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.

A．walking B．riding C．running D．driving

A．lived B．survived C．existed D．escaped

A．mind B．brain C．head D．thought

A．equally B．calmly C．quietly D．normally

A．studied B．moved C．worked D．1ived

A．suffering B．causing C．bearing D．catching

A．normally B．particularly C．necessarily D．eventually

A．up B．off C．back D．down

A．ran B．walked C．rolled D．moved

A．tissues B．presents C．pills D．candies

A．realized B．knew C．recognized D．reminded

A．her life B．her son C．her family D．her work

A．cleared B．smoothed C．cleaned D．opened

A．rich B．healthy C．strong D．fortunate

A．money B．hope C．pity D．medicine

A．small B．pitiful C．weak D．shameless

A．admitted B．beaten C．hurt D．hospitalized

A．use B．value C．meaning D．quality

A．treated B．worsened C．relieved D．recovered

A．some money B．some tissues C．a debt D．a hope