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I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more __1__ the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ __2__ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members,__3__ chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore soundblocking earplugs(耳塞)or blindfolds(眼罩).
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a __4__ experience. I had never considered before how __5__ it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my __6__ made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not __7__. Then I wondered where to put my __8__. It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into __9__. I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of __10__ for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary(临时的) __11__.
I tried to find a __12__ position and thought it might be restful, __13__ kind of nice, to be __14__ around for a while. Looking around, I __15__ I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I __16__ the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the __17__ of the wheelchair as not going to be a(n)__18__ task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon __19__. It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the __20__, both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.