閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從31—50各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

I Was Forced to Find My Gifts

I was a pretty typical 17-year-old with a strong interest in painting when something happened. One Sunday, I went to an old swimming hole and dove in. I ________ something under the water head-on and broke a couple of vertebrae（椎骨）of my neck.

For five months I stayed at the hospital, feeling like a ________ to my family. My self-image was instantly ________. I was described with terms like “disabled” or “crippled.” I was angry and ________ after I failed so many times at some ________ task—dropping something on the floor and trying to get it back up again.

Near the end of my stay in the hospital, my doctor almost forcibly tied a ________ to my hand. He had seen my paintings I’d done before and ________ me to paint. Fortunately, I found that I ________ had this artistic ability left. It was like a big weight had been ________. At least I could do something worthwhile again, and it became a ________ part of my recovery.

After I left the hospital, I stayed at home, feeling desperately ________. It seemed like I was cut off from ________. No one can get along ________ love and acceptance. So that fall, I started at the University of Texas, majoring in graphic design.

One day a man happened to see one of my paintings. He had a great ________ for it and asked if I ever did art shows. So I was given a(n) ________. Much to my surprise, I found that people liked my paintings and would pay for them. That was about 11 years ago. Today, 1,500 ________ have carried my work.

It was the art that provided the ________ for me to get up every morning and do something, ________ sitting in front of the television. Society has such ________ expectations of the disabled person, so it’s very easy to get sucked into a dependency routine — you know, the “give me” kind of attitude. And that’s what I take the most ________ in — the fact that what I’m doing today is well received all over.

1.A. sawB. hitC. touchedD. picked

2.A. burdenB. failureC. jokeD. patient

3.A. improvedB. createdC. changedD. judged

4.A. helplessB. carelessC. nervousD. tired

5.A. difficultB. specialC. simpleD. important

6.A. bandageB. towelC. ropeD. paintbrush

7.A. allowedB. taughtC. orderedD. encouraged

8.A. alreadyB. stillC. evenD. always

9.A. gainedB. carriedC. liftedD. measured

10.A. vitalB. strangeC. boringD. different

11.A. lonelyB. weakC. frightenedD. guilty

12.A. successB. classmatesC. societyD. treatment

13.A. inB. forC. behindD. without

14.A. sympathyB. fondness

C. talentD. responsibility

15.A. exhibitionB. challengeC. permissionD. message

16.A. hospitalsB. galleriesC. schoolsD. families

17.A. imaginationB. chanceC. motivationD. curiosity

18.A. instead ofB. apart fromC. due toD. but for

19.A. highB. lowC. enoughD. unrealistic

20.A. powerB. prideC. comfortD. advantage

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