In2005,Ihadastrokeandwastakenintohospital.Iwasparalyzed...

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In 2005, I had a stroke and was taken into hospital. I was paralyzed down one side, with only a pad and a pen to   21   . But on my first day, after writing a note to the nurse, I found my right   22    wandering across the page. It was so   23   because I just copied a cartoon as a child, and I hadn’t drawn since then. The act was   24  ;   25   when a nurse asked me what I was doing did I look down to see patterns all over the paper.

   From then on I woke up every night at 2 a.m. And kept drawing until dawn. It didn’t feel   26   . I’d never drawn before in my life but now couldn’t   27   .

   The   28   explained that very occasionally, following a stroke, a patient’s brain rewired itself to avoid the damaged area. Sometimes this can   29   a new ability in a patient: in my case,   30   .

   I’d never had the   31   interest in art in my life. I was an engineer by trade, and now,   32  , memories and thoughts appeared to me as abstract   33   . It was just something that happened. Drawing had become like breathing: something I did instinctively and without   34   .

   In 2007, I heard about Second Life, the online virtual world. Inside, I   35   art galleries selling digital art for real   36   and I decided to   37   my work for the first time. Two months later, someone   38   me saying he had bought two of my pictures online and wanted one in real life.

   Now I’m a   39   artist—in my first year I’ve earned around ￡30,000. I’ve been featured in some art exhibitions,   40   many of my pictures appeared on the cover.

（   ）21. A. remember           B. touch               C. communicate          D. grasp

（   ）22. A. leg                      B. arm                 C. foot                         D. hand

（   ）23. A. annoying                B. comfortable            C. boring                            D. strange

（   ）24. A. unconscious              B. powerful           C. useless                   D. stable

（   ）25. A. merely                B. only                 C. just                         D. hardly

（   ）26. A. valuable                     B. normal                    C. complicated            D. fascinating

（   ）27. A. ignore                 B. stand               C. insist                       D. stop

（   ）28. A. artist                   B. scientist           C. actor                       D. doctor

（   ）29. A. forbid                  B. adjust                     C. expose                          D. arrange

（   ）30. A. drawing               B. writing              C. singing                   D. thinking

（   ）31. A. deepest                     B. slightest           C. strongest                D. hardest

（   ）32. A. actually               B. fluently             C. logically                  D. suddenly

（   ）33. A. images                B. ideas               C. methods                 D. affairs

（   ）34. A. change               B. style                 C. choice                           D. reaction

（   ）35. A. suggested          B. enjoyed           C. avoided                  D. discovered

（   ）36. A. money                B. life                   C. interest                   D. program

（   ）37. A. show                   B. buy                  C. quit                         D. record

（   ）38. A. commanded        B. praised            C. contacted               D. impressed

（   ）39. A. gifted                  B. hard-working   C. professional           D. wealthy

（   ）40. A. so                       B. but                   C. while                       D. through

【回答】

21-25 CDDAB       26-30  BDDCA  31-35  BDACD     36-40  AACCA

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空