I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 1 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 2 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 3 as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 4 . I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 5 mean that the loss of 6 made me enjoy more of 7 I have now.
Life asks us to keep making 8 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 9 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 10 . My parents and my teachers saw 11 in me－a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it－which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.
The hardest 12 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 13 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 14 . That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 15 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
1. A. imagine B. find C. remember D. guess
2. A. but B. though C. so D. because
3. A. myself B. life C. eyes D. blindness
4. A. that B. therefore C. happily D. deeply
5. A. seldom B. just C. hardly D. always
6. A. them B. it C. blindness D. light
7. A. that B. what C. which D. where
8. A. moments B. encouragements C. improvements D. changes
9. A. become B. change C. look D. end
10. A. brave B. lucky C. sad D. wise
11. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
12. A. problem B. experience C. difficulty D. lesson
13. A. rest B. whole C. need D. last
14. A. lonely B. alone C. self D. person
15. A. company B. group C. society (社会) D. family
----- I don’t think waste water should be put into the rivers or lakes.
----_____.It will cause much water pollution.
A. Good luck. B. It’s my pleasure C.I agree with you D. The same to you
--- Oh, Jack’s not here these days. Is he ill?
---________. His mother told me that he was in hospital.
A. I’m afraid so. B. I hope not. C.I don’t mind D.I don’t think so
-- How about going shopping on Renmin Road this evening?
--- ______,but I have to prepare for tomorrow’s exam.
A. I can’t B. Sounds great C. That’s right D. No, I’m terribly sorry.
----Your monitor is never late for school, is he?
--- ______.He always comes to school earlier than others.
A. Yes, he is. B. No, he isn’t C. Yes, of course. D. No, sometimes
---Are Mr. and Mrs. Wang living alone in the house?
---Yes, they have three sons, but ______ of them live in their own houses.
A. neither B. both C. all D. none
