One day in early December, we woke up to discover a heavy fall of snow. “Mom, can we go __31__ after breakfast?” my eleven-year-old daughter Erica begged. I didn’t want to __32__ her request, so we headed towards the only __33__ in our town.
When we arrived, the hill was crowded with people. We found an open spot next to a thin man and his three-year-old son. The boy was already lying in the sled (雪橇), __34__ to be launched. “Come on, Daddy!” he called.
The man looked over at me. “Okay if we go __35__?” he asked.
“Sure. Looks like your son is ready to go,” I said. With that, he gave the boy a huge __36__, and off he flew! And the father ran after his son at full speed.
“He must be afraid that his son is going to __37__ somebody,” I said to Erica. “We’d better be __38__, too.”
Then we also skied down the hill at a great speed. As we returned to the top, I noticed that the man was __39__ his son, who was still lying in the sled, back up to the summit（山顶）. When we reached the top, the boy was ready to play again. Again, the father __40__ him down the hill, and then pulled both the boy and the sled back up. The little boy was terribly spoilt by his father, I thought. __41__ he was small, the child could pull his own sled up the hill once in a while. This __42__ went on for more than an hour, but the man never __43__, and he was very happy instead. Finally, I could __44__ it no longer. I called to him, “You have tremendous __45__!”
The man smiled and said, “He has cerebral palsy (脑瘫). He can’t walk. ”
I was dumbstruck (惊呆的). It had all seemed so happy, so __46__, that it never occurred to me that the child might be __47__. Although I didn’t know the man’s name, I told the __48__ in my newspaper column. Either he or someone he knew must have recognized him, __49__ shortly afterward, I received this letter:
Dear Mrs. Silverman,
The energy I expended on the hill that day is __50__ compared to what my son does every day. To me, he is a true hero.
31. A. skiing B. hiking C. shopping D. camping
32. A. answer B. allow C. refuse D. accept
33. A. lake B. hill C. market D. gym
34. A. waiting B. advising C. promising D. warning
35. A. too B. second C. first D. last
36. A. wave B. ability C. touch D. push
37. A. look at B. come across C. run into D. call on
38. A. careful B. honest C. natural D. special
39. A. attracting B. pulling C. following D. forbidding
40. A. chased B. found C. drove D. noticed
41. A. As if B. Now that C. Even though D. Ever since
42. A. accident B. signal C. adventure D. pattern
43. A. doubted B. laughed C. cried D. tired
44. A. stand B. interrupt C. change D. demand
45. A. value B. energy C. skills D. attitude
46. A. fair B. normal C. frightening D. unlucky
47. A. homeless B. technical C. disabled D. creative
48. A. joke B. news C. meeting D. story
49. A. if B. unless C. because D. although
50. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. all