When I was in the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was 36 to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She 37 the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old 38 thinking that she wouldn’t live 39 from then on. Over the years, I 40 and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike, 41  a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an)   42 trying day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang 43 . A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair, 44 into my son’s room with a box of 45 . After 16 years, I still 46 Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about 47 since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she 48 the path for those people who were less 49 than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be 50 . Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt 51 . But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was 52 . From this person that I thought would have no 53 of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously 54 and we moved north, but I owe Helen 55 that I can never repay. 小题1: A．walking B．riding C．running D．driving 小题2: A．lived B．survived C．existed D．escaped 小题3: A．mind B．brain C．head D．thought 小题4: A．equally B．calmly C．quietly D．normally 小题5: A．studied B．moved C．worked D．1ived 小题6: A．suffering B．causing C．bearing D．catching 小题7: A．normally B．particularly C．necessarily D．eventually 小题8: A．up B．off C．back D．down 小题9: A．ran B．walked C．rolled D．moved 小题10: A．tissues B．presents C．pills D．candies 小题11: A．realized B．knew C．recognized D．reminded 小题12: A．her life B．her son C．her family D．her work 小题13: A．cleared B．smoothed C．cleaned D．opened 小题14: A．rich B．healthy C．strong D．fortunate 小题15: A．money B．hope C．pity D．medicine 小题16: A．small B．pitiful C．weak D．shameless 小题17: A．admitted B．beaten C．hurt D．hospitalized 小题18: A．use B．value C．meaning D．quality 小题19: A．treated B．worsened C．relieved D．recovered 小题20: A．some money B．some tissues C．a debt D．a hope