阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mr Jackson was blind from birth. He owned a fruit ______ on a very busy street. ________ he was visually disabled, he ran his business pretty handsomely. He could see nothing and he could only ________ the things within his reach. _________ he was able to handle it and was content with everything he had.

One day his son came to him. He told Mr Jackson in ___________ that he read in the newspaper of a _________ who could operate on his eyes and allow him to see. The father and son traveled to the doctor and paid for the ________.

After the operation, the doctor asked Mr Jackson, “What is the first thing you are _________ to see when I take the bandages off?” He replied, “I really want to see my beautiful ________ on my stand!”

The doctor and the son _________ Mr Jackson down to the busy street where his fruit stand had been located for so many years. The doctor _________ unwrapped the bandages ________ he could lay his eyes on the beautiful fruit! Mr Jackson was so full of __________ that he could finally see his life’s work—taking care of his fruit! After a few hours of ________ his beautiful fruit stand, he looked down the street both ways and saw there were quite a few fruit stands in both directions. He looked ________ the street and saw many other fruit stands. He spent so much time looking at other people’s fruit stands and ___________ the competition. Soon his own business ________.

From Mr Jackson’s failure, we should know that everyone is a _________ individual with different fingerprints, DNA and thinking. What we need to do is just be ourselves and __________ everyone else to be who they are. Mind our own business and we should never be afraid of _________.

1.A. standB. companyC. storeD.center

2.A. BecauseB. AsC. AlthoughD.When

3.A. rememberB. describeC. imagineD.feel

4.A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. OtherwiseD.Besides

5.A. prideB. doubtC. excitementD.surprise

6.A. doctorB. nurseC. chemistD.volunteer

7.A. informationB. medicineC. serviceD.operation

8.A. nervousB. eagerC. luckyD.afraid

9.A. flowersB. vegetablesC. fruitD.clothing

10.A. sentB. accompaniedC. followedD.invited

11.A. suddenlyB. curiouslyC. firmlyD.carefully

12.A. so thatB. in caseC. even ifD.if only

13.A. regretB. joyC. courageD.relief

14.A. enjoyingB. checkingC. judgingD.making

15.A. aboveB. withinC. throughD.across

16.A. preparing forB. focusing onC. worrying aboutD.taking up

17.A. improvedB. failedC. appearedD.expanded

18.A. simpleB. reliableC. uniqueD.perfect

19.A. forceB. requireC. persuadeD.allow

20.A. competitionsB. changesC. differencesD.disabilities

Finally,I entered the university. Because of my careful savings,I did not have to work during the school years. Then summer came and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night,instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons. I even decided to take a class at a community college. This class at the community college saved me $650.It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.

During my second and third years of undergraduate schooling,I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus admissions office answering phones. This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out .The overall situation looked hopeful as I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer. I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks,but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel. About two weeks later my mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about!One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost,but the loss of time to make money;however,I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before. The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.

This experience has shaped me in many important ways. The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic. Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar. It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.

1.Where did the writer probably work part?time before attending the university?

A. In a restaurant.

B. In the tennis camps.

C. In a company.

D. In the campus admissions office.

2.The writer took a class at a community college mainly because ________.

A. she wanted to save money

B. life there was relatively easy

C. summer time was tiring

D. it was required by the university

3.The writer’s major concern about the trip to Israel was that ________.

A. her mother would not give her approval

B. she would fail to get credits in Israel

C. a well?paid summer job would be lost

D. $1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time

4.The passage is mainly about how the writer ________.

A. made money on the college campus

B. managed to make full use of her vacation

C. was forced to support herself by her mother

D. was shaped by working part?time through college

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