One day I was putting some donated tents into my truck when something sharp got into my left eye．Immediately l fell down and knew it was ___1___．

I was taken to a ___2___ and the doctors there operated on me but couldn't ___3__ my eye．When they told me the news，I really wanted to die．Everything seemed __4___ in front of me．

Even after I got my man-made eye，I still felt very sad．To make things worse，I lost my __5___ as a transportation officer because of worries about my driving ability．

But one morning，I woke up and the __6___ was on，and there was a l6-year-old girl．She had been seriously burned on her legs and was learning to ___7___ again．She wore a big smile，saying，“You can never give up．” It seemed that she said this specially to ___8__．At that moment，I felt ___9___ and thought，“This is just an eye．Get over it．”

Soon I really got over it and ___10___ myself．It’s almost 12 years since my accident，and now I can do anything that I used to do．No one can even ___11___ I have a man-made eye，because the new one is so good．And ___12___ I haven’t got my old job back，I’ve got my driving license（执照）again．

So be cheerful in face of any bad ___13___．You will never truly know yourself until you have been tested by a very difficult situation．No matter how ___14___ your problem is，just keep up．Now I have only one eye，but I see things a lot more ___15__．

1．A．safe                B．bad               C．true             D．late

2．A．store                B．school             C．hotel              D．hospital

3．A．test                B．open              C．save                    D．cover

4．A．dark                B．natural             C．bright              D．meaningful

5．A．truck                B．tent               C．job                D．license

6．A．light                 B．radio              C．recorder           D．TV

7．A．sing                B．walk              C．write            D．read

8．A．doctors              B．drivers            C．me              D．herself

9．A．encouraged           B．frightened        C．tired               D．pleased

10．A．changed            B．hurt             C．taught           D．helped

11．A．describe            B．find             C．explain            D．promise

12．A．because           B．after               C．though                  D．unless

13．A．behavior             B．luck             C．influence           D．habit

14．A．serious             B．simple            C．strange            D．silly

15．A．difficultly           B．carefully           C．differently          D．clearly

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I was so tired that I couldn't walk any more. (改为同义句)

I was ________ tired ________ walk any more.

My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was (16)____ in hospital. By the time he was six, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him (17)____.

  Children in our neighborhood always ran around during their play, and Joey would jump and run and play, (18)_____. We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.

 In his(19)_____ grade, he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, (20) ____only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.

 He ran four to five mile every day - even when he had a fever. I was (21) ____, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running (22) _____. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said he had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept (23) _____.

Two weeks later, the names of the team (24) _____ were caked. Joey was Number Six on the list. Joey had made the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just took it. How (25) ____he was!

(   ) 16. A. spent    B. taken    C. cost    D. paid

(   ) 17 A. talk      B. sit       C. study   D. walk

（  ）18 A. either    B. too      C. though  D. yet

（  ）19. A. six     B. seven     C. eighth  D. nineth

（  ）20. A. so      B. if        C. then    D. because

（　）21. A. excited  B. tired     C. pleased  D. worried

（　）22. A. alone   B. away     C. almost   D. already

（　）23. A. riding   B. walking   C. playing  D. running

（　）24. A. jumpers  B. runners  C. doctors  D. teachers

（　）25.A.good    .B. lucky      C. clever   D. well

My son Joey was born with club feet．The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well．The first three years of his life was  1  in hospital．By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him  2  ．

Children in our neighborhood always ran around  3  their play, and Joey would jump and run and play,  4  ．We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be  5  to run like the other children．So he didn’t know．

In  6  grade he decided to join the school running team．Every day he trained．He ran more than any of the others,  7  only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the  8 We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know．

He ran foot to five mile every day - even when he had a fever．I was  9  , so I went to  10 him after school．I found him running  11  ．I asked him how he felt．"Okay," he said．He has two more miles to go．Yet he looked straight ahead and kept  12  ．

Two weeks later, the names of the team  13  were caked．Joey was number six on the list．Joey had  14  the team．He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth graders．We never told him he couldn’t do it ．．．so he didn’t know．He just  15  it．

1．A．spent               B．taken              C．cost              D．paid

2．A．talk                 B．sit                  C．study              D．walk

3．A．after                B．before              C．during              D．till

4．A．either                B．too                C．though             D．yet

5．A．able                  B．sorry,               C．glad                D．afraid

6．A．sixth                B．seventh             C．eighth              D．ninth

7．A．so                  B．if                  C．then               D．because

8．A．neighborhood          B．family              C．school             D．grade

9．A．excited              B．tired                C．pleased             D．worried

10．A．think about          B．hear from           C．agree with           D．look for

11．A．alone               B．away               C．almost             D．already

12．A．riding              B．walking             C．playing             D．running

13．A．jumpers            B．runners             C．doctors             D．teachers

14．A．got                 B．kept                C．made               D．found

15．A．did                 B．had                 C．left                 D．took