完形填空

   阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A.B.C.D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项.

      My parents always told me that I couldn't dance, because it was a girl's sport. But I never gave up my dream of becoming a dancing star. I practiced secretly, learning form books, movies, and shows. However, without my parents' support, that 1 seemed all but impossible to reach.

      One summer, my little sister Maggie was going to dance lessons. I immediately asked 2parents for permission(允许)to take her to the lessons. What a 3chance to learn dancing!

      One afternoon, I was practicing a new dance in my room, when Maggie walked  4.

   “What's the matter, Maggie?” I stopped  5.

   “Denis, you are a great dancer! Can you help me?”

   “What is it?”I wondered.

    "There'll be a dancing performance in my school,  6 the boys think I'm slow, and none of them wants to be my partner.  7 you dance with me for it?” She looked at me anxiously.

   “You can be a good dancer!” I encouraged her.“Let's show those people that they have been 8all along.”

      In the following months, we 9 every evening, hiding from my parents. I was having a fantastic time and 10Maggie improved a lot.

      Finally came the big day. I became 11 when I heard my parents would come to watch the performance. As the 12began, I took a deep breathe and tried to calm down. We moved perfectly, shining with pride. From the cheering of the crowd, I was sure we had 13.

     My heart was beating wildly when I saw my 14 coming towards me. He put his hand on my shoulder. “Well done, son. Though it is hard for me to admit it, you really looked like you 15 this stage(舞台). Go for it and make us proud.”

     I'd been waiting for this moment for so long. I knew that the road ahead wasn't going to be easy, but I wouldn't give up. I wanted nothing more in life than to dance.

 A 13-year-old American has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read.

 The blind can read by using Braille – a system of small bumps (隆起物) that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2,000. It is called Braille writer. The American schoolboy, Shubham Banerjee, made a new Braille writer from a Lego tool that lets people create robots. Banerjee has called his new machine the Braigo – a combination (组合) of the words  Braille and Lego. It costs just $ 350. It works by changing electronic text into Braille and then printing it using a computer or mobile machine.

 Banerjee designed (设计) his Braigo last year for a school science exhibition. Since then, he has caught the interest of Silicon Valley in the USA. The big technology company Intel spent money on Banerjee's machine last November, but they did not say how much money they put in. Banerjee also got $35, 000 from his father to help him start the project. His father works as a computer engineer (工程师) at Intel.  He spoke about why he gave so much money to his son, saying:”We as parents started to be interested more, thinking that he's on to something and this invention has to continue.”Banerjee told the AP News: “My dream would probably be having most of the blind people…using my Braigo.”

阅读下面短文, 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    One evening as I was leaving the store, I noticed a man with a very old sleeping bag going through the garbage can nearby. He pulled out fast food trash bags and inspected all that was in the thrown away bags, but he never stopped anyone to beg for money or anything else as they entered or left my store. After he went through the entire trash can, he carefully cleaned up the area and wrapped up the food he found in the dirty hamburger wrapper. My heart literally hurt for him.

    I decided to help him. I got out of my car and asked him if I could buy him something to eat. He thanked and, followed me to the fast food place around the block. I bought him the biggest meal they had on the menu. He didn't ask for anything and the only request was a big glass of hot sweet tea to go with his meal. When I brought him the food, he was so thankful. He told me how much he appreciated the meal.

    I wanted to give him some money. He shook his head. I asked him if I could buy a few meals and put it on a gift card for him. He agreed.

    As I handed him the gift card, he broke down crying. He told me that he prayed for me today. I wasn't sure what he meant （I was guessing he was praying for me for what I did for him ）so I thanked him.

    "NO, I prayed that God would send someone to buy me a hot meal today……and be sent you!" Tears traced down his checks.

    I didn't know what to say……I always pray over my food, but I've never prayed for a meal. I've never doubted that I wouldn't be able to eat……Tears began to fill my eyes. Oh my……how blessed am I…Maybe God used me to answer this man's prayer.

Everybody has a story though I didn't know his, but I had done what God wanted me to. God put him in my path……I knew he did. I took him to my office.

    As we all know that terrible day on September 11, 2001. I look back on1I was doing during those moments. And I2, very clearly（清楚地）, that I was in my3driving to work.

    When the first plane hit（撞击）the World Trade Center, I was4the radio, and the news came on.  The5thing that came to my mind was it was just a（n）6.

    As I got to the office, I7the TV. And when we were talking, the second airplane hit. We8believe it. What was9?

    We went on watching those10coming from the TV. It was clear that we were under attack（袭击）.

    What a morning! We all11the office; we all went to one of the workers' home nearby. 12we went on watching TV news, the president（总统）speaking the13pictures of the buildings, and so on.  Then the buildings started to14, one by one. We knew things were going to be very15from then on; I had a bad feeling about the future.

    Years ago, I celebrated my 40^th birthday with my friends. I arrived at the restaurant ahead of time, 1I waited outside the restaurant. Then a homeless man came up to me and asked for 2. I had been given strict orders by my friends not to bring my wallet in case(以防) I paid for the meal. So I told the man that I had 3money. He quietly smiled at me, and then left.

    Just then a friend who just arrived called out "Happy birthday!" Hearing this, the man turned and asked, "Hey man, it's your birthday today?" "Yes, it is", I said. He 4, smiling and said loudly, "Happy birthday, man!" But I could hardly imagine what happened next. The man reached into his pocket, pulled out a dollar bill and said "Here man, take this."

    Though I was 5his action, I didn't want to accept money from a homeless man. I said, "Thanks. That's really 6of you, but that's OK." The man looked directly into my eyes and said, "Please take this." I still hesitated (犹豫)to accept this7, but I heard a voice within me shouting, "TAKE THE MONEY!" I hesitantly reached out and said, "Thank you". Excitedly, he caught my 8, gave me the dollar and said, "No, thank you brother!"

    That experience made me feel like I had got far more than $1! This was one of my greatest life9: No matter how poor we may be, we always have something valuable to10with others.