I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover interviewed me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room 　1　ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me 　2　any subjects I wished to 　3　. Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time – current events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics, electronics, gunnery – and he began to ask me a series of questions of increasing 　4　. In each instance, he soon 　5　that I knew relatively 　6　about the subjects I had chosen.　　

He always looked right 　7　my eyes，and he never smiled. I was wet with cold 　8　.

Finally, he asked me a question and I thought I could regain 　9　. He said, “How did you 　10　 in your class at Georgia Tech before 　11　our Annapolis as a plebe （军校新生） ?”I had done very well, and I swelled my chest with pride and answered, “Sir, I stood fifty-ninth in a class of 820!” I sat back to wait for the 　12　--- which never came. 　13　, the question: “Did you do your best?” I started to say, “Yes, Sir,” but I remembered who this was, and 　14　several of my times at the academy15 I could have learned more about our supporters, our enemies, weapons strategy, and so forth. I was just human. I 16 my throat and finally said, “No, Sir. I didn’t always do my 　17.”　　

He looked at me for a long time, and then turned his chair around to 　18　the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget 　19　to answer. He said, “Why not?” I sat there for a while, 　20　, and then slowly left the room.

1．A．beside                   B．with                    C．for                      D．by

2．A．choose                  B．consider              C．elect　　            D．search

3．A．learn　                 B．confirm               C．discuss　            D．concern

4．A．humor                  B．knowledge           C．difficulty　          D．ability

5．A．.proved　             B．showed　            C．meant                 D．imagined

6．A．much                    B．anything　           C．little　                 D．everything

7．A．for                       B．into                     C．back                   D．up

8．A．sweat                   B．air                       C．water                  D．weather

9．A．consideration         B．permission        C．self-confidence    D．self-defense

10．A．stand                  B deal.                      C．behave                D．go

11．A．leaving                B．reaching              C．choosing             D．entering

12．A．celebrations         B．expectations         C．evaluations          congratulations

13．A．Thus                   B．Instead                C．However             D．Therefore

14．A．recalled               B．tried                    C．analyzed              D．examined

15．A．where                 B．that                     C．when                 D．which

16．A．cleared                B examined.              C cleaned.                 D treated.

17．A．worst                  B．best　                 C．fewest                D．least

18．A．start　                B．continue              C．interrupt              D．end

19．A．so　                   B．and　                  C．or                       D．but

20．A．moved                B．excited                C．frightened            D．shaken

Not long ago I wasn’t doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and negative thinking. While on the　 36 , I met many new friends, but one in particular　 37 . His nickname is Colorful Day and we 38 on the Web. He told me he lost his 39 at age 15, and felt the whole world had closed its door to him.

　　 He was 40 so fast that I couldn’t believe he was blind! But he continued to 41 , “Five years ago, I realized it was time to change my life. I had read about Helen Keller and understood her life and 42 . So I developed a website about her life 43 mine called Three Days to See.”

　　 I visited his website which was well 44 and vividly presented.

　　 I asked, “How did you　 45　 to build such a website?” he said, “Owing to the new technology, I can use software specially　 46 for the blind. 47 I point the cursor(光标), it will just read it out to me. We can do far more things and 48 more information than we could before.”

　 I then asked, “Didn’t you have great difficulty with it?”

　　 He hesitated and then began his 49 with a smiling face, “Yes, but I have faith in myself to 50 my colorful day, and modern technology gives me this medium and 51 to do it.”

　　 His 52 attitude towards life made me believe that our fate offers not the cup of despair, 53　 the chalice (大杯) of opportunity, I returned to my lessons, and this time with a smile on my face and with 54 of a colorful future.

The Internet, which opened to me to 55 different lives and cultures, has a charm you couldn’t find in another wise non-virtual world.

36.　 A. Internet　　 B. stage　 C. street D. farm

37.　 A. turns out　 B. stands out　 C. comes out D. looks out

38.　 A. argued　　　 B. interviewed C. told　　 D. chatted

39.　 A. eyesight　　 B. hearing　　　 C. hands D. legs

40.　 A. speaking　　 B. typing C. saying D. spelling

41.　 A. follow B. read　 C. write　 D. copy

42.　 A. friendship　 B. marriage　　 C. happiness　 D. hardships

43.　 A. as well as　 B. as good as C. as much as D. as long as

44.　 A. helped B. produced　 C. taken D. found

45.　 A. try　　 B. come C. work D. manage

46.　 A. designed　　 B. placed C. planned　　 D. imagined

47.　 A. Weather　　 B. However　 C. Whatever　 D. wherever

48.　 A. send　 B. get　　 C. communicate　　 D. exchange

49.　 A. lessons　　　 B. speeches　 C. words D. opinions

50.　 A. create B. produce　　 C. recognize　 D. organize

51.　 A. time　 B. night　 C. opportunity D. advice

52.　 A. hopeful　　 B. disappointed　　　 C. pleasant　　 D. positive

53.　 A. but　　 B. and　　 C. so 　　 D. then

54.　 A. suggestions　　　 B. expectations　　　 C. anxieties　　 D. apologies

55.　 A. touch B. feel　　 C. experience D. suffer