A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a meeting in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night’s dinner. In their rush, with tickets, one of these salesmen happened to kick over a table which held a display of baskets of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their boarding.

All but one stopped, took a deep breath and experienced a twinge（刺痛）of sorrow for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his friends to go on without him, waved goodbye, and told one of them to call his wife when they arrived and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to where the apple stand had been overturned. He was glad he did.

The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her face. The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them into the baskets, and helped set the display up once more. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become damaged; then he set them aside in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, “Here, please take the $20 for the damage we did.” He continued, “I’m sorry for what we did and hope we didn’t spoil your day too badly.”

She nodded with her tears. As the salesman started to walk away, the blind girl called out to him, “Mr. ...”. He stopped, and turned back. She continued, “Thank you very much”.

1.These salesmen were hurrying because they ________.

2.Which of the following is the correct order of what the salesman did?

a. He made an apology to the blind girl.

b. He told his friends to go on without him.

c. He experienced a twinge of sorrow.

d. He returned to the fallen apple stand.

e. He paid the girl $20 for the damage.

3.Which of the following can describe the salesman? 

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A woman called Julia lived in the countryside, one year she decided to visit the capital city to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find.

On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar (乞丐). He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously(慷慨地).”Julia felt sorry for the beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl. “Thank you.” he said. The same thing happened again the following day. On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar’s bowl. “What have I done wrong?” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy (吝啬的) today?”

Julia was very surprised at the beggar . “How do you know I haven't given you a dollar?” she said, “If you’re blind you can't know what coin I put into your bowl.” “Ah,” explained the beggar, “The truth is that I'm not blind. I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he’s on holiday.” “On holiday?” Julia said, “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?” “He goes into the countryside,” the man said, “and takes photographs. He's a very good photographer.”

1.Where was the beggar sitting?

2.On the first two days, ____.

3. On the third day, the blind man____ .

A woman called Julia lived in the countryside, one year she decided to visit the capital city to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find.
On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar (乞丐). He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously(慷慨地).”Julia felt sorry for the beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl. “Thank you.” he said. The same thing happened again the following day. On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar’s bowl. “What have I done wrong?” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy (吝啬的) today?”
Julia was very surprised at the beggar . “How do you know I haven't given you a dollar?” she said, “If you’re blind you can't know what coin I put into your bowl.” “Ah,” explained the beggar, “The truth is that I'm not blind. I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he’s on holiday.” “On holiday?” Julia said, “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?” “He goes into the countryside,” the man said, “and takes photographs. He's a very good photographer.”
【小题1】Where was the beggar sitting?

I lost my sight when 1 was 4 years old in an accident. Now I'm 32. 

It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love    1so much, as I do now, if I hadn't been    2. I don't mean that l would prefer to go with no sight. I simply mean that the   3of it made me 4more what I had left. 

Life，I believe，   5a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more   6a person is able to make these adjustments，the more    7his life becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I had to   8in myself，or else 1 would have collapsed（崩溃）. When I say belief in myself，I am not talking about simply the kind of    9that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. But I    10something bigger than that：an assurance that I am，despite imperfections，a real，   11person. 

It took me years to discover and    12this assurance. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was   13. “I can't use this，”I said “Take it with you，”he urged me，“and roll it around.” The word stuck in my head. By   14the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to    15a goal I had thought impossible：playing baseball. At Philadelphia School for the Blind I invented a successful   16of baseball. We call it Ground Ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of    17and then tried to reach them, one at a time. But I had to be aware of my   18. It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was out of   19because that only invited the bitterness of   20. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress. 

1.A. darkness       B. life           C. freedom         D. nature

2.A. cured          B. deaf           C. blind           D. brave

3.A. remaining      B. use            C. recovery        D. loss

4.A. appreciate     B. challenge      C. suffer          D. use

5.A. asks           B. causes         C. lacks           D. directs

6.A. abruptly       B. simply         C. cautiously      D. readily

7.A. rich           B. meaningful     C. complex         D. helpful

8.A. believe        B. give           C. take            D. turn

9.A. independence   B. confidence     C. diligence       D. weakness

10.A. mean          B. have           C. produce         D. hide

11.A. disabled      B. reasonable     C. fearless        D. positive

12.A. strengthen    B. prove          C. remove          D. present

13.A. scolded       B. cheated        C. benefited       D. hurt

14.A. taking        B. rolling        C. hitting         D. passing

15.A. shoot         B. describe       C. imagine         D. achieve

16.A. occupation    B. variation      C. competition     D. qualification

17.A. goals         B. games          C. balls           D. examples

18.A. intelligence  B. virtues        C. advantages      D. limitations

19.A. breath        B. reach          C. power           D. sight

20.A. failure                         B. sickness        C. ignorance          D. success

I lost my sight when 1 was 4 years old in an accident．Now I'm 32．

It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love    36   so much, as I do now, if I hadn't been    37  ．I don't mean that l would prefer to go with no sight．I simply mean that the   38   of it made me  39  more what I had left．

Life，I believe，   40   a continuous series of adjustments to reality．The more   41    a person is able to make these adjustments，the more    42    his life becomes．The adjustment is never easy．I had to   43   in myself，or else 1 would have collapsed（崩溃）．When I say belief in myself，I am not talking about simply the kind of    44    that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone．But I    45     something bigger than that：an assurance that I am，despite imperfections，a real，    46     person．

It took me years to discover and    47    this assurance．Once a man gave me an indoor baseball．I thought he was making fun of me and I was   48    ．“I can't use this，”I said “Take it with you，”he urged me，“and roll it around.” The word stuck in my head．By   49   the ball I could hear where it went．This gave me an idea how to    50   a goal I had thought impossible：playing baseball．At Philadelphia School for the Blind I invented a successful  51 of baseball. We call it Ground Ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of    52    and then tried to reach them, one at a time．But I had to be aware of my   53    ．It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was out of   54   because that only invited the bitterness of   55   ．I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress．