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2017届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读能力培养精品系列（四十二） 完形填空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 hope 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. | 
