题目内容：

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I will never forget the night in 1946 when disaster and difficulty visited our home.

My brother, George, came home from football practice and fell ______ with temperature of 40C. After an ______, the doctor informed us that it was polio. Polio was well known in Webster Groves, Missouri, having killed and ______ many children there.

The doctor felt duty-bound(义不容辞的）to inform George of the ______ truth. “I hate to tell you this, son” he said, “but the polio is so bad that you will probably never ______ again without a limp(跛行), and your left arm will be useless.”

George had always ______ himself as a championship wrestler in his senior year after just missing it as a junior. ______ able to speak, George whispered: “Doctor...”

“Yes,” said the doctor ______the bed. “What is it, my boy?”

“Go to hell(见鬼去吧),” said George in a voice filled with ______.

The doctor seemed shocked, but you see, Mom and Dad ______ us that just like you would never like someone else come into your house with an axe and break up your furniture, you should never let a ______ thought come into your mind and break up your dreams.

The next day, the nurse walked into George’s room to find him lying flat on his _____ on the floor.

“What’s going on in here?” asked the ______ nurse.

“I’m walking.” George ______ replied.

Sometimes it would take George 20 minutes just to get out of the chair, but he ______ any offers of help. I remember seeing him lift a tennis ball with as much ______ as a healthy man would need to lift a 100-pound barbell.

I also remember seeing him, six months later, step out on the mat as captain of the ______ team. George’s return from the horrible effects of polio was written about in ______ all over the state of Missouri. No one had ever been known to ______ so quickly or so completely from this disease. He had been through hell and he came out of it with a ______ as strong as steel.

1.A. ill        B. asleep   C. senseless    D. silent

2.A. assessment  B. analysis   C. examination  D. investigation

3.A. seized      B. disabled   C. injured     D. discouraged

4.A. terrible  B. simple    C. unpleasant   D. scientific

5.A. stand       B. wrestle   C. practice     D. walk

6.A. dressed    B. defended   C. pictured    D. awarded

7.A. Barely     B. Well       C. Finally      D. Not

8.A. making up  B. staring at C. turning to   D. leaning over

9.A. anxiety    B. determination C. admiration D. pride

10.A. comforted  B. warned    C. taught       D. reminded

11.A. positive  B. pleasant   C. damaging   D. disturbing

12.A. face       B. head      C. side         D. knees

13.A. curious  B. shocked  C. amused       D. sensitive

14.A. briefly    B. firmly   C. gently       D. calmly

15.A. considered B. accepted   C. refused      D. missed

16.A. effort    B. enthusiasm C. time         D. energy

17.A. football   B. wrestling C. weightlifting D. tennis

18.A. essays   B. books      C. magazines   D. newspapers

19.A. flee       B. arise      C. recover      D. survive

20.A. feeling    B. desire    C. body         D. soul