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Speaking Up

    I never looked up when my friends were talking and joking about the retarded (智障的) boy a few tables away. It didn’t even cross my mind that he might feel __41__ when people whispered about him. So I just let them talk.

    Then came the day when I learned my brother Captain’s testing for autism (自閉症) came out positive(陽*). I had never thought about him like that. I broke __42__, crying. Everything had just changed. He was no longer a(n) __43__ little boy.

    Over time, I was able to accept his __44_ a little more. We had to __45__ because Captain needed treatment. So Captain and I both started at a new school. One day, I was standing in the bus line waiting when a “short” bus (for the retarded) came and __46__ some kids up. The children in the other line started making __47_ about the “retarded” on that bus and I felt a __48__ feeling in my heart. I said quietly that those comments weren’t very nice, __49__ no one listened.

    My family moved again. In the new school I got a __50__ to speak up pretty soon. That day, in a band class, my teacher __51__ our playing to make some comments, “… Guys, we’re playing like the kids on the short bus! Come on!”

    The entire room was laughing loudly. I felt very __52__. Then, I raised my hand. I wasn’t sure what I was going to say but I wanted to be heard.

    The whole class __53__ down. My mouth opened and this came out:“I don’t think we should make fun of the short bus, because there are people on that bus who have a lot in common with us and have the same feelings as we do.” I could feel my __54__ getting louder. “So I would __55__ it if you didn’t make fun of them.”

    The room was very quiet and everyone stared at me. My teacher __56__ for the words and then started the song again. At the end of the class, everyone was giving me strange looks. But I didn’t __57__, because I knew three things: I had spoken the __58__. I had taught everyone something, and while everyone in the classroom was being a follower, I had __59_ to take a different path since I wanted to become a __60_ and a role model. 

41. A. amazed               B. hurt                  C. uncertain           D. cold

42. A. off                     B. in                      C. down                D. away

43. A. normal                      B. noisy                 C. outstanding        D. impressive

44. A. pain                    B. interest              C. opinion             D. illness

45. A. change                B. move              C. quit                   D. study

46. A. set                 B. took                  C. brought             D. picked

47. A. jokes                  B. complaints         C. choices             D. discoveries

48. A. violent                B. strange            C. confusing         D. clear 

49. A. because                     B. if                C. but                   D. so

50. A. chance                B. position             C. topic                D. point

51. A. encouraged       B. bothered            C. enjoyed             D. stopped 

52. A. bad                   B. embarrassed      C. tense                 D. guilty

53. A. sat                   B. slowed             C. quieted              D. looked

54. A. pace                   B. voice                C. pulse                 D. breath

55. A. excuse                B. appreciate        C. stand         D. permit 

56. A. apologized           B. fought          C. allowed           D. argued 

57. A. understand          B. notice                C. return               D. care    

58. A. wisdom                   B. importance      C. matter               D. truth

59. A. helped                 B. decided             C. agreed               D. hoped

60. A. reporter                   B. thinker              C. leader                D. trainer

【回答】

41. BCADB  46. DABCA　51. DACBB  56. ADDBC

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