COURAGEOUS COED

Never say “no” to Emma Flores. It isn’t her vocabulary. People have been trying to say no to Emma since she was
crippled by polio at age 11. “No, you can’t get out of bed… No, you can’t go to school….”. But Emma always said, “Yes, I
can”. People began to believe her. A great number of believers, in fact, were present when Emma received her diploma from
college. Now 22, the pretty brunette with brown eyes can walk but will never here the use of her arms and hands. She is
thankful to her schoolmates for making it possible for her to live her by day life at college. Teams of girls helped he get up in
the morning and dress, carried her books, fed her each mouthful of food and even tucked her into bet at night – the bed ext to
respirator1 which hums and sighs all night long, doing Emma’s breathing for her while she sleeps. The girls washed out
Emma’s things, ironed her blouses, help her shop and gave her rides.

Emma did all the rest. She learned to write with her feet, grasping the pencil between twotoes. That’s how she took
notes in class. She typed her report, using a pencil held in each foot to strike the keys. Earning A’s and B’s, she majored in
languages and added to the money she received from a scholarship by tutoring other students.

She put worry out of her life. Although she depends on other, she doesn’t give it much thought. “ I just walk into the
cafetaria, “Emma said, not knowing from one meal to the next who’s going to help me. But somebody does. I don’t worry
about it”.

Emma treats the use of her feet like a rare gift. “I really enjoy using my feet”, she said. “I have a ball. I learned to paint
with water colors and when I want the colors to run together I have to hold up the paper and shake with both feet . It ’s a riot”.
Althought Emma doesn’t need a respirator in the day time, she must have one at night, so she takes a portable machine with
her when she travels. During her vacation she flew to New York alone, to visit a friend, and this summer she plans to take a
trip to Mexico.

Emma is native of Mexicalli, where her parents still live. She was one of many Mexican children stricken by a polio at
time when doctors there could not even identify it. Her father was told that Emma would be bedridden the rest of her life. Her
refused to accept to verdict.

With nothing but determination on his side, he tried in every way to help his daughte. After a series of operations,
Emma progressed from getting about with a wheelchair, to braces2, to walking on her own.
While other students were getting graduation presents, Emma was giving one-art scrapbook she had carefully and painfully
put together for her friend, Sandy Mclntyre, “The girl who helped me the most”.
She use magazine cut outs to illustrate carefully lettered quotations about life and love. The book ends with these words:
“Thank you for life, thank you for grace, thank you lord.

C. To help he type
1. respirator : a device to aid breathing D. Only during the way
2. braces : support for a week part of the body
1. Another title that would best explain the main idea of this 4. When Emma was a young girl in Mexican
story is : A. Mexican children never got polio
A. Typing with feet B. Doctors knew a great deal about polio
B. A Handicapped Girl Succeeds C. She was the only child
C. Scrapbook from Life D. She was one of many Mexican children struck by
D. Polio and Its Effects polio

2. Emma Flores 5. Emma Flores is

A. Worries a great deal A. setfish B. determined
B. Cannot walk C. complaining D. worrying
C. Writes with her feet
D. Feeds herself 6. Emma’s schoolmates in college did not
A. Feed her
3. Emma uses a respirator B. Wash and iron to her
A. To help her breathe at night C. Help her dress
B. At all time D. Takes notes in class for her
 18. …. John studied very hard, he did not well on his final
7. Emma is thankful to her college schoolmates because exam
A. They did all her homework for her A. But B. Because
B. They have her a scrapbook for graduation C. However D. Although
C. They help her walk
D. She would never have gotten through college 19. Blue jeans are worn by people of all economic levels,…
without their help millionaires to hose living on welfare
A. Not only B. Both
8. Emma learned to write with her feet because C. Including D. From
A. She can write faster with them than sehe can with her
hands 20. What ….. to you?
B. She enjoy doing unusual things A. Happen B. Happening
C. She had already learned to use her feet to type C. To happen D. happened
D. She cannot use her hands at all
Part Three : Vocabulary and Idiom
9. Emma tutored other students because 21. The football match result in a
A. Language major have tutor A. Loss B. Zero
B. She needed money to help get through college C. Draw D. Qualizer
C. She needed to feet important
D. It kept her mind off her worries 22. All medicines should be kept out of … of the children
A. Hands
10. Emma made a scrapbook for Sandy McIntyre because B. Touch
A. She has grateful for the help Sandy had given her C. Contact
B. Sandy had made her one of her D. Reach
C. Sandy needed it for a class she was talking
D. It was a requirement for graduation 23. I phone Rani this morning but when I said who I was
Part B : Structure and Usage she
11. How many cards…………in the box? A. Rang up B. Hung up
A. There are B. There have C. Shut up D. Shut down
C. Are there D. Have there
24. When he died he left…. Amounting to $100,000
12. he is not from ... A. Accounts B. Obligations
A. french B. korean C. Payment D. Debts
C. spain D. swiss
25. It is against the ….not o wear helm on a motorcycle
13. Cindy loves… dinner for her husband A. Rule B. Regulation
A. Preparing B. To prepare C. Order D. Law
C. Prepares D. Prepared
26. I have just …. An account with the BCA
14. That’s the … popular model they sell A. Opened B. Made
A. At least B. Less C. Entered D. Registered
C. At last D. Least
27. In recent years inflation has almost tripled ... of living
15. She is not reading A. The price B. The cost
A. Either am B. Neither am I C. The charge D. The expense
C. Neither I am D. Either I am
28. Do you get extra payment if you work?
16. We will be leaving…just a few minutes A. Extensively B. Overtime
A. In B. At C. Continuosly D. Overlong
C. On D. Of
29. …about going for a swim this afternoon?
17. …. Are the fresh and vegetables healthy for you, but A. When B. Why
they taste delicious too. C. How D. Who
A. Much more B. Not just
C. Not only D. Of course 30. My grandmother passes …. before I was born
A. Away B. Off
C. By D. Up