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　　With a determined(坚定的)look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手)and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago．The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters)tall, the 　　1　　 building in the US．

　　As he got to the last step, McCarthy 　　2　　 fell down, but that didn’t stop him．The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he 　　3　　 cheers from many people．

　　“I just want to show people that 　　4　　 a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said．

　　McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢)and use a stick to walk．But McCarthy has a strong 　　5　　．He believes having a disability(残疾)shouldn’t stop anyone 　　6　　 achieving his or her success．

　　He has been in a special school 　　7　　 he was four．When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 　　8　　 by his determination(决心)and offered to help train him．They 　　9　　 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day．“　　10　　 seems that he never knows how difficult it is．　　11　　 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn．“But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 　　12　　．”

　　Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb．“I 　　13　　 the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn．“He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained．”

　　McCarthy said he was 　　14　　 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning．“When I’m older, I’ll 　　15　　 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said．

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完型填空

　　With a determined(坚定的)look on his face, Chicago's Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手)and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago．The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters)tall, the 　　1　　 building in the US．

　　As he got to the last step, McCarthy 　　2　　 fell down, but that didn't stop him．The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he 　　3　　 cheers from many people．

　　“I just want to show people that 　　4　　 a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said．

　　McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢)and use a stick to walk．But McCarthy has a strong 　　5　　．He believes having a disability(残疾)shouldn't stop anyone 　　6　　 achieving his or her success．

　　He has been in a special school 　　7　　 he was four．When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 　　8　　 by his determination(决心)and offered to help train him．They 　　9　　 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day．“　　10　　 seems that he never knows how difficult it is．　　11　　 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,” said Kohn．“But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 　　12　　．”

　　Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb．“I saw the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn．“He's the most determined sportsman I've ever 　　13　　．”

　　McCarthy said he was 　　14　　 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning．“When I'm older, I'll 　　15　　 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed',” he said．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从A，B，C，D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　A few years ago when my daughter was about two years old, I went through a difficult time．My husband left us and I didn't have 　　1　　 money．I think I was also 　　2　　 disappointed but I had to take care of my daughter．

　　One day I thought I would take my 　　3　　 to a park as she liked to play there and I thought it was a nice thing to do．I decided to 　　4　　 there because the bus was expensive, so it 　　5　　 us a long time to get there．When we finally 　　6　　 , my daughter immediately began to 　　7　　．She was cold and thirsty and wanted to go home．I didn't even have any money to buy a drink 　　8　　 to take the bus back home．I was so 　　9　　 because my dream of a nice time had fallen apart．

　　I started walking back home, and my daughter would not stop crying．I felt so unhappy and angry with 　　10　　 and my life that I started crying, 　　11　　．

　　At that point a car stopped beside us and a gentleman offered us a lift．He took us home, and seemed really 　　12　　-he even offered me all his change! The kindness of this stranger really made me feel 　　13　　 better．I never saw him again and I don't know who he is but he really 　　14　　 that day．Now my life is better and my daughter has 　　15　　．I always tell her that story．Maybe she doesn't remember that day now, but she has been moved by that stranger．

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　　Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Yao Ming－people across the world know these Chinese faces．This year, Jeremy Lin has added himself to the line-up．The 23-year-old is the first Asian-American NBA player since the 1940s－his parents are from Taiwan．In early 2012, Lin was still sitting on the bench after two teams didn't hire him one after another．He lived with his brother in a small flat, worrying that the New York Knicks would cut him, too．

　　Lin became a basketball hero overnight．How long will his story last? Nobody knows．But, just like the USA Today article says, for anyone who has ever had a dream, this is a great story．

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