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

仔细阅读对话，选择恰当的答语

仔细阅读对话，选择恰当的答语

补全对话。请你根据对话补全句中所缺单词，每空填一词。

A: Welcome 　1.　 my home. Tim, would you like a cup of orange juice?

B: Yes, please. This is my favourite     2. .

A:　  3. some fish and chips! This is my favourite 4.  .

B: No,   5. . I am full（饱了）. Thank you for asking me to come for dinner.

A: You are welcome.

阅读短文，判断正误。正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。

Mr Jones and Mr Brown work in the same office (办公室).One day Mr Jones says to Mr Brown ,

 “I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening . Would you and your wife like to

come ?”

    Mr Brown says , “Thank you very much . I’d love to , but let me ask my wife first .” 

So Mr Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife . Then he comes back and looks very

worried .

    “What’s the matter?” asks Mr Jones . “Is you wife there at home ?”

    “No,” answers Mr Brown . “She isn’t there . My small son answers the telephone . I 

say to him , ‘Is your mother there , David ?’ and he answers ‘No , she isn’t in the

house.’‘Where is she ?’ I ask ,‘She is somewhere outside(在外面) .’‘What’s she doing?’

 ‘She is looking for me .’”

  1．There is a party at Mr Jones’s house on Monday evening . (  )

  2．Mr Jones asks Mr Brown and his wife to go to the party . (  )

  3．The telephone is in Mr Brown’s office. (  )

  4．Mr Brown speaks to Mrs Brown on the telephone . (  )

  5．Mrs Brown is looking for her son . (  )