When Bill is very young, he loves picture. His mother often draws some for him on old pieces of paper. She is very bad at drawing, but bill likes her pictures and always wants more. Then, when he is a little older, Bill’s mother gives him some pencils and a drawing book, and he begins drawing pictures, too. But they are never good .When Bill is five years old, his mother gives him a small blackboard and some pieces of a baby on the blackboard, he draws lines(线条) and rubs(擦) them out too for ten minutes , but when he looks at his picture , he is not happy. “Well”, he says at last(最后) to his mother, “I’ll put a tail(尾巴) on it and make it a monkey.”　　
【小题1】Bill ___ when he is very young.

A．loves watching TV very much

B．often wants his mother to draw pictures for him

C．likes old pieces of paper very much

D．always wants his mother to buy pictures for him

【小题2】He is a little older, so his mother gives him ____ and lets him begin drawing pictures .

A．some paper and ink	B．a book and some pens
C．some pencils and a drawing book	D．a blackboard and some old paper

【小题3】How old is he when he is trying to draw a baby on the blackboard?

A．He’s five years old	B．He’s fifteen years old
C．He’s fifty years old	D．He’s five like a cat

【小题4】Bill wants to put a tail in the picture , so _________ .

A．it looks like a duck	B．it looks like a dog
C．it looks like a monkey	D．it looks like a cat

【小题5】Which of the following sentences is right?

A．Bill’s mother does will in drawing.

B．bill isn’t bad at drawing.

C．There are three people in the story.

D．Bill isn’t happy when he looks at his picture of a baby

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

 

When Bill is very young, he loves picture. His mother often draws some for him on old pieces of paper. She is very bad at drawing, but bill likes her pictures and always wants more. Then, when he is a little older, Bill’s mother gives him some pencils and a drawing book, and he begins drawing pictures, too. But they are never good .When Bill is five years old, his mother gives him a small blackboard and some pieces of a baby on the blackboard, he draws lines(线条) and rubs(擦) them out too for ten minutes , but when he looks at his picture , he is not happy. “Well”, he says at last(最后) to his mother, “I’ll put a tail(尾巴) on it and make it a monkey.”　　
【小题1】Bill ___ when he is very young.

A．loves watching TV very much

B．often wants his mother to draw pictures for him

C．likes old pieces of paper very much

D．always wants his mother to buy pictures for him

【小题2】He is a little older, so his mother gives him ____ and lets him begin drawing pictures .

A．some paper and ink	B．a book and some pens
C．some pencils and a drawing book	D．a blackboard and some old paper

【小题3】How old is he when he is trying to draw a baby on the blackboard?

A．He’s five years old	B．He’s fifteen years old
C．He’s fifty years old	D．He’s five like a cat

【小题4】Bill wants to put a tail in the picture , so _________ .

A．it looks like a duck	B．it looks like a dog
C．it looks like a monkey	D．it looks like a cat

【小题5】Which of the following sentences is right?

A．Bill’s mother does will in drawing.

B．bill isn’t bad at drawing.

C．There are three people in the story.

D．Bill isn’t happy when he looks at his picture of a baby