I lost my sight when I was four years old when falling off a train to Atlantic City.But I was .My parents and my teachers saw something in me -a potential to live, you might call it -which I didn't see, and they encouraged me to blindness. The hardest lesson I had to was to believe in myself.If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have walked with a stick for the rest of my life.When I say belief in myself I am not talking about the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an staircase alone.That is part Although imperfect in some aspect, I place where I can make myself fit.of it.But I mean something bigger than that.am a real! positive person.There is a special It took me years to discover and this self-confidence.It had to start with the most basic things.Once a man gave me an indoor baseball.I thought he was making fun of me and I was

“I can't use this," I responded.“Take it with you," he urged me, and roll it around." The words stuck in my head.“Roll it around!" By rolling the ball I could where it went. This gave me an how to achieve a goal I playing baseball.At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the kind of baseball.We called it ground ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to one by one.I also knew my limitations.It was no good trying something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only the bitterness of failure.I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made

1.A.unfortunate B.disappointed C.lucky D.ashamed

2.A.share with B.play with C.toy with D.fight with

3.A.meet B.learn C.avoid D.prepare

4.A.simply B.slightly C.frequently D.directly

5.A.unusual B.unfair C.unfamiliar D.uncomfortable

6.A.lengthen B.strengthen C.deepen D.widen

7.A.hurt B.amused C.greeted D.praised

8.A.find B.see C.smell D.hear

9.A.event B.offer C.idea D.excuse

10.A.receive B.achieve C.classify D.follow

11.A.refused B.removed C.caused D.replaced

12.A.sense B.mistakes C.friends D.Progress

Restaurants in the USA

Steve’s Pizza

So many pizza chains compete for the attention of tourists in South Beach, but ask a Miami Beach local where to get the best pizza and they’ll tell you about Steve’s. This is New York–style pizza, handmade with care and good ingredients(成份). New branches of Steve’s are opening elsewhere in Miami, all in non-tourist areas.

Opening hours: 11am-3am

Cattleman’s Steakhouse

This place is 20 miles east of the city, but local folks would probably drive 200 miles to eat here. The food is good, and the scenery is even better. Come early and wander around the grounds of Indian Cliffs Ranch, where you’ll see everything from rabbits to buffalo (水牛), then catch the sunset either before or after your meal.

Opening hours: 5pm-10pm

Absolute Baking & Cafe

The screen door is always swinging open at this town hot spot with giant breakfasts. Try the green chili on eggs – it’s made from scratch, as are the organic(有机的) breads. Lunch includes salads, big sandwiches and local grass-fed beef burgers. Don’t miss a square of soft, fresh carrot cake.

Opening hours: 7am-2pm

Walt’s Wharf

Everybody’s favorite for fresh fish (some drive in from LA), Walt’s packs them in on weekends. You can’t make reservations for dinner (though they’re accepted for lunch), but it’s worth the wait for the tree fire–grilled seafood and steaks in the many-windowed ground floor or upstairs in captain’s chairs.

Opening hours: 11am-3:30pm

1.The new branches of Steve’s Pizza are mainly intended for_________.

A. New Yorkers B. tourists C.the locals D. foreigners

2.Cattleman’s Steakhouse offers the wonderful _________as well as good food.

A. wine B. view C. discount D. service

3.Which restaurant serves both breakfast and lunch?

A. Steve’s Pizza. B. Walt’s Wharf.

C. Absolute Baking & Café. D. Cattleman’s Steakhouse.

How would you like an easy way to earn $2,500? All you have to do is to sit around and wait for your meals. There’s a catch, however. You have to stay in a chicken cage with a stranger for a whole week. There are no books or television or radio for a whole week. There are no books or television or radio for amusement. You can’t leave until the week is up. And a camera will be recording your every move.

Two people actually took the job. The idea came from Rob Thompson, a video artist. He wanted to make a film about the way animals are treated. His goal was to raise people’s awareness (认识) of the living conditions of animals that are raised for food. He decided to pay $5,000 out of his own savings to two people who were willing to live like chickens for a week.

To Rob’s surprise, quite a few people answered his advertisement. He had interviews and selected Eric, a 24-year-old restaurant worker, and Pam, a 27-year-old chemist. The plan was for them to spend seven days together in a chicken cage that was six feet long and three feet wide. A camera would record their experience, which would take place in an art museum.

The week was long and difficult. They slept on a hard wooden floor. They couldn’t stand up without banging their heads. They ate mash(a kind of food for animals) and drink water from a garden pipe. Their only privacy (隐私) was a toilet surrounded by a curtain. There were no sinks, mirrors, or toothbrushes in the cage. Visitors who came here were warned, “Do not feed the humans.”

Finally it was over, and Pam and Eric came out of the cage. They had survived the week, and they each had a $2,500 check in their hands. When Rob Thompson opened the cage, Eric came out, changed into clean clothes, and ate a chocolate bar right away. “It’s great for me to be able to stand up.” he said. Pam just changed her clothes and left. After a week of visitors and reporters watching her, she didn’t want to talk to anyone.

1.The underlined word “catch”(in Paragraph 1) probably means _______.

A. unsolved problem B. surprising wonder

C. unbelievable condition D. hidden difficulty

2.What made it the most difficult for the two to stay in the cage?

A. That they had nothing for fun.

B. That they didn’t have meat to eat.

C. That they couldn’t lie down to sleep in the cage.

D. That they had to do almost everything in public.

3.Rob Thompson offered the job in order to___________.

A. Make a film about humans and animals

B. Advertise for his experiment about animals

C. Show how terribly some animals are treated

D. Experiment on how long a human can live in a cage

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. An Easy Way to Earn $2,500

B. Do Not Treat Animals Badly

C. Living Like a Chicken

D. Getting Along Well Anyway

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