Let’s learn to use the problem we are facing ________ a stepping-stone to future success.
A. to B. for C. as D. by
The house still needed a lot of work, but ___ the kitchen was finished.
A. instead B. altogether C. at once D. at least
I lost my sight when 1 was 4 years old in an accident. Now I'm 32.
It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love 1so much, as I do now, if I hadn't been 2. I don't mean that l would prefer to go with no sight. I simply mean that the 3of it made me 4more what I had left.
Life，I believe， 5a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more 6a person is able to make these adjustments，the more 7his life becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I had to 8in myself，or else 1 would have collapsed（崩溃）. When I say belief in myself，I am not talking about simply the kind of 9that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. But I 10something bigger than that：an assurance that I am，despite imperfections，a real， 11person.
It took me years to discover and 12this assurance. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was 13. “I can't use this，”I said “Take it with you，”he urged me，“and roll it around.” The word stuck in my head. By 14the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to 15a goal I had thought impossible：playing baseball. At Philadelphia School for the Blind I invented a successful 16of baseball. We call it Ground Ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of 17and then tried to reach them, one at a time. But I had to be aware of my 18. It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was out of 19because that only invited the bitterness of 20. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
1.A. darkness B. life C. freedom D. nature
2.A. cured B. deaf C. blind D. brave
3.A. remaining B. use C. recovery D. loss
4.A. appreciate B. challenge C. suffer D. use
5.A. asks B. causes C. lacks D. directs
6.A. abruptly B. simply C. cautiously D. readily
7.A. rich B. meaningful C. complex D. helpful
8.A. believe B. give C. take D. turn
9.A. independence B. confidence C. diligence D. weakness
10.A. mean B. have C. produce D. hide
11.A. disabled B. reasonable C. fearless D. positive
12.A. strengthen B. prove C. remove D. present
13.A. scolded B. cheated C. benefited D. hurt
14.A. taking B. rolling C. hitting D. passing
15.A. shoot B. describe C. imagine D. achieve
16.A. occupation B. variation C. competition D. qualification
17.A. goals B. games C. balls D. examples
18.A. intelligence B. virtues C. advantages D. limitations
19.A. breath B. reach C. power D. sight
20.A. failure B. sickness C. ignorance D. success
--- What do you think of _____ suggestion?
--- Well, ______ most splendid one indeed.
A. 不填; the B. 不填; a C. the; a D. the; the
Tom is ▁▁ most hardworking student, but he isn’t▁▁ most hardworking in our class.
A. the; the B. a; the C. the; a D. a; a
Mary couldn’t remember the exact date of the hurricane, but she knew it was ____ Saturday because everybody was at ___ church.
A. /; the B. a; / C. /; a D. the; /
