Who do you think came up with the idea for the Paralympics (残奥会)? The man who organized the sporting events which became the Paralympics Games_______was a doctor, Ludwig Guttmann.
In his teens, Ludwig was always interested in medicine and worked as a _______in a hospital. Then he_______ from medical school and became a doctor when he was 25 years old.
Guttmann _______ a successful career for the next few years._______ , because Guttmann and his family were Jews, in Germany was becoming very _______ for them. In 1938 Guttmann _______ to the UK with his family where he continued his research _______ the best way to treat patients.
The Second World War was going on and there were a lot of soldiers_______in the fighting. Often they __________ the use of their legs and needed __________ and help. The disabled soldiers were often __________ and angry for they couldn’t really live a normal, useful life. Guttmann used his new __________ to look after their injuries but he also tried to give them emotional strength.
Guttmann __________ taking part in sport could help a person’s body as well as their mind and began to use __________ as a treatment to help his patients. He wanted to give them back their self-respect and dignity and __________ them to take part in sports.
In 1948 the hospital held a sporting event called “The International Wheelchair Games”. By 1952 the event began to __________bigger with disabled athletes from other countries attending. By 1960 the games were called the International Stroke Mandeville Games and they were held in Rome alongside the __________ Summer Olympics. By 1968 there were 750 athletes from 29 different countries. Guttmann himself died in 1980, even__________ the games were called “Paralympics”, but there is no __________ that he is the founder and father of the Paralympics Games. It’s thanks to his hard work that we are all able to enjoy the Paralympics.
1.A.gradually B.eventually C.temporarily D.compulsorily
2.A.doctor B.steward C.volunteer D.director
3.A.excited B.benefited C.suffered D.graduated
4.A.enjoyed B.accepted C.designed D.explored
5.A.But B.However C.Therefore D.Otherwise
6.A.ambiguous B.difficult C.apparent D.diverse
7.A.moved B.poured C.submitted D.flooded
8.A.of B.over C.about D.into
9.A.dying B.sacrificing C.wounded D.destroyed
10.A.made B.lost C.reduced D.lacked
11.A.treatment B.movement C.development D.achievement
12.A.exhausted B.challenged C.depressed D.astonished
13.A.materials B.experiments C.models D.methods
14.A.knew B.denied C.allowed D.approved
15.A.music B.medicine C.sport D.magic
16.A.forced B.encouraged C.allowed D.drove
17.A.seem B.go C.run D.get
18.A.yearly B.local C.independent D.official
19.A.before B.after C.until D.since
20.A.evidence B.wonder C.doubt D.problem
We had no food left in our backpacks, and things worse, it began to pour.
A.making B.to have made C.having made D.to make
Leonardo da Vince birds kept in cages in order to have the pleasure of setting them free.
A.is said to be buying
B.is said to have bought
C.had said to buy
D.who said to have bought
—Could you possibly tell me what to do with such sort of situation?
—It’s no good asking me all the time, Anna. You’ll have to learn to think yourself.
A.of B.to C.by D.for
He doesn’t like having for supper.
A.chick B.chicken C.chickens D.chicks
On the way, they fired on settlers’ houses and stole about twenty and six horses.
A.cattles B.head of cattles C.head of cattle D.heads of cattle
