For children　　 Museum: Children’s Museum, Sundays, 　　89 North Street　　, 67641235　　 Story time: Children’s Library, 　　106 Green Street　　, Wednesdays during 9:30 a.m.-----5:00p.m., 66599624　　 Sports: Soccer Club, Tuesday and Thursday, 　　16 Yangtze Road　　, 96725643　　 Basketball Club, Wednesdays and Fridays, 79071632　　 Cinema: New movies for children, on weekends,　　99 Brick Road　　, 69001354

　 　

Useful Phone numbers　　 Fast Food Restaurant: 66387901　　 Hospital: 68787451　　 　　Visitor　 　Information　 　Center　　: 800-120-9847　　 Taxi: 79210583　　 Visitor Hotel Information:800-739-7302

【小题1】Where is the Children’s Museum?　　
A. 106 Green Street   B. 　　16 Yangtze Road　　   C. 　　89 North Street　　　　
【小题2】 It’s Wednesday, you can go to             .　　
A. play basketball   B. play soccer    C. see a movie　　
【小题3】 If children want to order fast food, they should call          .　　
A. 66387901   B. 79210583    C. 68787451　　
【小题4】If you dial 79210583, you can             .　　
A. do some shopping  B. have a good story time  C. call a taxi　　
【小题5】 There is no information about             in the two notices.　　
A. looking for a hotel   B. doing eye exercises    C. seeing a doctor　

We are sure to           the volleyball match this afternoon.

A. answer　　　　B. win                             C. try                                     D. get

 

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

 

We are sure to           the volleyball match this afternoon.

A. answer　　　　B. win                             C. try                                     D. get