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

完成句子
【小题1】我理想的家园至少有12个房间。　　
There are ___________ ___________ twelve rooms in my dream home.
【小题2】它和靖江的公寓真的不同。　　
It is ___________ ___________ ___________ the ________ in Jingjiang.
【小题3】北京有许多餐馆。哪个是你最喜欢的？　　
There are ___________ ___________ in Beijing.　___________ is your _________?
【小题4】我能从卧室窗户看见安静的田野。　　
I can __________ the __________field __________ the __________ window.
【小题5】Millie 住在他下面四层楼
Millie lives four floors ________ __________.
【小题6】我有一间拥有12个淋浴间和40个浴缸的房间。　　
I have a room ___________ twelve___________ and ___________ ___________.

完形填空（10分）
Do you often think of your parents? You may say, "Of course, I  1  . I buy a present for my mother on Mother's Day and on Father's day I give my father    2  too." But what about the other days of the year?
　　I have a friend whose parents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We had a nice talk. Then she wanted to   3 . So she dialed the number, but then she put down the phone. After about fifteen 4 , she dialed the number again, "Hi, Mom …"
　　Later I asked, "  5 did you dial the number twice?" She smiled, "My parents are old and    6 . They can't get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them  7  time to answer the call. "
My friend is a good girl. She is   8 thinking about her parents. You also want to be a1child, right? Please remember to   10 your parents in every situation, not just on some important days.

完成句子

1.我理想的家园至少有12个房间。　　

There are ___________ ___________ twelve rooms in my dream home.

2.它和靖江的公寓真的不同。　　

It is ___________ ___________ ___________ the ________ in Jingjiang.

3.北京有许多餐馆。哪个是你最喜欢的？　　

There are ___________ ___________ in Beijing.　___________ is your _________?

4.我能从卧室窗户看见安静的田野。　　

I can __________ the __________field __________ the __________ window.

5.Millie 住在他下面四层楼

Millie lives three floors ________ __________.

6.我有一间拥有12个淋浴间和40个浴缸的房间。　　

I have a room ___________ twelve___________ and ___________ ___________.

词语运用（10分）
用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，将正确的词写在短文下面的横线上。
　　I have a good friend Lily. She 1              (come) from Australia. Her mother is a teacher and her father is a doctor. Now they 2             (be) in China. Her mother 3          (teach)us English. We4          (love)her because she is very nice. Lily 5          (like) eating Chinese food. Dumplings are her favorite. Lily can 6        (play)the guitar and she wants 7     (join) the music club. She 8      (have) a lot of books because she likes reading. She often 9         (help) me with my English and I 10         (help) her with her Chinese.We are very happy.