I was now five, and still I showed no much interest in things except with my toes（脚趾）. I could not look after myself, 35 my father took care of me. I used to lie on my back all the time in the kitchen. I was 36 , imprisoned（监禁） in a world of my own, unable to communicate with others. Then, suddenly, it happened on the afternoon of a cold December day. All the family were gathered round the big kitchen fire. Mona and Paddy were drawing funny animals, using a bright piece of yellow chalk. It was the chalk that 37 me so much. I had never seen anything like it before. Suddenly, I wanted to do what my sister was doing. Then without thinking or knowing exactly what I was doing, I 38 out and took the chalk out of my sister’s hand, with my left foot. It is a puzzle（迷惑）to many people as well as to 39 . I held the chalk tightly between my toes and made a wild scribble（乱涂）with it on the board. Next moment I stopped, not knowing what to do with the chalk next, hardly knowing how it 40 there. Then I looked up and realized that everyone was looking at me 41 . My mother came in. Her eyes looked from my face down to my 42 , then she took another piece of chalk from Mona, and drew the single letter “A” on the floor in front of me. “Copy that, Christy.” She said. I tried to do the same action, but I 43 . “Try again, Chris.” she whispered in my ear. I tried another two more times. I drew one side of the letter, then the other. It looked ugly, but I 44 to make it finally. I had done it! True! I couldn’t speak with my mouth, but now I would speak through something more 45 than spoken words. That one letter was my 46 to a new world, my key to mental freedom. 小题1: A．and B．for C．so D．though 小题2: A．lost B．lonely C．tired D．weak 小题3: A．troubled B．worried C．reminded D．interested 小题4: A．dropped B．set C．checked D．reached 小题5: A．you B．me C．it D．them 小题6: A．got B．stuck C．worked D．arrived 小题7: A．angrily B．sadly C．silently D．carefully 小题8: A．hand B．neck C．foot D．leg 小题9: A．froze B．forgot C．fell D．failed 小题10: A．tried B．managed C．offered D．decided 小题11: A．lasting B．interesting C．moving D．surprising 小题12: A．dream B．tool C．gift D．road