Wordly Wise Lesson 4 Book 4

Sucheng's parents were unable to send her to school until she was eight. Their ______________ income did not permit spending on her education.

• attended

• modest

• active

• graceful

Polio was once greatly feared. People _____________ to the disease became ill and often lost the use of their limbs.

• imposed

• pessimistic

• active

• exposed

Her illness greatly affected Sucheng's life. Once she had been a very ______________ child, but now she was forced to spend all her time in bed.

• modest

• eager

• active

• graceful

Sucheng's world became smaller when her illness forced her to stay in bed. She felt that her world had __________ to the size of the bedroom.

• contracted

• recitals

• imposed

• exposed

Sucheng supported herself by holding onto the backs of chairs, but using _____________ bars like those in gymnastics would have made it easier for her to practice walking.

• paralysis

• cherished

• parallel

• exposed

The brave little girl fell many times while supporting herself against the chairs. She was so _________ to walk again that she put up with the pain.

• recitals

• imposed

• response

• eager

Sucheng's parents could not have imagined her later success. They would have been _______________ to know that she would become a history professor in the United States.

• astounded

• response

• active

• modest

An important year in China's history was 1948. That was when communist rule was _____________ on the country.

• attended

• imposed

• eager

• contracted

Sucheng's parents did not welcome the communist takeover of China. They were _________ about what this would mean for the country.

• pessimistic

• modest

• attended

• imposed

Because they ______________ freedom too much to want to live under communist rule, Sucheng's parents thought often about leaving China.

• parallel

• attended

• active

• cherished