Wings of Angel

I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not  34 . I had a severe spinal cord disorder (脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much  35 than others.

I hated going to school and I hated people  36 at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing straight and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the  37 and seeing an ugly hunchback (駝背).

My friends found me  38 because I didn’t let others get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life  39 Angel appeared.

That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school — a spot where no one would  40 me. That’s when I first heard her voice.

“Hi. Can I sit down?”

I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible(極為誘人的) smile on her round face.

“What are you looking at?” she asked.

“Ants.”

“What are they doing?”

“No idea.”

“I bet they’re playing games and making friends. Don’t you think so?”

That was how our  41 started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche (處境) — until it was sunset.

Then suddenly, she saw my  42 . She just stared.

  My heart sank. What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would  43 me now.

She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know  44 your back is hunched.”

I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be sentenced. I begged in my heart for her to  45 , but she just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”

“No,” I answered  46 .

She bent and whispered in my ears.

“Your back is hunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.” 

I was  47 . I looked into her eyes and her kindness touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to 48 myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind-hearted friend.

34. A. them           B. it             C. me           D. her 

35. A. sadder           B. shorter         C. weaker         D. slower

36. A. looking          B. smiling          C. aiming          D. glaring 

37. A. street            B. sun            C. corner         D. mirror

38. A. distant           B. disappointed     C. hopeless         D. unlucky

39. A. after            B. while          C. since           D. until

40. A. disturb          B. seek            C. comfort        D. ignore

41. A. games B. performance C. conversation       D. competition

42. A. face             B. back            C. eyes            D. wings

43. A. look up to        B. catch up with   C. look down upon    D. put up with

44. A. that              B. how             C. whether         D. why

45. A. relax             B. leave            C. stop             D. forbid

46. A. excitedly          B. weakly          C. proudly         D. firmly

47. A. astonished         B. ashamed         C. annoyed          D. upset

48. A. control           B. like              C. forgive         D. hate

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