题目内容：

Introduction to Letters to Sam

Dear Reader,

Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my   _  , Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been _  ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the_____to tell Sam what I had _ ___.

For years I have been hosting a program on the___and writing articles for a magazine. Being     to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart    , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and ___. So when Sam was born, I____to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these____. I hope that Sam would____them sooner or later.

However, that expectation___when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He ____to communicate with others, even the family members. That was____for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even_____now to tell him. I wanted him to____what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll____as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just____if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.

Now, _____the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a____.

Daniel Bottlings

1.A. son     B. nephew     C. brother    D. grandson

2.A. seriously  B. mentally   C. slightly    D. quietly

3.A. ability    B. time       C. courage   D. responsibility

4.A. written   B. suffered     C. observed  D. lost

5.A. radio    B. television    C. stage      D. bed

6.A. ready   B. unable       C. anxious    D. eager

7.A. warm    B. broken      C. closed      D. open

8.A. hosts    B. visitors      C. readers     D. reporters

9.A. began    B. stopped      C. forgot      D. decided

10.A. letters   B. emails       C. books       D. diaries

11.A. find      B. read       C. collect      D. keep

12.A. developed  B. disappeared C. changed    D. arrived

13.A. tried      B. refused    C. regretted    D. hoped

14.A. exciting   B. acceptable   C. strange    D. heartbreaking

15.A. less      B. everything   C. more     D. nothing

16.A. understand B. explain     C. believe    D. question

17.A. fear      B. face       C. know       D. cause

18.A. felt      B. guessed     C. saw        D. doubted

19.A. as       B. once       C. though       D. if

20.A. teacher   B. child       C. man         D. writer