Attheageof14,HarveyBayteenagerMarkFarrelltookadiveintoa...

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At the age of 14, Harvey Bay teenager Mark Farrell took a dive into a swimming pool that would   1   his life forever.

“I jumped into the pool and broke my   2   ,” he says. It’s a very   3   story because I jumped into the deep end, not the shallow end where most spinal (脊柱的)   4   occur.”

Mark has been in a wheelchair ever since and now, at 27, is very matter of fact about any   5   life might throw at him. In fact, he finds it   6   to name any challenge at all. “I just live my life and   7   it day by day,” he says.

For the past few years, Mark has   8  with the Spinal Education Awareness Team (SEAT), telling his   9   to young people in the Harvey Bay region. He also works as a whale   10  , taking photos for various publications and calendars. “If I can   1   one kid’s life, it makes every single  2   I do worthwhile,” he says.

The aim of the SEAT program is to   3   students to prevent spinal injuries and help them to   4   understand the challenges and feeling of the people who   5   with a spinal injury.

Mark discusses the importance of checking the   6   of water before diving in and being more   7   in general. He has told thousands of school students his story over the years and says that if his   8   can prevent one spinal injury in a young person, he’s   59  . Mark’s contribution to preventing spinal injuries was   10   in 2017, when he was named Young Australian of the Year.

1. A. end                            B. benefit                    C. change                    D. shorten 2. A. neck                            B. leg                          C. Arm                        D. wrist

3. A. familiar                      B. useful                      C. unusual                    D. reasonable 4. A. analyses                      B. treatment                 C. protect                     D. injuries 5. A. curiosity                      B. challenge                  C. success                     D. responsibility 6. A. necessary                    B. hard                         C. strange                     D important 7. A. realize                         B. finish                       C. name                       D. take 8. A. agreed                        B. argued                     C. worked                    D competed 9. A. story                          B. anxiety                    C. doubt                       D. hobby 10. A. doctor                       B. trainer                      C. keeper                      D. photographer 11. A. report                       B. satisfy                      C. save                         D. understand 12. entation                B. promotion               C. response                  D. comparison 13. A. beg                           B. allow                       C. force                        D. educate 14. A. less                           B. better                       C. Poor                       D. newly

15. A live                            B. learn                       C. travel                      D. swim 16. A width                         B. depth                      C. length                     D. height 17. A grateful                      B. patient                     C. cautious                   D. brave 18. A. talks                          B. complaints                C. feelings                   D. comments 19. A. calm                         B. polite                      C. confident                 D. happy

20. A. suspected                  B. recognized               C. stopped                   D. limited

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1-5 CACDB    6-10 BDCAD           11-15 CADBA            16-20 BCADB

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