三、完形填空(每小题1.5分，满分15分)

He lost his arms in an accident. Since then，he has had to depend on his  26  brother. In order to  27  him，his younger brother became his shadow (影子)，never leaving him  28  for years. Except for writing with his  29  ，he was completely unable to do anything in his life.

As the two brothers  30  together，then one day，his younger brother had to work far from him，living his own life，as many normal people do. So he was heart-broken and didn’t  know  31 to do.

A similar misfortune(不幸) happened to a girl，  32  .One night her mother disappeared after arguing with her father. So her father went out looking for  her mother，  33  her alone at home. She tried  34  meals for her parents，but only to catch a big fire, which took her hands away.

35  her elder sister who was studying in another city，showed her willingness to help her，she made up her mind to be completely independent(独立的).At school，she always studied hard and she learned to be self-reliant (自理).

One day，the boy and the girl were both invited to a television interview program. They were both  36  to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote：My  younger brother’s arms are my arms;while the girl wrote：“I am  37  .Though I lost my arms，I still have legs.”

They had  38  experienced a terrible disaster(灾难)，but their different attitudes showed the nature of their lives. If you choose only to complain  39  it and escape from it，it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be   40  ，the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

26. A. younger    B. taller    C. elder    D. better

27. A. look for    B. look at    C. look up   D. look after

28. A. alone    B. lonely    C. along    D. behind

29. A. hands    B. arms    C. toes    D. legs

30. A. went up    B. brought up   C. grew up   D. gave up

31. A. what    B. how    C. where    D. which

32. A. instead    B. too    C. either    D. neither

33. A. left     B. leaving   C. to leave   D. has left

34. A. prepare    B. to prepare   C. preparing   D. to preparing

35. A. Because    B. Though   C. As    D. For 。。。。36. A. wanted    B. let    C. asked    D. made

37. A. well    B. lucky    C. bad    D. unlucky。。。。38. A. all     B. either    C. both    D. none

39. A. to     B. with    C. about    D. over

40. A. sick    B. ill    C. strong    D. hard