III. Reading Comprehension     
Section A
Directions:  For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and D.  Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Some people are just sure to be failures. That’s how some adults look at troublesome kids. Maybe you’ve heard the saying, “A bird with a broken wing will __50__ fly as high.” I’m sure that T.J. Ware, who was caught __51__ a year ago, was made to feel this way almost every day at school.
At high school, Ware was always making __52__. He didn’t answer questions, got into lots of fights and was __53__ from school at times. Teachers didn’t want to have him again the following year.
I met Ware for the first time at a meeting. All the students at school had been invited to __54__ for a program designed to have students become more active in their communities. The program __55__ group discussion and voluntary work in their neighborhoods.
In the beginning, Ware just stood by, not ready to join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games __56__ him in… At the end of the meeting, he joined the Homeless Project team. He knew much about __57__, hunger and helplessness. The other students on the team had never seen Ware making such a long, moving speech. They were __58__ with his passionate concern and ideas, so they elected Ware to be chairman of the team with a __59__ vote.
Two weeks later, Ware led a group of 70 students to collect __60__. They collected a school __61__: 2,854 cans of food in just two hours. It was enough to feed needy families in the area for 75 days. The local newspaper __62__ the event with full-page article the next day. After that, Ware started showing up at school every day and answering questions from teachers.
Ware’s change __63__ us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. Once it has __64__, it can fly higher than the rest.
50.     A. sometimes              B. always                   C. never                     D. still
51.     A. cold                       B. stealing                  C. lying                      D. spitting
52.     A. known                   B. mistake                  C. fun                        D. trouble
53.     A. absent                    B. different                 C. present                   D. free
54.     A. take up                   B. make up                 C. sign up                   D. put up
55.     A. contained               B. included                 C. concluded               D. increased
56.     A. took                       B. caught                    C. pulled                    D. drew
57.     A. poverty                  B. fighting                  C. robbery                  D. courage
58.     A. disappointed           B. surprised                C. impressed               D. bored
59.     A. quantity                 B. majority                 C. minimum               D. quality
60.     A. food                      B. money                    C. clothes                   D. furniture
61      A. rule                       B. mark                      C. foundation              D. record
62.     A. spread                    B. covered                  C. printed                   D. wrote
63.     A. requests                  B. decides                   C. reminds                  D. requires
64      A. repaired                 B. realized                  C. protected                D. healed