When the truck hit, the impact instantly broke my back and ribs； my left arm was cut openby broken window glass； my heart and stomach tore loose and ended up near my shoulder. Later,doctors told me that the injuries I sustained in the accident were so severe that I shouldn’t be alive. __33__ I remember thinking about my situation in a very clear, rational way. I knew I had to calmdown, so I focused on making my breathing slow and steady. I heard people shouting, ‟My God,someone do something! This woman is bleeding to death!” I wondered who they were talking about.Then I realized it was me. __34__ They took me to a nearby village. A teenager in a T-shirt pouredalcohol on the cuts in my arm and used a needle to sew them up. __35__ Some hours later, an aidworker arrived. He realized it was urgent that I get to a hospital quickly, so he volunteered to driveme to the capital, Vientiane. From there I was taken to Udon Thani, Thailand. Three weeks later, Iboarded an aircraft to return to the U.S. There, I went through more than 20 operations. __36__ InDecember 2001, almost two years after the accident, I achieved my goal of hiking to the top ofMount Kilimanjaro in Africa. It was the start of a new day, and for me, a new life.
【題組】33.
(A) There were no drugs to reduce the pain.
(B) Eventually I was rescued by some people who were passing by.
(C) Somehow I managed to get out of the bus and lay by the side of the road.
(D) Although my body was weak, my mind was still strong and tough, and I never gave up.