When we think of heroes, we often think of strong, brave people. But anyone can be a hero. 1. Fred Hollows was such a person.

Fred Hollows was born in New Zealand and became an eye doctor. He believed that all people, rich and poor, should have good medical treatment. After he began working as an eye doctor in Australia, he learned that many Aboriginal (土著的) Australians had eye disease because of dirty environment and bad health2.. Because of his work, many Aboriginal people could see again and fewer aboriginal people became blind.

3.Many people in Africa needed small eye Surgical operation (外科手术) to cure (治愈) their blindness. The cost of this surgery was only twenty-five dollars. But that is a lot of money to a poor person in Africa. There were also no doctors to help.

Fred Hollows wanted to help the people in Africa. But he couldn’t go to Africa because he had become sick. So he started the Fred Hollows Foundation 4.. This money provided equipment for eye surgeries and helped to train doctors. The foundation helped thousands of poor people all over the world.

Unfortunately, Fred Hollows died before the foundation began its wonderful work in Africa and then other countries 5.. Even after his death, Fred Hollows is still helping people. He is a true hero.

A. Now the foundation helps save the eyesight (视力) of poor people all over the world.

B. A hero is someone who helps another person in the difficulties or danger.

C. Fred Hollows went to Africa later.

D. Later, Fred Hollows learned blindness was also a big problem in Africa.

E. People in Africa speak highly of Fred Hollows.

F. He set up a program to help people take care of their eyes.

G. This foundation collected donations from people in rich countries.

The teacher sent me home with a note for my mother that said I needed to visit the eye doctor because I failed the vision test. The trip home that day was very slow.

My mother said it would all be just fine. "It wouldn’t hurt a bit," she said. But I wasn’t worried about pain-I was worried about looking _______.

The next day, my mother pulled me to the eye doctor’s office. I _______ a set of frames (镜框) and tried to believe my mother when she said they looked really _______ on me. The doctor said the glasses would be ready soon. But I wasn’t ready at all, and I didn’t think I ever would be.

When the glasses arrived, the eye doctor put them on my face and walked me out onto the sidewalk in front of his office. When I looked _______ from my shoes, I found myself in a whole new world – a world filled with _______ pictures, bright colours, and fine detail everywhere I looked. Suddenly I _______ the beautiful outline of red leaves on trees. I could see the details of people’s faces long before they were standing in front of me. I could see my mother _______ as she watched me see the world in a whole new way.

"Glasses aren’t so bad, are they? " Mom asked.

"Not at all, " I thought to myself. On that first day, they were a _______.

The Monday morning came, and I had to _______ the kids in my classroom. And it happened, just like I feared it would be. A mean kid pointed at me in the middle of the maths class and shouted, "Four ________! " But at the same moment, looking through my new glasses, I could see all the way across the room that the kid who had said it had an awfully big nose.

1.A. smart B. old C. funny D. blind

2.A. chose B. made C. fixed D. owned

3.A. silly B. good C. huge D. strange

4.A. around B. back C. down D. up

5.A. pale B. dark C. clever D. rare

6.A. noticed B. recorded C. developed D. imagined

7.A. crying B. worrying C. dreaming D. smiling

8.A. present B. wonder C. beauty D. fashion

9.A. impress B. visit C. face D. avoid

10.A. noses B. eyes C. glasses D. frames

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