题目内容：

完形填空

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。

Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, the principal asked me to see a special student. An ______ had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

He was Matthew. _____ he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told he would not make it to_____. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. He spoke about _____ and succeeding and seeking (追寻）his dreams.

When we finished talking, I went to my bag and pulled out the first gold ______ I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about ______ and overcoming obstacles (克服障碍) than I ever would. He looked at it for a while, then took it off and handed it _____ to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I got the news that Matthew had______ and a letter Matthew had written to me a few days before:

Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter. The doctors are _____ to tell me that I don't have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.

I told you that in the future I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know nowI'll _____ . I know I'm a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.

Thank you for loving me.

Your friend

Matthew

1.A. excuse B. effectC. operationD. illness

2.A. While B. WhenC. Although D. Because

3.A. threeB. tenC. twenty D. thirty

4.A. winning  B. teachingC. playingD. working

5.A. cup B. coin C. watchD. medal

6.A. failureB. success C. luck D. smile

7.A. around B. in C. back D. down

8.A. went away  B. passed away C. stayed away D. moved away

9.A. surprisedB. braveC. sorry D. happy

10.A. neverB. everC. oftenD. seldom