题目内容：

    Reggie couldn’t hear a thing.  He was a____boy, but he had been born deaf.  He was well-known to everyone in town, and they were all____him. Unfortunately, though, he____seemed to end up being treated differently from everyone else. Children worried they would____him, and that maybe because he wouldn’t hear the ball being hit in his____. Adults acted like he was unable to____them, as though he was some kind of baby.

His friend Michael didn’t like this. He decided that things had to be____. Michael’s father was the town’s mayor(市长), and Michael____to convince him that this year, in honor of Reggie, they should offer one day of the____to deaf people. During that whole day everyone would have to wear earplugs(耳塞).

People liked the____. The day became known as The Day of Silence, and when it arrived, everyone stuck plugs in their____, in a spirit of great fun. That morning was filled with____and laughter. But, as the hours passed, people became more and more aware of how____life was when they couldn’t hear anything.

On that day nobody was thinking of Reggie as just a____person. This meant he could be____just like any other boy, and people saw a whole new side of____. Not only that, but Reggie had a bright and sharp mind. On that day, using his usual____, Reggie was the one who could communicate best with everyone. This meant that people paid more attention to what he was saying, and they were____by his intelligence and his ability to find solutions to almost any problem.  They____that he had always been like that, and that in normal life all Reggie needed was a little more time than others to____. That was the only difference.

1.A. healthy    B. poor    C. normal    D. brave

2.A. close to    B. fond of    C. strict with    D. thankful for

3.A. seldom    B. never    C. sometimes    D. always

4.A. hurt    B. cheat    C. punish    D. shock

5.A. home    B. direction    C. classroom    D. car

6.A. understand    B. encourage、    C. protect    D. support

7.A. worked    B. changed    C. acted    D. prepared

8.A. managed    B. prepared    C. helped    D. learned

9.A. journey    B. term    C. week    D. festival

10.A. excuse    B. course    C. idea    D. game

11.A. clothes    B. hands    C. rooms    D. ears

12.A. victories    B. meals    C. jokes    D. lessons

13.A. difficult    B. dangerous    C. short    D. useless

14.A. stupid    B. deaf    C. rude    D. negative

15.A. treated    B. taught    C. comforted    D. fed

16.A. themselves    B. him    C. itself    D. them

17.A. words    B. telephones    C. tools    D. gestures

18.A. frightened    B. embarrassed    C. surprised    D. amused

19.A. proved    B. reported    C. remembered    D. realized

20.A. watch    B. eat    C. communicate    D. walk