Guessing meaning from context

Read these texts. Then guess the correct meaning of each word in italics.
Terry Fox was 18 when he lost His right leg. Doctors discovered
cancer, so it was a amputated . However, Terry didn't feel too b depressed .aout it.
Rather, he c overcame his disaility y running across !anada to raise money for
cancer research. "nfortunately, after #,$%$ &ilometers and 1'$ days, his cancer d
re-emerged and he had to go ac& to the hos(ital.
He died when he was only )), ut his incredile *+arathon of Ho(e, e inspired a
worldwide fundraising cam(aign that has raised -)%. million for cancer research.
a 1 cut o/ ) re(laced $ hurt
1 serious ) o(timistic $ miserale
c 1 showed ) defeated $ covered
d 1 came ac& ) disa((eared $ im(roved
e 1 sto((ed ) encouraged $ recommended
Reading fuently:
Man with no arms and no legs never gives up
Hirotada 0tota&e was orn with no arms and no legs. However, his (ositive attitude
has ins(ired millions of (eo(le around the world. 1t )$, +r. 0tota&e graduated from
2a(an's famous 3aseda "niversity. He ecame a s(orts journalist, and in 1448,
wrote a est5selling oo& which has now sold more than four million co(ies. !alled
Nobody's Perfect, the oo& descries his tireless strength and determination to
lead a full and rewarding life. 3ritten with humor, it has hel(ed to change the way
many 2a(anese view (eo(le with disabilities. Today, he is (ossily 2a(an's est5
&nown disaled (erson. +r. 0tota&e has never allowed his disaility to sto( him
from en6oying life, and in )..%, he started wor& as a science teacher at 7uginami
Dai58on 9lementary 7chool in To&yo. *+y dream is to create a (eaceful world,, +r.
0tota&e revealed, s(ea&ing in an interview a few days after starting his new 6o. *:f
my competence () and character could ring me even one little ste( closer to
this goal, : would e very ha((y and ;nd meaning in having een orn into this
world,, he said,smiling and nodding his head. He is accompanied y 7hinichi 0no,
who hel(s him with everything from changing into his gym clothes to driving him to
and from home. *There are things that only :, ecause of my situation, can teach
children, unli&e other teachers,, he said, referring to res(ect and acce(tance of
each other. 3hen he was a child, his (arents sent +r. 0tota&e to a mainstream
school. He elieves that having someone with disailities in the classroom could
hel( create an atmos(here of solidarity +r. 0tota&e also ho(es to ins(ire his
students to do their est and never give u(. For exam(le, he (lays as&etall and
aseall. *<y only loo&ing at my ody, you would thin& it im(ossile to drile and
throw a all. <ut if children could watch me and thin&, '3ow, he must have wor&ed
hard to do that,' they too may feel they can challenge themselves to do something
without giving u(,,he said. *0r else while watching +r. 0no hel( me, they might
feel what a marvelous thing it is to hel( one
another = which would ma&e me ha((y,, he added. He wants disaled (eo(le in
2a(an to e more acce(ted. *>eo(le react to a (erson with disailities as if he
belongs to a di/erent world,, he said. *:'ve lived thus far on the sim(le (remise
that as a human eing, : have challenged myself to do the things : wanted to.,
+r. 0tota&e &nows there is still a long way to go efore (eo(le with disailities are
fully acce(ted in 2a(an. *: would li&e to &ee( this attitude of not eing !xated on
my disaility, ut would li&e society to acce(t it.,
"iscussion
#hat do you thin$ is the main idea Mr %tota$e wants to communicate&