题目内容：

Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and   stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of   . When Joshua was born, they   us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet.   , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.

Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that   we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach.   , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.

When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school   an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally   with the children, was appointed to be the   .

On the day of the contest, I made my   through the crowded parents to see CJ’s picture,   it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture   leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was   for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it   with those of the other children.

Well, when I returned to   the kids, you can image my   when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I   it! ”

CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a   feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that his              sister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations   . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any   ?

1.A. inspiring B. frustratingC. encouragingD. exciting

2.A. expectation B. loveC. educationD. instruction

3.A. suggested B. hopedC. persuadedD. advised

4.A. Luckily B. UnfortunatelyC. NaturallyD. Generally

5.A. due to B. as long asC. so far asD. in case

6.A. However B. BesidesC. ThusD. Therefore

7.A. charged   B. preparedC. engagedD. held

8.A. familiar   B. similarC. friendlyD. close

9.A. host  B. teacherC. headmaster    D. judge

10.A. effectB. wayC. forceD. struggle

11.A. whereB. asC. whenD. that

12.A. afterB. duringC. before    D. once

13.A. anxious   B. enoughC. amazingD. pleased

14.A. displayedB. kept   C. takenD. replaced

15.A. take upB. keep upC. get up    D. pick up

16.A. surpriseB. expectation C. anxietyD. amusement

17.A. gotB. drewC. madeD. defeated

18.A. specialB. extraordinaryC. curiousD. mixing

19.A. onB. highC. greatD. easy

20.A. difficultB. upsetC. disappointedD. different