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
完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Ian Scott Wilson, 13, studies at a middle school in the US. He thinks kids don’t ___ enough respect（尊重）from the grown-up world.
“Kids are usually ignored by adults” he said. “They say: ‘That’s a ___ idea. You can’t do that.’”. That’s why he took part in a national _ for student made documentaries. He wanted to be heard. A documentary is a film or TV show that __ a serious issue. Ian had never made one and wanted to try. Ian made a __ film about problems at Walter Reed, a hospital in Washington. He won first _ in the competition for middle school students.
Walter Reed is taking care of many injured（受伤的） of the Iraq war（伊拉克战争）earlier this year, reports said that the hospital had problems. For example, some said the rooms were .
Ian paid much attention __ the issue because his 23-year-old brother is a soldier in Iraq. “I thought about how terrible it would be __ these things happened to my brother,” Ian said. “It was that feeling that helped make Ian’s film __ out”, said Joanne Wheeler. Wheeler helped run the competition. “Ian was very passionate, but he was __ a good listener.”
Ian interviewed 100 people for the __ . He reported on what was wrong. But he also _ on efforts to deal with the problems.
Ian got a prize of $1,000. He decided to give the money to an __ soldier staying in the hospital.
A．get B．take C．make D．release
A．good B．silly C．surprising D．exciting
A．meeting B．competition C．lecture D．interview
A．talks B．tells C．says D．speaks
A．10-minute B．10-minutes C．10-minute’s D．10-minutes’
A．room B．place C．area D．price
A．doctors B．nurses C．soldiers D．engineers
A．clean B．unclean C．polite D．impolite
A．on B．in C．to D．at
A．if B．so C．when D．while
A．take B．put C．work D．stand
A．also B．either C．both D．all
A．contest B．hospital C．agreement D．film
A．reported B．wrote C．put D．held
A．ill B．injured C．amazing D．interesting
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Mother’s Day is a holiday for mothers . It is celebrated(庆祝)in the United States , England , India and ______ countries . In a short time , it becomes widely celebrated . Mother’s Day ____ on the second Sunday in May . On that day , many people ______ gifts (礼物) of love to their mothers .
The ____ of a day for mothers was ______ given by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadephia(费城). As a result（结果） of her ____ , the celebration of the first ___ Mother’s Day was __ in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908 . Soon the ___ became popular all over the USA and around the world .
In China , people do the same on the day for mothers . And , in some cities , people sometimes ask ___ to be broadcast(广播) on the radio for his or her mother only . __ might cost a little money , ___ , as it is said , “______ is invaluable(无价的) .”
On May 8 , 1899 , just the day before the Mother’s Day that year , a Chinese ___ was killed in a criminal bombing(罪恶轰炸) in Yugoslavia(南斯拉夫) . Her name is Shao Yunhua , a ____ who wrote lots of articles(文章)for Chinese newspapers . All the Chinese will remember her for ever .
A．the other B．any other C．some other D．another
A．lasts B．holds C．makes D．fulls
A．put B．send C．write D．post
A．visit B．work C．trouble D．idea
A．first B．rather C．suddenly D．carefully
A．good news B．hard work C．nice photo D．bad accident
A．American B．English C．Indian D．Canadian
A．holding B．held C．deciding D．decided
A．game B．meeting C．holiday D．city
A．a present B．a song C．some flowers D．some clothes
A．This B．These C．She D．They
A．but B．though C．then D．so
A．Money B．Time C．Love D．Hate
A．boy B．girl C．father D．mother
A．worker B．reporter C．doctor D．teacher
完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 （本大题共10分，每小题1分）
I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of breath. He stood right before me with his head down and said , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
However, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I want.” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not see — he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome,” he smiled, and then ran off to . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself always was . I decided to see the beauty in life, and every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.
A．hopeless B．colorful C．simple D．wonderful
A．sadly B．strictly C．angrily D．excitedly
A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy
A．head B．nose C．ear D．neck
A．how B．when C．where D．why
A．buy B．sell C．accept D．break
A．forgave B．thanked C．paid D．hated
A．sleep B．study C．dance D．play
A．cheerful B．useful C．blind D．deaf
A．waste B．enjoy C．lose D．forget
完形填空(15分)阅读短文，然后从A、B、C、D中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Long long ago, there was a river. The river was very _______. He had spent long time being alone and refusing to share his water with any fish, plant or animal. His life was full of loneliness and sadness.
One day, a little girl came to the river. She was going to move to _____ country and decided to put ______ favourite little fish into the river. This little fish, named Scamp, was a happy fish._______ he fell into the river, he felt the river’s loneliness. Scamp tried to ________to the river and wanted to make the river ________. But the river told Scamp to go away. Scamp didn’t ________. He kept asking and _________ in the river, and ______ he started jumping in and out of the water. ______ time went by, the river became happy and they became good ________ . But one day, this little fish was caught by a little boy.
The river spent that night thinking about how much_______ it was to have a friend, and how much he had missed by not _______ him. Before, he was so _________. From then on, the river became friendly to others and made friends ________ the plants and fish in the river.
A．kind B．unfriendly C．outgoing D．strange
A．other B．another C．else D．the other
A．his B．her C．my D．your
A．Until B．If C．Because D．When
A．talk B．laugh C．cry D．catch
A．brave B．weak C．happy D．sad
A．grow up B．give up C．get up D．come up
A．standing B．swimming C．praising D．fighting
A．finally B．slowly C．hardly D．luckily
A．While B．Since C．Whenever D．As
A．classmates B．brothers C．parents D．friends
A．fun B．time C．money D．stress
A．having B．attacking C．reporting D．eating
A．tired B．untidy C．stupid D．valuable
A．for B．about C．with D．over
It was the last day of the examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building , a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin soon. This was their exam---then on to graduation and jobs. On their faces was . With four years’ hard study in the college, they felt and able to take it. The coming exam, they knew, would be an one, as the professor(教授) had said they could bring books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not from each other during the exam.
they walked into the classroom. The professor gave the papers. And the students found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed, the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. The professor looked at the faces before him, and then asked: “How many all five questions?” ,No hand was . “How many answered four?” Still no hand. “Three? Two?” Still no one. “One, then?” But the class silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I ”, he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are still many things you don’t know.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all this course, but remember----even though you are now college graduates, your education has just . ”
A．first B．next C．final D．main
A．pleasure B．confidence C．surprise D．interest
A．glad B．ready C．sorry D．nervous
A．interesting B．important C．easy D．unusual
A．both B．either C．neither D．all
A．listen B．look C．talk D．copy
A．Normally B．Peacefully C．Quickly D．Carefully
A．up B．away C．down D．out
A．worried B．scared C．moved D．tired
A．regarded B．considered C．completed D．replied
A．put up B．lift C．risen D．set up
A．refused B．reported C．remained D．reminded
A．learned B．enjoyed C．hated D．expected
A．pass B．fail C．take D．start
A．achieved B．finished C．started D．succeeded
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