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(2020·山东淄博高三一模)I was born legally blind.Of all the stories of my early childhood,the one about a__1__is my mother's favorite.
I was only two when the__2__occurred.We had just arrived home from a trip.Mom lifted me out of the car and__3__to speak to the driver.I took advantage of my brief__4__to dash across the lawn (草坪)—and hit a large maple tree!I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and landed on my backside.Mom__5__me to start crying,but I just sat there for a minute.Then I__6__myself up and kept right on going.
Mom loves to use this story as an__7__.It reminds her that children don't enter life__8__to take risks or unwilling to__9__again when they fall down.She never wanted me to lose that toughness as I grew older.When I__10__my major life decisions,I was still that little girl tearing fullspeed across the lawn.I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents' home to look for a__11__.Through years of __12__,I have become a respected teacher in a school serving highneed students.
We are almost certain to get__13__at some point during the process of achieving our goal.When that happens,don't sit in the grass and__14__.Just get up and keep on going.It will all be worth it__15__.
1.A.trip B.race
C.tree D.driver
2.A.incident B.change
C.illness D.problem
3.A.feared B.refused
C.forgot D.turned
4.A.delay B.absence
C.freedom D.rest
5.A.promised B.encouraged
C.allowed D.expected
6.A.woke B.picked
C.warmed D.gave
7.A.answer B.example
C.excuse D.order
8.A.afraid B.ashamed
C.able D.anxious
9.A.ask B.share
C.learn D.try
10.A.regretted B.reviewed
C.made D.explained
11.A.job B.friend
C.fortune D.house
12.A.memories B.efforts
C.research D.experience
13.A.mixed up B.fed up
C.knocked down D.settled down
14.A.play B.relax
C.dream D.cry
15.A.all at once B.in the end
C.in either case D.as a result