Question

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight（货物）yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can still_______the brightness of sunshine. It would be_______to see again, but a_______can do strange things to people. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the_______of them made me_______more what I had.

Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustmentsto reality. The more quickly a person is able to make these adjustments, the more_______his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never_______I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me—the_______to live—which I didn’t see, and they made me want to_______against blindness.

The hardest________I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of________that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: the confidence that I am, despite being imperfect, a real,________person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and________this confidence. It had to start with the simplest things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. “I can’t use this.” I said. “Take it with you,” he________me, “and roll it around.” The words________in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought________: playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I________a successful variation of baseball and I called it ground ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my________It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach________that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would________sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.

1.A.remember B.affect C.measure D.bring

2.A.possible B.wonderful C.hopeful D.reasonable

3.A.question B.mistake C.disaster D.situation

4.A.importance B.value C.loss D.attention

5.A.record B.expect C.offer D.appreciate

6.A.natural B.modern C.meaningful D.challenging

7.A.necessary B.easy C.difficult D.practical

8.A.right B.plan C.place D.potential

9.A.guard B.hit C.argue D.fight

10.A.game B.skill C.lesson D.knowledge

11.A.self-control B.self-confidence C.self-defense D.self-improvement

12.A.modest B.energetic C.generous D.positive

13.A.strengthen B.express C.share D.destroy

14.A.urged B.blamed C.respected D.admired

15.A.held B.stuck C.bothered D.knocked

16.A.important B.specific C.common D.impossible

17.A.invented B.confirmed C.checked D.noticed

18.A.interest B.limitation C.experience D.responsibility

19.A.once B.unless C.because D.though

20.A.fail B.try C.act D.continue

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。本文讲述了灾难挫折是如何成就一个人的。作者在年幼时失明，在经历了多年的彷徨无助之后，终于在亲人朋友的帮助下，找回了自信，学会了如何面对困难，并且在纷杂的社会中找到了自己的一席之地，实现了自己一个又一个的梦想。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我还记得阳光是多么灿烂。A. remember记得；B. affect影响； C. measure估量；D. bring带来。由“Now I am thirty-two”可知，作者四岁失明，现在32岁了，但还是记得阳光是多么灿烂。故选A。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：能恢复视觉固然好，但灾难也能对人产生奇妙的作用。A. possible可能的；B. wonderful极好的；C. hopeful 有希望的；D. reasonable合理的。由“see again ”可知，能恢复视觉固然好。故选B。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：能恢复视觉固然好，但灾难也能对人产生奇妙的作用。A. question问题；B. mistake错误；C. disaster灾难；D. situation情况。作者失明了，这对作者来说是一场灾难，但灾难也能对人产生奇妙的作用。故选C。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：失去视力使我更加珍惜自己其他的能力。A. importance重要性；B. value价值；C. loss损失；D. attention注意。由“I lost my sight when I was four years old”可知，作者失明了。故选C。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：失去视力使我更加珍惜自己其他的能力。A. record 记录；B. expect期望；C. offer提供；D. appreciate 重视。作者失明了，但更加珍惜自己其他的能力，这有助于作者完成自己的梦想。 故选D。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：人愈能及时地进行调整，他的个人世界便愈有意义。A. natural 自然的；B. modern现代的；C. meaningful 有意义的；D. challenging挑战的。由“The more quickly a person is able to make these adjustments”可知，人愈能及时地进行调整，他的个人世界便愈有意义。故选C。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：调整决非易事。A. necessary必需的；B. easy容易的；C. difficult困难的；D. practical实际的。由“I was totally confused and afraid ”可知，作者很困惑，很害怕。所以对作者调整绝非易事。故选B。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：父母和老师在我身上发现了某种东西——可以称之为活下去的潜力吧——而我自己却没有发现。他们激励我誓与失明拼搏到底。A. right权利；B. plan计划；C. place地方；D. potential潜能。由“which I didn’t see”可知，作者自己没有发现的就是自己的活下去的潜力。选D。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：父母和老师在我身上发现了某种东西——可以称之为活下去的潜力吧——而我自己却没有发现。他们激励我誓与失明拼搏到底。A. guard 保卫；B. hit打击；C. argue争论；D. fight打架。父母和老师在我身上发现了某种东西——可以称之为活下去的潜力，所以他们激励作者誓与失明拼搏到底。此处fight against是短语“为反对……而战”，故选D。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我必须学会的艰难的一课就是相信自己。A. game 游戏；B. skill技能；C. lesson课，教训；D. knowledge知识。相信自己是一个过程，也是作者必须学会的艰难的一课。故选C。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：相信自己并不仅仅指支持我独自走下陌生的楼梯的那种自信，那是一部分。A. self-control自我控制；B. self-confidence自信；C. self-defense自我保护D. self-improvement自我提高。由“I mean something bigger than that: the confidence that I am”可知，相信自己并不仅仅指支持作者独自走下陌生的楼梯的那种自信。故选B。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我指的是大事：是坚信自己虽然有缺陷，却是一个真正的有进取心的人；坚信在芸芸众生错综复杂的格局当中，自有我可以安身立命的一席之地。A. modest 谦虚的；B. energetic精力充沛的；C. generous慷慨的；D. positive积极的。由“despite being imperfect ”可知，虽然作者有缺陷，但却是一个真正的有进取心的人。故选D。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我花了很长时间才树立并不断加强这一信念。A. strengthen 加强，巩固；B. express表达；C. share 分享；D. destroy破坏。由“It took me years to discover ”可知，作者花了很长时间才树立并不断加强这一信念。选A。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“你拿去，”他竭力劝我，“在地上滚。”A. urged催促，力劝；B. blamed责备；C. respected尊敬；D. admired钦佩。别人扔给作者一个棒球，作者说不会玩，然后对方劝作者“把球四处滚动”。故选A。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他的话在我脑子里生了根。A. held 握住；B. stuck把……插在；C. bothered打扰；D. knocked敲。由“This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal”可知，他的话在作者脑子里生了根，所以决定去实现曾认为不可能达到的目标。故选B。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我马上想到一个我曾认为不可能达到的目标：打棒球。A. important重要的；B. specific特殊的；C. common普通的；D. impossible不可能的。作者是个盲人，且要打棒球。这在作者心里是不可能完成的。故选D。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在费城的奥弗布鲁克盲人学校，我发明了一种很受人欢迎的棒球游戏，我们称它为地面球。A. invented 发明；B. confirmed证实；C. checked检查；D. noticed注意。由“ I called it ground ball”可知，作者成功发明了一种变化式棒球。故选A。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不断给自己提出目标并努力去实现，但我必须清楚我的限制。A. interest 兴趣；B. limitation限制；C. experience经历；D. responsibility责任。作者是个盲人，虽然不断给自己提出目标并努力去实现，但也要清楚失明使自己的局限。故选B。

19.考查连词词义辨析。句意：若开始就知道某个目标根本达不到却硬要去实现，那不会有任何好处，因为那只会带来失败的苦果。A. once 一旦；B. unless除非；C. because因为；D. though尽管。分析句意可知，前后表示因果关系。故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我有时也失败过，但一般来说总有进步。A. fail 失败；B. try 尝试；C. act扮演；D. continue继续。由“but on the average I made progress”可知，make progress与fail相对应。故选A。