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I met Ryan,a young man with cerebral palsy (脑瘫),in my biology class. My simple “Hello!” and his cheerful reply were the__1__to our friendship from the first day of school. There was a time when Ryan was not able to come to school. He was in a great deal of__2__after having a surgery on his legs,but he__3__his sufferings from everyone.
In our junior year,we found that we didn’t __4__a single class. This was not a problem,though. We just talked a little more in the hallway__5__the break. That year seemed to fly by. One day,Ryan asked me to hold the torch (火炬) runner’s flag that would__6__the spot where Ryan would__7__his Olympic torch run. He gently explained that he would be honored __8__I would accept this position for him. The Olympic committee sent a letter saying that the person that holds the flag for him must be someone__9__to him. He said I was the only true friend he had__10__made that talked to him and not to his wheel chair. How could I__11__such a request?
On the morning of June 5th,as I walked down the sidewalk,my heart__12__and my mind became a factory of questions. I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would__13__the huge crowd of thousands of people.