题目内容：

I remember the first time I got on a horse.When I was a little boy aged two,my mom agreed to let me take a short __ and that was it! From then on,I made my parents almost __ constantly begging for a horse.

When I was four,I was struck by the disease Mutism,in which children __ speaking in certain social situations.I went days,weeks,months without a(n) __ at school.At most,I might __ have a word with a friend.I __ silently through school until I was ten when a psychologist had an idea.He asked me what I __ more than anything else in the world.Considering my hesitation,the psychologist____me to whisper the answer in my mother's ear,"A horse."

I was to get a little horse,but I had I list of weekly tasks I had to____.I had to answer the phone five times per week,something I had____done before.I had to say one word to my teacher at school and the list was not____.I did everything that was asked of me and the day finally____.I got my own dreaming horse.His name was Sequoia,whom I fell in love with____.When I was in Sequoia's____,I forgot all about my problems and felt strong and____.

I have gradually got rid of Mutism and now I am a fully __ member of society.With my horses,I____through a master's degree.____I might not have got it.I feel I____my life to the horses and I try to give it back to them every day.They have given me the best____I could ever imagine,my life.

1.A. ride    B. fly    C. walk    D. running

2.A. anxious    B. worried    C. crazy    D. sorrowful

3.A. begin    B. stop    C. imagine    D. enjoy

4.A. sign    B. smile    C. action    D. sound

5.A. willingly    B. completely    C. quietly    D. loudly

6.A. tolerated    B. suffered    C. put    D. pulled

7.A. wanted    B. hated    C. knew    D. grasped

8.A. tricked    B. pushed    C. forbade    D. encouraged

9.A. quit    B. accomplish    C. read    D. enjoy

10.A. even    B. ever    C. already    D. never

11.A. meaningful    B. important    C. complete    D. satisfying

12.A. came    B. passed    C. went by    D. caught on

13.A. regularly    B. silently    C. gradually    D. immediately

14.A. presence    B. mind    C. position    D. control

15.A. confused    B. surprised    C. secure    D. convenient

16.A. isolated    B. participating    C. expecting    D. abandoned

17.A. made it    B. put in    C. like it    D. take it

18.A. Then    B. Thus    C. Besides    D. Otherwise

19.A. subscribe    B. submit    C. owe    D. contribute

20.A. lesson    B. gift    C. message    D. advice