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     请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

Introduction to Letters to Sam

Dear Reader,

     Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my   1, Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been  2ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the  3to tell Sam what I had  4.

     For years I have been hosting a program on the  5and writing articles for a magazine.  Being  6to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart  7, exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and  8. So when Sam was born, I  9to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these  10. I hope that Sam would  11them sooner or later.

     However, that expectation  12when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He  13to communicate with others, even the family members. That was  14for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even   15now to tell him. I wanted him to  16what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll  17as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just  18if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.

     Now,   19the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a   20.

                                                                  Daniel Gottlieb

1.A. son                        B. nephew                     C. brother                     D. grandson

2.A. seriously                B. mentally                    C. slightly                     D. quietly

3.A. ability                    B. time                          C. courage                    D. responsibility

4.A. written                   B. suffered                    C. observed                   D. lost

5.A. radio                      B. television                   C. stage                        D. bed

6.A. ready                     B. unable                       C. anxious                     D. eager

7.A. warm                    B. broken                      C. closed                      D. open

8.A. hosts                     B. visitors                     C. readers                     D. reporters

9.A. began                    B. stopped                     C. forgot                       D. decided

10.A. letters                  B. emails                       C. books                       D. diaries

11.A. find                      B. read                          C. collect                      D. keep

12.A. developed             B. disappeared               C. changed                    D. arrived

13.A. tried                     B. refused                     C. regretted                   D. hoped

14.A. exciting                B. acceptable                 C. strange                     D. heartbreaking

15.A. less                      B. everything                 C. more                        D. nothing

16.A. understand           B. explain                      C. believe                      D. question

17.A. fear                     B. face                          C. know                       D. cause

18.A. felt                      B. guessed                    C. saw                          D. doubted

19.A. as                        B. once                         C. though                      D. if

20.A. teacher                 B. child                         C. man                         D. writer