高考真题印证 •Passage 1•(2010· 重庆 )•Introduction to Letters to Sam•Dear Reader ，• Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my __1__ ， 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 __2__ ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the __3__ to tell Sam what I had __4__.• For years I have been hosting a program on the __5__ and writing articles for a magazine. Being __6__ to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart __7__ ， exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and __8__. So when Sam was born, I __9__ to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That's how I • started to write these __10__. I hoped that Sam would __11__ them sooner or later.• •However, that expectation __12__ 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 __13__ to communicate with others, even the family members. That was __14__ for me but didn't stop me writing on. I realized that I had even __15__ now to tell him. I wanted him to __16__ what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he'll __17__ as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just __18__ if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life. • Now, __19__ 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 __20__.• Daniel Gottlieb•1. A. son B. nephew•C. brother D. grandson•答案与解析： D 根据下文提...
