12 he could and paint for her. All the while he would tell her, "see, you can do 13 you set your mind to".

14 , she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged (允许出院). My dad also 15 the children hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and 16 to work, he was at the volunteer counter one day and 17 the front door open. In came the little girl who had been paralyzed, but this time she was 18 . She ran straight to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her 19 . At the bottom it read, "thank you for helping me walk."

　　Sometimes love is more 20 than doctors, and my dad - who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture - loved every single child in that hospital.

1. A. important B. steady C. easy D. good

2. A. ill B. behind D. asleep D. down

3. A. well B. wealthy C. busy D. healthy

4. A. palace B. hospital C. center D. park

5. A. teach B. miss C. lose D. treat

6. A. speech B. comfort C. praise D. way

7. A. special B. curious C. common D. rare

8. A. result B. reason C. name D. course

9. A. observing B,. drawing C. painting D. visiting

10. A. with B. across C. against D. over

11. A. head B. throat C. fingers D. eyes

12. A. with whoever B. whenever C. as if D. as soon as

13. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

14. A. Basically B. Naturally C. Eventually D. Suddenly

15. A. left B. entered C. rushed to D. stayed at

16. A. stopped B. returned C. hesitated D. refused

A. pushed B. noticed C. observed D. kicked