I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of __36____ and what color red is. It would be ___37____ to see again, but a(n) __38____ can do strange things to people. I don’t mean I would __39___ to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate more what I had _40_____.

My parents and my teachers saw something in me ----- a __41____ to live ---- which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight in out with _42____.

The __43___ lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of __44____ that helps me down so unfamiliar staircase alone. I __45___ something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, despite being __46____, a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence. It had to start with the easy and simple things. __47____ a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was __48____. “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take with you,” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words __49___ in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could _50_____ where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought _51____ before playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I _52___ a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.

I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my _53____. It was no good crying for something that I knew at the start was __54___ out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway, __55___ on the average I made progress.

1.A. sky              B. cloud            C. sunshine           D. mist

2.A. helpful          B. wonderful        C. hopeful            D. successful

3.A. disaster         B. environment      C. incident           D. wonder

4.A. manage           B. try              C. want               D. prefer

5.A. lost             B. left             C. used               D. cared

6.A. purpose          B. potential        C. pressure           D. preparation

7.A. energy           B. happiness        C. luck               D. blindness

8.A. hardest          B. dullest          C. simplest           D. easiest

9.A. self-respect B. self-control         C. self-confidence    D. self-defence

10.A. think           B. consider         C. guess              D. mean

11.A. imperfect B. perfect                C. unfair             D. fair

12.A. Later           B. Soon             C. Once               D. Then

13.A. worried         B. encouraged       C. shocked            D. hurt

14.A. stuck           B. impressed        C. occupied           D. held

15.A. see             B. hear             C. notice             D. observe

16.A. important B. unimportant            C. possible           D. impossible

17.A. invented B. discovered              C. instructed         D. directed

18.A. experience B. advantages            C. knowledge          D. limitation

19.A. hardly          B. wildly           C. highly             D. deeply

20.A. so              B. for              C. but                D. and

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
[04年高考福建卷]Not too long ago ,an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly．A guest  36     out of our Polynesian Village resort（度假胜地）at Walt Disney was asked how she   37     her visit．She told the front-desk clerk she had had a (n)     38    vacation ,but was heartbroken about    39     several rolls of Kodak color film she had not yet    40   ．At that moment she was particularly     41    over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau ,     42   this was a memory she especially treasured．
Now ,please understand that we have no written service rules    43    lost photos in the park．   44    ,the clerk at the front desk   45     Disney’s idea of caring for our    46   ．She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of    47     film ,promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau．
Two weeks later the guest received a      48   at her home．In it were photos of all the actors of our show,    49     signed by each performer．There were also      50    of the public procession（游行队伍）and fireworks in the park ,taken by the front-desk clerk in her own    51     after work．I happened to know this     52     because this guest wrote us a letter．She said that    53     in her life had she received such good service from any business．
Excellent    54     does not come from policy (政策性的)handbooks．It comes from people who    55     —and from a culture that encourages and models that attitude．
36．A．working      B．checking    C．trying          D．staying
37．A．expected   B．realized      C．paid   D．enjoyed
38．A．disappointing     B．wonderful  C．uncomfortable  D．important
39．A．taking         B．dropping    C．losing          D．breaking
40．A．developed B．taken C．washed      D．loaded
41．A．silly    B．nervous      C．calm  D．sad
42．A．when B．where         C．as       D．which
43．A．covering     B．finding        C．making       D．keeping
44．A．Excitedly    B．Fortunately        C．Therefore  D．Quietly
45．A．understood        B．reminded   C．trusted       D．discovered
46．A．workers     B．guests        C．managers  D．clerks
47．A．printed       B．shot   C．unused       D．recorded
48．A．film    B．card   C．camera      D．packet
49．A．frequently B．personally C．alone D．actually
50．A．rules  B．pictures     C．handbooks          D．performances
51．A．case   B．work  C．time   D．position
52．A．story  B．place C．photo          D．show
53．A．only    B．almost        C．never D．nearly
54．A．advice         B．experience         C．quality        D．service
55．A．care   B．serve C．like     D．know

It’s only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail — which, __36__, he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something __37__ in the company should ever do.

I wish I __38__ give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could explain it somehow — __39__ it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, I’m __40__, experienced and I know better.

__41__ I work with some very kind and compassionate(富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to __42__ by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar __43__ they have made. Evidently I’m not the only “ __44__ ” person here.

One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who __45__ the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely __46__ about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would __47__ to such an extremely embarrassing incident.

As I expected, Lois didn’t pass over the __48__ when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly, __49__ with empathetic(体恤别人感受的) consideration. She listened to my   __ 50__. Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n)   __51__.

“It happened”, she said, “There’s nothing you can do to __52__ that. It happened. But it’s over now. It’s __53__. It’s in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her __54__ to her work, as if to say, “We’re done here.”

I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those __55__ words: It’s over. It’s done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.

1.                A．to the way      B．in the way       C．by the way D．on the way

2.                A．no one         B．anyone         C．someone D．the one

3.                A．might          B．could          C．should   D．will

4.                A．rely           B．blame          C．put  D．fix

5.                A．old            B．energetic       C．cheerful  D．outgoing

6.                A．Hopefully       B．Naturally        C．Generally D．Thankfully

7.                A．sit             B．work           C．stop D．watch

8.                A．mistakes        B．troubles        C．attempts  D．decisions

9.                A．annoying       B．embarrassing    C．puzzling  D．confusing

10.               A．repairs         B．occupies        C．wants D．works

11.               A．hopeful        B．curious         C．serious    D．mad

12.               A．turn           B．agree          C．react D．object

13.               A．issue          B．outcome        C．criterion   D．message

14.               A．for            B．therefore       C．otherwise  D．but

15.               A．conclusion      B．explanation     C．challenge  D．imagination

16.               A．end           B．key            C．order D．process

17.               A．forget          B．change         C．prevent   D．ruin

18.               A．broken         B．done          C．lost   D．kept

19.               A．patience        B．skill            C．attention  D．interest

20.               A．sweet          B．pleasant        C．meaningful D．colorful

 It can’t be a(n) _____ that four jewelry stores were robbed in one night.

A．accident          B．coincidence        C．incident           D．chance

The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he’s been gone for 17 years, his   21   still resonate（产生共鸣）. He taught me how to run my own race in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to   22  .

One incident is   23   in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren’t very fond of a so-called friend of   24  . Dad was a very generous man, and as he’d done with so many people, he’d given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor   25  , the guy didn’t deliver.

Dad’s outlook（人生观）on most things was “Live and let live.” In this case, however, his calmness   26   Terre and me, and we let him know it.

“How can you be nice to that man?” we said to him. “You’ve been so kind to him, and he’s not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?”

My father shrugged（耸肩）and said to us, “I do not bend my back with   27  . ”

I didn’t get it at first, but over the years I came to understand the   28  . Holding a grudge（怨恨）doesn’t   29   the person you’re angry with, but it changes you. It makes you heavier and gives you more weight to drag around.

After my father died in 1991, a (n)   30   came from a fellow I’d had a quarrel with years before to   31   his sympathy. He wrote: “I thought I’d tell you how sorry I am   32   the loss of your father. I know he   33   the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts. ”

Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his   34  . And then, because he’d   35   

our disagreement, I recalled Dad’s inspiring words. “I am my father’s daughter,” I wrote. “And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday.”

A. lectures             B. suggestions             C. lessons           D. pictures

A. forgive              B. persuade                C. forget              D. excuse

A. vital               B. obvious                  C. visual              D. vivid

A. sister’s              B. mine                      C. father's             D. mother’s

A. in return           B. in turn                   C. by return                D. by turn

A. relaxed                  B. moved                        C. interrupted        D. bothered

A. anger            B. disappointment       C. worry             D. yesterday

A. reason               B. word                     C. philosophy         D. sentence

A. change              B. hurt                    C. upset              D. disturb

A. news                  B. letter                C. message             D. information

A. explain                B. express               C. produce                 D. present

A. in                    B. with                     C. about             D. at

A. showed               B. represented        C. equaled          D. meant

A. kindness            B. sympathy            C. understanding     D. consideration

A. referred               B. mentioned           C. reminded           D. retold