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

 

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　　Mary is a student in a nursing school. She is going o graduate next month. She has two job offers. One is in a city hospital, and the other is in a country hospital.

　　The hospital in the city is large. It's a 600-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.

　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.

　　The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a general hospital. It takes care of all kinds of patients. It's in a beautiful area, near lakes, rivers and mountains. The salary is average, ＄1400 a month. But apartment rents are low.

　　Mary likes both the city and the country. She doesn't know which hospital to choose.

The hospital in the city	The hospital in the country
Large	1._______________
600-bed	2._______________
Cancer	General
Near museums, theatres and restaurants	Near lakes, rivers and3. _______________
4._______________	＄1400
Apartment rents are 5._______________	Apartment rents are low.

 

 

Dear Editor,(编辑)
I am unhappy these days. I am a student in Grade 3 of a middle school. I want to be a policewoman in the future. (未来) But my mother doesn’t like  the job. She always says it is too dangerous for a girl to work as a policewoman. She thinks girls should work in the office. She hopes that I can work as a doctor. But I really dislike being a doctor. It’s terrible for me to work in the hospital.  When I talk with her about it, she is often angry. She always thinks she is right. I don’t know what to do. Can you help me?
Yours,
Nancy
【小题1】Where does Nancy want to work?

A．in the hospital

B．At school

C．In the police station

D．In the office

【小题2】From the passage（文章）， we know Nancy is ______

A．a worker

B．a student

C．a policewoman

D．a doctor

【小题3】Nancy’s mother wants Nancy to be a________.

A．a nurse

B．a teacher

C．a clerk

D．a doctor

【小题4】Why doesn’t Nancy’s mother like the job as a policewoman?

A．Because it’s too busy.

B．Because it’s too difficult

C．Because it’s too dangerous.

D．Because it’s too boring.

【小题5】Which of the following is TURE(正确的)?

A．Nancy’s mother is right.

B．Nancy thinks it’s terrible to be a policewoman.

C．Nancy’s mother likes to talk with Nancy about the job.

D．Nancy needs the editor’s help.

Nancy is a girl         glasses

A. have         B.has          C. of         D. with