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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’t remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is clearly. It would be ________ to see again, but a disaster can do strange things to people. I don’t mean I would ________ to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate(珍惜)more what I had ________ .

My parents and my teachers saw something in me---a potential(潜能)to live---which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight in out with blindness.

The ________ lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down so unfamiliar staircase alone. I ________ something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, although being imperfect, a real, positive(积极的)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, ________ a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was ________ . “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take with you,” he encouraged me, “and roll it around.” The words were always in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought ________ before; playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I ________ a successful skill 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 limitations(限制). It was no good crying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway, ________ on the average(平均)I made progress.

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

2.A. fail B. try C. want D. prefer

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

4.A. hardest B. boring C. simplest D. easiest

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

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

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

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

9.A. invented B. discovered C. ordered D. directed

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

Do you like playing soccer? If you do, you may want to join the school soccer team. Read on and see how to join the school soccer team.

The first step is to know the information about the team. You can find more information by asking these questions. How many students are there in the soccer team? How many new players do they need? How often do they play soccer?

The second step is to practice. Practice soccer with your friends or your family. Only good players can join the school soccer team. So you need to practice your skill.

The third step is to study hard. If you always get bad grades in the exam, your teachers and parents won’t let you join the soccer team.

The last step is to relax. Don’t be too nervous. You can take a deep breath and keep smiling. Believe in yourself and you can be the best player.

1.Which is not the suitable question according to the second paragraph?

A. How often do they play soccer?

B. Can I join the school team?

C. How many students are there in the soccer team?

D. How many new players do they need?

2. Which step is about studying hard?

A. The first step. B. The second step.

C. The third step. D. The last step.

3. If you always get bad grades in the exam, won’t let you join the soccer team.

A. your teachers and parents

B. your classmates and friends

C. your parents and friends

D. your teachers and classmates

4. What does the underlined word “skill” mean in Chinese?

A. 锻炼 B. 技能 C. 实践 D. 方法

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. It’s about how to join the school soccer team.

B. It’s about how to be a good soccer player.

C. It’s about how to get good grades in the exam.

D. It’s about how to make more friends at school

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