．apparently | C．actually | D．equally |
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| 小题12: | | A．confident | B．joyful | C．quiet | D．proud |
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| 小题13: | | A．worry | B．talent | C．concern | D．conclusion |
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| 小题14: | | A．student | B．child | C．player | D．winner |
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| 小题15: | | A．chance | B．fortune | C．approval | D．trouble |
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| 小题16: | | A．someone | B．noone | C．everyone | D．one |
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| 小题18: | | A．embarrassing | B．disappointing | C．frightening | D．exciting |
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| 小题19: | | A．happened | B．cared | C．mattered | D．related |
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| 小题20: | | A．experiment | B．experience | C．expressing | D．expectation |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:B |
试题分析：本文主要讲了作者无意中观察到一个小男孩不怕摔倒，自由奔跑的情景，从中学到了很多，受益匪浅。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. left离开，B. started开始，C. stopped停止，D. drove驾驶，我把车停在路边等她，故选C。
小题2:考查副词辨析：A. outside外面，B. down 向下，C. toward朝着，D. over结束，根据the car window, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, 可知是朝车窗外看，选A。
小题3:考查动词辨析：A. playing玩，B. smiling微笑，C. rolling滚，D. running跑，根据run as fast as he could again,所以可知是一个男孩在草地上自由的跑，选D。
小题4:考查名词辨析：A. sight视野，B. length长度，C. time时间，D. distance距离，这里想说她的妈妈在不远处看着他，故选D。
小题5:考查连词辨析：A. evenif即使，B. so long as只要，C. as though好像，D. now that既然，这里想说这个男孩的脸上挂着笑容，好像他刚刚被从监狱里释放出来一样，故选C.
小题6:考查名词辨析：A. prison监狱，B. house房间，C. park公园，D. castle城堡，根据这里想说这个男孩的脸上挂着笑容，好像他刚刚被从监狱里释放出来一样，故选A。
小题7:考查名词辨析：A. attention注意，B. hesitation犹豫， C. question问题，D. application利用，根据run as fast as he could again，可知男孩没有犹豫没有回头看妈妈，故选B。
小题8:考查名词辨析：A. puzzle困惑，B. smile微笑，C. pleasure快乐，D. surprise惊讶，根据The boy had a big smile on his face，可知男孩脸上带着微笑，好像没有什么事情发生，故选B。
小题9:考查副词辨析：A. therefore因此，B. instead代替，C. still仍然，D. anyhow不管怎样，根据they treat it as a learning experience，不管怎样，他们把这个看作是个学习的经历。故选D。
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. stop停止，B. win赢得，C. achieve成就，D. succeed成功，这里想说他们不断的尝试，直到成功，故选D。
小题11:考查副词辨析：A. luckily幸运地，B. apparently明显地，C. actually实际上，D. equally平等地，根据touched by the manner in which he ran.可知我不仅被他的勇气感动，也被他跑步的方式感动了，故选D。
小题12:考查形容词辨析：A. confident自信的，B. joyful快乐的，C. quiet安静的，D. proud骄傲的，根据and so natural — no signs of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged，可知男孩跑步的时候很自信，故选A。
小题13:考查名词辨析：A. worry担心，B. talent才能，C. concern担心，关心，D. conclusion结论，这里想说他唯一的关心的事情就是自由地奔跑，故选C。
小题14:考查名词辨析：A. student学生，B. child孩子，C. player选手，D. winner获胜者，这里想说他就是一个孩子，故选B。
小题15:考查名词辨析：A. chance机会，B. fortune运气，财产，C. approval同意，D. trouble困难，这里想说他没有在寻找赞成或是担心是否有人在观看，故选C。
小题16:考查不定代词：A. someone有人，B. no one没有人，C. everyone每个人，D. one一个人，根据He didn"t seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him fall ，他不担心有人看见他跌倒，故选A。
小题17:考查动词辨析：A. try尝试，B. run跑，C. cry哭， D. fall跌倒，根据The boy would then fall to the grass,故选D
小题18:考查形容词辨析：A. embarrassing令人尴尬的，B. disappointing令人失望的，C. frightening令人害怕的，D. exciting令人兴奋的，根据if he did fall，他也不会觉得跌倒了会难为情，故选A。
小题19:考查动词辨析：A. happened发生，B. cared关心，C. mattered重要，D. related关于，这里想说全部重要的事就是完成任务，故选C。
小题20:考查名词辨析：A. experiment实验，B. experience经历，经验，C. expressing表达，D. expectation期待，这里想说从这次观察和经历中，我学到了很多，故选B。 |
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试题【Run freely ——A lesson about CourageOne afternoon,many years ago，I went to pick u】；主要考察你对
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The other day when I was passing a clothing store, I fell in love with a skirt. I knew it would suit me best at first sight. But when I looked at the price tag (标签), I knew I had to give it up.
The love for beautiful clothes has been planted in my heart the day when I was born to be a woman. Several years ago I read an article in a magazine. The article stated that when a woman is at her best time, she is usually poor or tasteless, so she can’t get the right clothes; when she can afford to buy the clothes she likes, she often finds that they do not suit her anymore.
On the way home, I was quite disturbed by such thoughts. It was just a pity, like many other pities. I thought to myself this way. But when I was about to enter the building where I was living, I saw the big mirror placed in the entrance. I saw a girl in it who was in cheap but cleanly washed sweater and jeans. She was rather young, healthy and energetic. For quite a while I was touched by what I had seen in the mirror.
Then I almost forgot the tale: A person without shoes cried until he saw a man without feet. Being young without good clothes is like the person without shoes. I should have felt grateful that I haven’t lost my feet.
小题1:How did the author feel when she decided not to buy the skirt?| A．Embarrassed. | B．Wise. | C．Regretful. | D．Relieved. |
小题2:The underlined word “She” in Paragraph 3 refers to .| A．the author’s friend | B．a stranger | | C．the author’s roommate | D．the author |
小题3:Why was the author touched by what she saw in the mirror?| A．She came to realize what she really possessed. | | B．She was reminded of her devotion to beauty. | | C．She didn’t feel at ease when looking into a mirror. | | D．She never thought over the other side of a person. |
小题4:We can learn from the text that the author considered her love for beautiful clothes as .| A．funny | B．natural | C．silly | D．simple |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a law professor, a student reported that I made an error in grading his exam by giving him too many points. He was and after thanking him for his honesty, I changed the in my records. His beaming (欢笑的) face turned to “You’re lowering my grade?” he said angrily. “I would never have come in ……”
He didn’t finish the but it was obvious that his display of honesty was false. He thought he’d have it all—praise and the grade.
Several colleagues thought I should have let the higher grade stand all I’d accomplished was to discourage him from being in the future. And every time I tell this , some people agree with this remark.
But I can’t see how I could give good for worsening my mistake in grading by undermining (损害) the honesty of all my grades by failing to an error. The grade itself would be a dishonest reflection of his and it would have been to other students. How could I possibly give a a gift of an unearned grade?
I know voluntarily reporting an error in one’s favor is , but, like extra change, it’s the thing to do. People with real honesty, hate to give up benefits as mush as anyone else. The difference is that for them a good conscience and reputation is reward enough to give reason for the cost of doing the right thing.
Perhaps the student’s grade did discourage him from being honest in the future, but bribing (贿赂) him to be honest so that he does the right thing when it’s cost-free would have him even more. The duty to be honest is right and wrong, not risks and rewards.
| 小题1: | | A．wise | B．right | C．rigid | D．angry |
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| 小题2: | | A．file | B．note | C．name | D．grade |
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| 小题3: | | A．grief | B．shock | C．happiness | D．careless |
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| 小题4: | | A．whether | B．which | C．if | D．what |
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| 小题5: | | A．sentence | B．word | C．exam | D．lesson |
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| 小题6: | | A．higher | B．lower | C．more | D．less |
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| 小题7: | | A．such | B．because | C．so | D．whether |
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| 小题8: | | A．brave | B．adventurous | C．honest | D．successful |
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| 小题10: | | A．reason | B．cause | C．excuse | D．result |
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| 小题11: | | A．make | B．find | C．avoid | D．correct |
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| 小题12: | | A．reaction | B．sense | C．sign | D．knowledge |
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| 小题13: | | A．unfair | B．cruel | C．tough | D．funny |
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| 小题14: | | A．people | B．teacher | C．student | D．worker |
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| 小题15: | | A．active | B．often | C．unusual | D．curious |
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| 小题16: | | A．receiving | B．returning | C．earning | D．paying |
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| 小题18: | | A．lowering | B．influencing | C．protect ing | D．separating |
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| 小题19: | | A．ruined | B．encouraged | C．improved | D．blamed |
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| 小题20: | | A．in | B．after | C．about | D．during |
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There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm． And he was given a slingshot（S单弓） to play with out in the woods． He _ in the woods, he could never hit the ．And getting a little discouraged, he headed back to dinner．
As he was walking back he saw Grandma"s pet duck． Just out of impulse （冲动）, he let fly, hit the duck square in the head, and killed it． He was shocked and felt very sorry．In a panic, he hid the duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister ．Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing．
After lunch that day grandma said, “Sally, let’s wash the dishes．” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the today, didn"t you, Johnny?" And then she whispered to him, “Remember, the duck?"
So Johnny the dishes． Later Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing, and said, " I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make ．" But Sally and said, “Well, that"s all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help," and she whispered ,“Remember, the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny ．
After several days of Johnny doing his various small tasks and Sally"s, he ．couldn"t stand it any longer．He came to Grandma and that he killed the duck．She bent down, gave him a , and said, “Sweetheart, ． You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the thing． But because I love you, I forgave you． But I was just wondering how you would let Sally make a slave you．"
| 小题1: | | A．walked | B．played | C．practiced | D．aimed |
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| 小题3: | | A．bird | B．target | C．duck | D．woods |
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| 小题4: | | A．dead | B．square | C．dying | D．living |
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| 小题5: | | A．surveying | B．noticing | C．observing | D．watching |
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| 小题6: | | A．toilet | B．kitchen | C．living-room | D．fields |
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| 小题7: | | A．watched | B．dropped | C．did | D．made |
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| 小题8: | | A．Grandma | B．Grandpa | C．Johnny | D．Sally |
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| 小题9: | | A．cook | B．lunch | C．supper | D．breakfast |
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| 小题10: | | A．laughed | B．smiled | C．cried | D．wept |
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| 小题11: | | A．again | B．only | C．twice | D．loudly |
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| 小题12: | | A．followed | B．stayed | C．remembered | D．boated |
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| 小题13: | | A．all | B．either | C．neither | D．both |
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| 小题14: | | A．secondly | B．firstly | C．finally | D．thirdly |
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| 小题15: | | A．lied | B．denied | C．admitted | D．spoke |
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| 小题16: | | A．beat | B．pet | C．surprise | D．hug |
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| 小题17: | | A．I know | B．you know | C．he knows | D．she knows |
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| 小题18: | | A．other | B．whole | C．funny | D．dull |
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A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing． Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human sentiment．
The busiest woman in Labrador during one bitter cold Christmas not very long ago, was an Australian nurse by the naI11e of Kate Austen． But Nurse Austen was not too busy to acknowledge with a long, friendly letter every gift of food or clothing received for distribution to the natives in that cold and poor district of the north． Among the gifts was a box of knittings for children, knitted（编织）and sent by a woman in Toronto．
Nurse Austen was busy, exhausted and not feeling too well that winter．She could have written just ordinary routine notes of acknowledgement． But that was not her way． She sat down and wrote the woman in Toronto a real letter telling all about the village, and the names of the children who were wearing the knitted gloves and caps, and what they said -when they got them, and how they looked when they wore them．She wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings "to see how much happiness and warmth she had created．" Not long after, she received the following answer from Canada．
Dear Miss Austen:
Your letter made me happy． I did not expect such a full return． I am eighty years old, and I am blind． There is little I can do except knit, and that is why I knit so many caps and sweaters and scarves．Of course I cannot write this, so my daughter-in-law is doing it for me．She also sewed the seams and made the buttonholes for the knitted things．
I know something of the work you are doing． At the age of nineteen I married a man who was going to China to be a missionary(传教士）． For forty years, with an occasional year at home in America, we Worked in China, and during that time our two sons and a daughter were born to us, of whom only one son survives．After forty years, my husband"s health began to fail． We returned to the States where he took charge of a settlement house in Brooklyn, New York． A surprising number of the problems we faced there were similar to the problems we had met in China．When my husband died, I came to Toronto to live with my son and daughter-in-law． They are very good to me, and I pride myself that I am little trouble to them, though it is hard for a blind old lady to be sure of anything．
What I most want to say, my dear, is this． For sixty years I have been making up missionary packages of such clothing or food or medicine or books as I could collect． In various parts of the world and to various parts of the world I have sent them．Sometimes I have received a printed note of acknowledgement from the headquarters depot or mission board, sometimes nothing．Occasionally I :have been informed that my contribution was planned for Syria or Armenia or the upper Yangtze． But never before in all that time have l had a personal letter picturing the village and telling me who is wearing the clothing and what they said．I did not suppose that ever in my lifetime I should receive a letter like that．
May God bless you．
Sincerely yours,
小题1:The underlined word “sentiment”（in Paragraph l） most probably means“ ”?| A．view point | B．gentle feeling | | C．way of thinking | D．expression of attitude |
小题2:The underlined sentence “But that was not her way” （in Paragraph 3） implies that ．| A．she would not just write an ordinary letter of thanks | | B．she was too busy to write a note of acknowledgement | | C．she was not busy, exhaustec3 0r feeling too well that time | | D．she wrote a letter telling all about the village and the children |
小题3:Why was Laura so happy when she received the letter from Miss Austen? Because ．| A．the letter was* from an Australian nurse | | B．she was already eighty years old and blind | | C．she had never received a letter like that | | D．the letter was not supposed to reach her |
小题4:Ms． Laura N． Russell is now living in ．| A．China | B．Australia | C．Canada | D．the States |
小题5:For decades, Ms． Laura has been to and sent contributions to people all over the world．| A．Toronto and New York only | B．Syria and Armenia once | | C．the upper Yangtze area alone | D．many places of the world |
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One morning, teachers arrived to find the little country schoolhouse swallowed in flames. They dragged an unconscious little boy, who went to start the fire in the old-fashioned coal stove to heat, out of the flaming building more dead than alive. He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital.
From his bed the dreadfully burned, semi-conscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die — which was for the best, really — for the terrible fire had ruined the lower half of his body.
But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. Somehow, to the amazement of the physician, he did survive. When the deadly danger was past, he again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the lower part of his body, it would almost be better if he had died, since he was doomed to be in a wheelchair all lifetime with no use at all of his lower limbs (肢体).
Once more the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a disabled man. He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, all but lifeless.
Ultimately he was released from the hospital. Every day his mother would massage his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, nothing. Yet his determination that he would walk was as strong as ever.
When he wasn’t in bed, he was confined to a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legsbehind him.
He worked his way to the white fence bordering their lot. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then he began dragging himself along the fence，resolved that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence. There was nothing he wanted more than to develop life in those legs.
Ultimately through his daily massages, his iron persistence and his resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk slowly, then to walk by himself — and then to run.
He began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run for thepure joy of running. Later in college he made the track team.
Still later in Madison SquareGarden this young man, the great athlete, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!
小题1:Which word can best describe Glenn Cunningham according to the author?| A． Miserable | B．Unfortunate | C．Determined | D．Disabled |
小题2:Glenn got seriously burned _____.| A．when he was playing near the stove | | B．when he went to set fire to the schoolhouse | | C．when he was probably younger than ten | | D．when his teachers were lighting the fire |
小题3:Which cannot be inferred from the passage?| A．Glenn didn’t catch what the doctor told his mother so he didn’t worry about his burns. | | B．Glenn decided to survive though his lower part of body had lost the sense of feeling. | | C．Glenn struggled to stand up by dragging along the fence and other supportable matters. | | D．Glenn never stopped practicing walking and running, even after he ran first in the race. |
小题4:The doctor advised Glenn’s mother to let Glenn die because the doctor was too______.| A．unskillful | B． practical | C． subjective | D． irresponsible |
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