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  3. Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a debilitating (衰弱的) disease invol

Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a debilitating (衰弱的) disease invol

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问题      Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a debilitating (衰弱的) disease involving her nervous system. She was unable to walk and her movement was【C1】______ in other ways as well. The doctors did not hold【C2】______ much hope of her ever recovering from this illness. They【C3】______ she’d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They said that few, if【C4】______ , were able to come back to【C5】______ after contracting this disease. The little girl was fearless. There, lying in her hospital bed, she would【C6】______ to anyone who’d listen that she was【C7】______ going to be walking again someday.
     She was【C8】______ to a specialized rehabilitation(复原) hospital in the San Francisco Bay area.【C9】______ therapies could be applied to her case were used. The doctors were charmed by her undefeatable【C10】______ . They taught her about imaging about seeing herself walking.【C11】______   it would do nothing else, it【C12】______ at least give her hope and something positive to do in the long waking hours【C13】______ her bed. Angela would work as hard as possible in physical therapy, in whirlpools (漩涡) and in exercise sessions. But she worked faithfully【C14】______ her imaging, visualizing herself moving, moving, moving !
     One day, as she was staining with all her【C15】______ to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle【C16】______ :The bed moved! It began to move around the room! She screamed out, "Look what I’m doing! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved, I moved !"
     Of course, at this【C17】______ moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming, too ,and running for【C18】______ . People were screaming, equipment was falling and glass was breaking. You see, it was the recent San Francisco earthquake. But don’t tell that to Angela. She’s【C19】______   that she did it. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, anyone who can【C20】______ the earth between San Francisco and Oakland can conquer a piddling (微不足道的) little disease, can’t they?  [br] 【C3】
选项 A、forecasted
B、predicted
C、portended
D、preceded
答案 B
解析 语义衔接题。本句意思为：他们预言她将在轮椅上度过她的余生。Bpredicted强调通过已知情况估测未知情况，因此更符合题意，故本题答案为B。
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