Cancer Canceled
My name’s James and I’m an 18-year “Cancer Survivor”. When I was 15 years of age, I was at my house one day with my 41 and when I tried to run up the steps, I blacked out, and 42 the stairs very hard. When I 43 myself, I remembered my sisters saying “Are you alright? and I replied “I think so, yeah.” But little did my sisters and I 44 that was the beginning of a(n) 45 . When I began to try to climb the stairs, my whole right leg hurt seriously. I couldn’t move it 46 the assistance of my hands. The pain was horrible. I finally 47 my way upstairs and I hardly 48 I couldn’t move my leg. As time went on, it got 49 , so a month later I 50 went to hospital. I was asked to go to the rooms51 they treated me to the X-rays. One week later, I got my 52 , but wasn’t clear on what was happening. They 53 us back home. Three days later, they 54 an expert from another continent or someplace and he looked at my rays one time and said “OH MY GOD, this young man has bone cancer.”
Once all of that got cleared up, they 55 my chemotherapy(化疗) treatments. I was told that I couldn’t 56 like a normal person any more, so 57 was impossible. Basically my 58 was over before it even got started.
I want to share this story with you guys because today I’m 84 kg with 2% body fat. I don’t smoke or drink. I can walk and even run. I’m so 59 to be here and forever to grace life with my presence each day. My dream is to become the “ 60 ” to everybody who ever thought about giving up on life because it’s so hard, or just simply not worth living.
41. A. sisters B. brothers C. parents D. cousins
42. A. beat B. climbed C. hit D. tapped
43. A. came over B. came out C. came back D. came to
44. A. recognize B. realize C. recover D. react
45. A. dream B. terror C. illness D. memory
46. A. without B. from C. with D. for
47. A. made B. felt C. found D. nosed
48. A. guessed B. noticed C. believed D. understood
49. A. better B. worse C. stranger D. clearer
50. A. absolutely B. abruptly C. fortunately D. eventually
51. A. that B. when C. where D. what
52. A. treatment B. needs C. recovery D. results
53. A. followed B. carried C. sent D. directed
54. A. flew B. promised C. allowed D. served
55. A. continued B. started C. postponed D. canceled
56. A. work B. walk C. think D. feel
57. A. playing B. stepping C. running D. learning
58. A. plan B. hope C. career D. life
59. A. nervous B. relieved C. curious D. grateful
60. A. Inspiration B. Instruction C. Introduction D. Information
41-45 ACDBB 46-50 AACBD 51-55 CDCAB 56-60 BCDDA