As her father guided her wheelchair down the road alongside the swimming pool, 12-year-old Tina Fisher fiddled (整理、摆弄) with the folds (褶皱) of the borrowed wet suit she was wearing. She took a few _______breaths and looked around nervously.
This is a girl who loves the _______of water flowing around her arms and legs, who until recently was _______her underwater swimming, and who takes every opportunity to spend time in the water.
But this was the first time Tina had been anywhere near a pool since the otherwise _______June 2 when she was playing with a friend. Just 90 minutes after she felt pain in her legs — the first symptom of a spinal stroke — she became paralyzed (瘫痪) from the waist _______.
Now she was going to try something she’d never _______even when she’d had the use of her legs: She was going to take her first scuba (水肺) diving lesson.
Tina’s father, Dennis Fisher, slipped into the pool and helped Occupational Doctor Kaitlin Macdonald _______his daughter into the water. She lay _______, rested her head on the surface and, for a few brief moments, _______her eyes. Then she did something that made Macdonald _______. “Tina,” she said, “look at your leg.” Ever so slightly, Tina was moving her right leg. It was _______a few inches, but still — Tina’s mind was telling her leg what to do, and her leg was _______.
“A lot of times, we’ll see movement in the water first,” Macdonald said, “It means an ability is there that we can build on, _______it’s still weak.”
For Tina, it felt _______to just be back in the pool. She wrapped her arms around her father and briefly lay her head on his chest. Then she turned to Macdonald and signaled she was ready to swim the _______of the pool to achieve her success.
“OK,” Macdonald said, “Here we go.”
【小题1】A.deep | B.fresh | C.shallow | D.smooth |
【小题2】A.taste | B.act | C.feel | D.movement |
【小题3】A.passing on | B.working on | C.looking on | D.counting on |
【小题4】A.special | B.lasting | C.ordinary | D.memorable |
【小题5】A.up | B.around | C.above | D.down |
【小题6】A.accessed | B.attempted | C.accomplished | D.demanded |
【小题7】A.catch | B.hold | C.throw | D.lower |
【小题8】A.back | B.aside | C.over | D.beneath |
【小题9】A.fixed | B.opened | C.rolled | D.closed |
【小题10】A.upset | B.sob | C.smile | D.disappoint |
【小题11】A.no more than | B.much more than | C.no less than | D.not less than |
【小题12】A.reflecting | B.responding | C.resisting | D.returning |
【小题13】【小题14】A.nervous | B.great | C.terrific | D.comfortable |
【小题15】A.height | B.size | C.area | D.length |