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The moment I fell off the
horse, I knew I was going to die. I felt myself thrown violently over his head
and onto the ground. I heard my bones break.
"Help me," I cried. "Please, help me." Terrible pain
in my chest and back turned my words into a whisper. "I'm alone," I
thought. No one heard me. In a daze, I struggled to my feet. "You are
strong," I told myself," and you can do this. "I forced myself
to walk back to the farm house. Doctors told me later that I'd done all of this
with seven broken bones, a bleeding lung and an injured neck.
"Mary, I fell off 'Nate', "I phoned. "I think it's bad. I
can't feel my right arm anymore. "I'd called my workmates at the hospital,
knowing they would be my lifelines.
An
hour later, I lay in the hospital. I was no longer a nurse; I was a patient in
my own emergency department. At that moment, I let my memory go back some four
weeks.
"OK, just jump out, "Duke commanded as I hesitated in the
doorway of the plane. Today I would prove how strong I was. Today I would be a
skydiver. "Let's do it!"I shouted back and I jumped.
The
shaking stop of the CT scanner interrupted my memory. I was a single mother and
a strong woman who could drive a horse. The misfortunes of the past two years
had taught me to stand taller.
Months later, I returned to work to find I'd become a local legend(传奇). The story was told and retold. One day a new
employee heard the story and he asked me in surprise, "Who picked you up
after you fell?"
I
felt myself take a deep breath-it was warm and alive in my chest. "Who
picked me up?"A knowing smile spread across my face. "Think big,
"I told him, "really big. "
(1)
What is the author?
A . A mother.
B . A nurse.
C . A patient.
D . A skydiver.
(2)
What do we know about the woman?
A . She enjoys a happy marriage.
B . She wants to be a skydiver.
C . She has a strong personality.
D . She is weak in riding horses.
(3)
Who picked the author up?
A . Mary.
B . Duke.
C . Herself.
D . Her workmates.
(4)
Which one can be used to conclude the passage?
A . An accident caused a woman's rebirth.
B . A woman' life has changed by accident
C . The unlucky life made a woman taller.
D . A dependent woman became a local legend.
答案: B
C
C
A