英语四级阅读备考之练习题(3)_大学英语阅读

英语四级阅读备考之练习题(3)

　　本文为各位正在备考英语的同学准备了阅读练习题，希望大家多多练习，取得好的四级成绩。

　　Gary Finkle had his backbone severely 11 in a swimming-pool accident seven years ago. A heavy-set, bearded man of 27, he is one of thousands of Americans who have lost 12 all feeling and movement from their shoulders down. He lives with his wife, Micky, and a female monkey named Jo outside the village of Andes, N. Y.

　　Gary is a participant in a remarkable 13 called Helping Hands: Simian Aides for the disabled. The nonprofit organization 14 the disabled with trained monkeys that reduce the disabled person s 15 on family, friends and hired attendants.

　　Using his mouth, Gary controls a small laser pointer mounted on his wheel?chair. With it, he directs Jo to change books or cassette player. She brings him drinks from a refrigerator and 16 away empties.

　　When asked, Jo will fetch the remote control for the TV and place it on Gary s working table where he can operate it with his mouth-stick. The mouth-stick is his 17 tool. It can be used for practically everything: turning the pages of a book, 18 the telephone, changing channels on the TV, working at a typewriter or computer. If Gary s mouth-stick drops to the floor, Jo will pick it up and 19 reinsert it into his mouth.

　　I can t imagine living without her, Gary says. He will always need 20 assistance for such things as getting in or out of bed, bathing or changing his clothes.