One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face first into the mud. David her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom” , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked .
One day, David's teacher announced a homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the . Happily Susan cried out, “It !”
In July 1999, David was national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his cane is becoming well accepted.
1.A. Where B.while C.when D. then
2.A. fell B. touched C. lay D. dropped
3.A. stood by B. rushed to C. looked at D. ran around
4.A. Firmly B. Easily C. Quickly D. Shakily
5.A. slowly B. frequently C. freely D. heavily
6.A. hiding B. certainly C. possible D. waiting
7.A. method B. disease C. trouble D. hope
8.A. few B. little C. much D. more
9.A. useful B. strange C. common D. special
10.A. appearance B. invention C. experience D. experiment
11.A. reminded B. encouraged C. occurred D. hit
12.A. fastened B. stuck C. fixed D. tied
13.A. So B. And C. For D. But
14.A. might B. would C. did D. need
15.A. pen B. hand C. cane D. nail
16.A. watched B. supported C. noticed D. helped
17.A. street B. ice C. yard D. square
18.A. works B. operates C. succeeds D. helps
19.A. declared B. received C. won D. praised
20.A. more slowly B. more carefully C. more clearly D. faster
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--- _______？Mary is interested.
A. Why bother B. Why not C. So what D. What for
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_______ is known to us all that the old scientist, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his eighties.
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The wounded soldier died _____I had a chance to know his name and family.
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