Question

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head.Now I am thirty­two.I can ____ remember the brightness of sunshine and what red color is.It would be wonderful to see again, ____ a disaster can do strange things to people.

It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to ____ life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now.I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, ____. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me ____ the more what I had left.

The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself.That was ____. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have ____ and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life.When I say ____ in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self­confidence that helps me down a(n) ____ staircase alone.That is part of it.But I mean something ____ than that: an assurance that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and ____ this assurance.It had to start with the most elementary things.Once 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 it with you；” he ____ me.“and roll it around.” The words ____ in my head. “Roll it around！” By rolling the ball I could ____ where it went.This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought ____： playing baseball.At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I ____ a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of ____ and then tried to reach them, one at a time.I had to learn my ____. It was no good trying for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made ____.

1.A.entirely B．nearly

C．vaguely D．simply

2.A.and B．but

C．so D．for

3.A.assess B．fear

C．enrich D．love

4.A.otherwise B．therefore

C．however D．besides

5.A.understand B．appreciate

C．possess D．accept

6.A.enough B．specific

C．tough D．basic

7.A.survived B．escaped

C．collapsed D．sacrificed

8.A.hope B．power

C．courage D．belief

9.A.unfamiliar B．unbelievable

C．unexpected D．uncomfortable

10.A.harder B．bigger

C．warmer D．heavier

11.A.weaken B．strengthen

C．sharpen D．brighten

12.A.upset B．flattered

C．ashamed D．hurt

13.A.urged B．promised

C．convinced D．advised

14.A.flashed B．appeared

C．stuck D．crowded

15.A.notice B．hear

C．smell D．touch

16.A.impossible B．important

C．imaginary D．impressive

17.A.produced B．imitated

C．invented D．spotted

18.A.goals B．efforts

C．directions D．barriers

19.A.challenges B．strengths

C．situations D．limitations

20.A.history B．change

C．progress D．sense

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.A

【解析】

文章大意：人生最艰难的一课就是学会相信自己。就像本文作者在黑暗中的坚持一样。

1.C　现在我已经32岁了。我还“模糊地”记得阳光是多么灿烂，红色是多么鲜艳。vaguely“模糊地”；entirely“完全地”；nearly“几乎”；simply“简单地，只”。

2.2】B　能恢复视觉固然好，“但”灾难也能对人产生奇妙的作用。

3.3】D　有一天我突然想到，倘若我不是盲人，我或许不会变得像现在这样“热爱”生活。

4.4】A　现在我相信生活，但我不能肯定如果自己是明眼人，会不会像现在这样深深地相信生活。otherwise“否则，另外，在其他方面”；therefore“因此”；however“然而”；besides“而且”。

5.5】B　这并不意味着我宁愿成为盲人，而只是意味着失去视力使我更加“珍惜”自己其他的能力。appreciate“感激，欣赏”；understand“理解”；possess“占领，占有”；accept“接受”。

6.6】D　我必须学会的最艰难的一课就是相信自己，这是“基本”条件。basic“基本的”；enough“足够的”；specific“明确的”；tough“艰难的”。

7.7】C　如做不到这一点，我的精神就会“崩溃”，只能坐在前门廊的摇椅中度过余生。collapse“崩溃，倒塌”；survive“度过，幸存”；escape“逃跑，逃避”；sacrifice“牺牲”。

8.8】D　“相信”自己并不仅仅指支持我独自走下“陌生的”楼梯的那种自信，那是一部分。belief“相信，信仰”；hope“希望”；power“权力”；courage“勇气”。

9.9】A　见上题解析。unfamiliar“陌生的”；unbelievable“令人难以置信的，非常惊人的”；unexpected“出乎意料的”；uncomfortable“不舒服的，令人不舒服的”。

10.0】B　我指的是“大事”：确保自有我可以安身立命的一席之地。

11.1】B　我花了很长时间才树立并不断“加强”这一信念。strengthen“加强”；weaken“(使)削弱，(使)变弱”；sharpen“使锋利”；brighten“使明亮”。

12.2】D　这要从最简单的事做起。有一次一个人给我一个室内玩的棒球，我以为他在嘲笑我，“心里很难受”。hurt“使受伤，使伤心”；upset“使心烦意乱”；flattered“过分夸奖的，高兴的，感到荣幸的”；ashamed“惭愧的，羞耻的”。

13.3】A　“你拿去，”他“竭力”劝我，“在地上滚球。”urge“催促，力劝”；promise“答应，许诺”；convince“说服，使相信”；advise“建议”。

14.4】C　他的话在我脑子里生了根。be stuck in“陷入，卡住不动，困住”。

15.5】B　滚球使我“听见”它朝哪儿滚动。

16.6】A　我马上想到一个我曾认为“不可能”达到的目标：打棒球。impossible“不可能的”；important“重要的”；imaginary“假想的，虚构的”；impressive“给人印象深刻的，感人的，引人注目的”。

17.7】C　在费城的奥弗布鲁克盲人学校，我“发明”了一种很受人欢迎的棒球游戏，我们称它为地面球。invent“发明”；produce“生产”；imitate“模仿，效仿”；spot“认出，发现”。

18.8】A　我这一辈子给自己树立了一系列“目标”，然后努力去达到，一次一个。goal“目标”；effort“努力”；direction“方向”；barrier“障碍，屏障”。

19.9】D　我必须了解自己能力“有限”，若开始就知道某个目标根本达不到却硬要去实现，那不会有任何好处，因为那只会带来失败的苦果。limitation“限制，局限”；challenge“挑战”；strength“力量，长处”；situation“局面，局势”。

20.20】C　我有时也失败过，但一般来说总有“进步”。progress“进步”；history“历史”；change“变化”；sense“感觉，官能，意识”。