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语 篇 提 能 阅读理解 A Forrest Gump came out in the United States on July 6, 1994. The film, based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, was well received by critics and became a commercial success. The following is a summary of the plot. In 1981, Forrest Gump is waiting at a bus stop and begins telling his life story to strangers sitting next to him. The story begins with the leg braces (支架) he had to wear as a child, which resulted in him being teased by children. On a bus for his first day of school, Forrest meets Jenny and they become best friends. Forrest can run very fast which, despite his below­average intelligence, earns him a scholarship to the University of Alabama. After graduating, Forrest enlists_in the United States Army, where he becomes friends with Benjamin Buford Bubba Blue, and they agree to go into the shrimping (捕虾) business together. They are sent to Vietnam, and in a battle on 7th June 1965, Bubba is killed, and Forrest saves many of the men in his group, including his leader 2nd Lt. Dan Taylor. Then Forrest buys a shrimping boat, keeping his promise to Bubba, and Dan joins Forrest. After Hurricane Carmen destroys every other shrimping boat in the area, their Bubba Gump Shrimp Company becomes a huge success. Forrest then returns home to care for his sick mother who dies soon afterwards. Jenny returns to visit Forrest and stays with him. Forrest asks her to marry him, but is turned down. Feeling upset, Forrest decides to go for a run, which turns into a three­year coast­to­coast marathon (马拉松赛跑). One day he stops suddenly and returns home. He receives a letter from Jenny asking to meet, which brings him to the