My crippled（瘸腿的）grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway, looking at her beautiful movements, completely . Do you know she'd had her accident. I had read that in an old newspaper article． ‘‘So．．．Your leg? I mean, did your leg heal(治愈)?' “To tell you the truth my legs have been well all my life,” she said． “But I don't understand!” I said, “Your dancing career．．．You all these years?” ‘‘Very much so, and for a very good .” She thought for a while and then continued. “Your grandfather and I were talking about engagement（订婚） he had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him that the only way I could stay normal was to dance. I put all my heart practicing and I became very good. The public loved me, but all I could feel worried about not knowing whether the love of my life would return. One day a letter came, There were only three sentences: “I have lost my leg. I am no longer a man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.” “I made my decision there and then. I traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought a stick. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. No one doubted the story l had learned to limp（一瘸一拐地走）. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a I knew well. Then I went to the hospital. The nurses pushed your grandfather outside in his ．I took a deep breath, leaned on my stick and limped to him.” I showed him newspaper articles of my accident. “There is a whole life waiting for us out there! But I am not going to you. You are going to walk yourself.” I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I'd taken out of my pocket. “Now show me you are a man.” I said．He bent to take his stick from the ground and struggled(挣扎) out of that wheelchair．He managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair in his life.” “What did you show him?” I had to know. Grandma looked at me and smiled. “Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man.” 小题1: A．dropped B．defeated C．shocked D．pleased 小题2: A．How B．What C．Why D．Who 小题3: A．predicted B．pretended C．prepaired D．preferred 小题4: A．reason B．excuse C．effect D．result 小题5: A．where B．while C．when D．since 小题6: A．with B．into C．for D．from 小题7: A．just B．almost C．ever D．even 小题8: A．sad B．half C．rich D．whole 小题9: A．myself B．himself C．ourselves D．youself 小题10: A．doctor B．reporter C．visitor D．leader 小题11: A．way B．sunglass C．car D．wheelchair 小题12: A．take B．fetch C．carry D．bring 小题13: A．hardly B．still C．also D．never 小题14: A．again B．about C．above D．along 小题15: A．though B．unless C．until D．after