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helping 三、完形填空 With a determined(堅(jiān)定的 ) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手 ) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The tower stands 1,451 feet (442 meters) tall, the_ 1_ building in the US. As he got to the last step, McCarthy _ 2_ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14yearold boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he _ 3_ cheers from many people. “ I just want to show people that _ 4_ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said. McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢 ) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 5 . He believes having a disability shouldn’t stop anyone 6 achieving his or her success. He has been in a special school 7 he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 8 by his determination(決心 ) and offered to help train him. They 9 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “ 10 seems that he never knows how difficult it is. 11 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,” said Kohn. “ But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 12 .” Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “ I 13 the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “ He’s the most craven (膽小的 ) sportsman I’ve ever trained.” McCarthy said he was 14 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “ When I’m older, I’ll 15 to the building and say ‘look at this building I climbed’,” he said. ( )1. A. largest B. highest C. earliest D. latest ( )2. A. seldom B. hardly C. always D. almost ( )3. A. enjoyed B. needed C. made D. kept ( )4. A. while B. after C. if D. though ( )5. A. heart B. hope C. body D. love ( )6. A. by B. for C. in D. from ( )7. A. as B. since C. until D. before ( )8. A. pleased B. beaten C. moved D. asked ( )9. A. used B. spent C. took D. wasted ( )10. A. here B. there C. he D. it ( )11. A. however B. sometimes C. again D. then ( )12. A. friends B. helpers C. time D. exercise ( )13. A. tried B.