I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight(货运) yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can slightly the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but can do strange things to people.
It to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been . I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so , otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my . I simply mean that the loss of them made me the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of ___ to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. The hardest 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 on the front perch(门廊) for the rest of my life.
It took me years to discover and this believe. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was at me and I was hurt. "I can't use this," I said. " it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around." The words stuck in my head. "Roll it around!" By rolling the ball I could hear 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 invented a successful variation of . We called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my . It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of . I would fail sometimes anyway but on average I made progress.
A．forget B．see C．ignore D．remember
A．happiness B．fortune C．misfortune D．wealth
A．occurred B．happened C．agreed D．applied
A．clever B．blind C．foolish D．luckily
A．hardly B．quickly C．roughly D．deeply
A．hands B．arms C．eyes D．legs
A．appreciate B．arrive C． believe D．accept
A．employments B．investments C．settlements D．adjustments
A．meaningful B．painful C．fearful D．careful
A．pleasure B．lesson C．enjoyment D．trouble
A．unnecessary B．horrible C．unpractical D．essential
A．broken out B．broken through C．broken down D．broken off
A．strengthen B．weaken C．shorten D．darken
A．smiling B．laughing C．wondering D．glaring
A．Bring B．Borrow C．Take D．Lend
A．where B．when C．why D．how
A．possible B．potential C．probable D．impossible
A．basketball B．baseball C．football D．volleyball
A．conversations B．limitations C．congratulations D．educations
A．achievement B．process C．success D．failure
Ten years ago, my 14-year-old son, Jack, became very ill with heart disease. For several months Jack lived on life support and we were forced to watch him . I prayed for a heart to become available, but it made me so because I knew for that to happen, someone else’s child would have to die. How could anyone pray for that? I still remember so clearly the morning we got the call that there was a . As we stood in Jack’s hospital room watching them prepare him for operation, we the feeling of bittersweet. His dad and I realized that at the moment we were standing there with so much and so much love, while another family somewhere was saying to their child and was in great pain. We knelt down together and , and we prayed for them and we thanked them for giving such a gift.
Ten days later, Jack was to come home. He had received a second of life. Over the next two , he got to go to high school, learn to drive and have his first girlfriend. He put his brand new heart to good , volunteering at the homeless shelter and the elderly.
Jack’s new heart him when he was 16. We were heartbreaking, we still saw it as a miracle (奇迹). We received two years with him we would never have had without the organ donation. When he died, his eyes to someone who wanted to see, someone who, perhaps, had seen the faces of the family they loved so dearly. I believe that one day I will look into the of someone else’s son or daughter, and I will see those sky blue eyes looking back at me — the evidence of selfless .
A．breathing B．dying C．smiling D．playing
A．upset B．excited C．lonely D．surprised
A．gift B．room C．heart D．child
A．compared B．imagined C．described D．experienced
A．power B．sadness C．hope D．pain
A．goodbye B．thanks C．sorry D．hello
A．talked B．cried C．argued D．complained
A．creative B．practical C．expensive D．selfless
A．free B．able C．proud D．ashamed
A．chance B．way C．right D．pleasure
A．weeks B．months C．years D．decades
A．place B．effect C．promise D．use
A．saving B．protecting C．teaching D．helping
A．left B．failed C．escaped D．cheated
A．and B．so C．but D．for
A．precious B．hard C．full D．necessary
A．returned B．went C．led D．moved
A．even B．already C．never D．yet
A．face B．dream C．body D．life
A．support B．rescue C．trust D．giving
From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I always my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader like them.
Years _ _ by, and soon I was able to take part in the elections, I would win. But the reality was that I hadn’t had a chance. I wasn’t beautiful. Girls across the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it to win a school election. I was .
As I cried in my room that evening, I suddenly took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming. I decided that I would for elections again in my final year at school — and I would make every effort to the election.
I recognized that my rivals had a lot of things in their favor. What were the points that would work in _ _ favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest was the faith I had. I would not allow my plain appearance to hold me _ _ from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I my election plans a whole year ahead of time.
I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantage. In order to learn how to present a great election , I also attended a course on effective public speaking.
The day after the election, when the principal announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students . That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was theirs.
Suddenly, I realized that I had much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people along the way. I had won the and love of my school-mates and they me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and their day.
A．praised B．remembered C．admired D．believed
A．flied B．flowed C．flew D．passed
A．pretending B．planning C．hoping D．judging
A．took B．provided C．meant D．offered
A．concerned B．angry C．surprised D．upset
A．enter B．speak C．pay D．wait
A．win B．beat C．defeat D．earn
A．their B．your C．my D．our
A．problem B．worry C．strength D．dream
A．in B．back C．out D．up
A．discussed B．began C．announced D．challenged
A．reconsider B．accompany C．support D．represent
A．but B．and C．or D．so
A．speech B．capsule C．meeting D．promise
A．nodded B．gathered C．cried D．cheered
A．also B．still C．almost D．only
A．accomplished B．absorbed C．devoted D．developed
A．announcement B．admission C．recognition D．arrangement
A．thought B．spoke C．considered D．said
A．enlarge B．brighten C．wish D．experience
Before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. He targeted a company which planned to only one person. However, there were over 20 candidates, _ __ was my son. I him, “It’s difficult to get into the company. Don’t too much for fear that you would feel disappointed when you fail.” My son said smilingly, “ I try, there will be hope！”
Of the 20 candidates, only three could the final round, which would later decide the one to be employed. Everything seemed to quite well and my son the first round and entered the final. Unexpectedly, the final interview was unbelievably , and all of them were asked to go home and wait for the of the interview.
A．employ B．support C．manage D．interview
A．among them B．with them C．among whom D．with whom
A．interrupted B．promised C．reminded D．followed
A．spend B．expect C．waste D．wish
A．As if B．as soon as C．Even if D．As long as
A．enter B．survive C．change D．judge
A．move B．go C．fit D．stay
A．passed B．earned C．left D．started
A．challenging B．simple C．perfect D．secret
A．course B．plan C．answer D．result
From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I always my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader like them.
Years _ _ by, and soon I was able to take part in the elections, I would win. But the reality was that I hadn’t had a chance. I wasn’t beautiful. Girls across the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it to win a school election. I was .
As I cried in my room that evening, I suddenly took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming. I decided that I would for elections again in my final year at school — and I would make every effort to the election.
I recognized that my rivals had a lot of things in their favor. What were the points that would work in __ favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest was the faith I had. I would not allow my plain appearance to hold me __ from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I my election plans a whole year ahead of time.
I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantage. In order to learn how to present a great election , I also attended a course on effective public speaking.
The day after the election, when the principal announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students . That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was theirs.
Suddenly, I realized that I had much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people along the way. I had won the and love of my school-mates and they me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and their day.
A．praised B．remembered C．admired D．believed
A．flied B．flowed C．flew D．passed
A．pretending B．planning C．hoping D．judging
A．took B．provided C．meant D．offered
A．concerned B．angry C．surprised D．upset
A．enter B．speak C．pay D．wait
A．win B．beat C．defeat D．earn
A．their B．your C．my D．our
A．problem B．worry C．strength D．dream
A．in B．back C．out D．up
A．discussed B．began C．announced D．challenged
A．reconsider B．accompany C．support D．represent
A．but B．and C．or D．so
A．speech B．capsule C．meeting D．promise
A．nodded B．gathered C．cried D．cheered
A．also B．still C．almost D．only
A．accomplished B．absorbed C．devoted D．developed
A．announcement B．admission C．recognition D．arrangement
A．thought B．spoke C．considered D．said
A．enlarge B．brighten C．wish D．experience
Before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. He targeted a company which planned to only one person. However, there were over 20 candidates, ____ was my son. I him, “It’s difficult to get into the company. Don’t too much for fear that you would feel disappointed when you fail.” My son said smilingly, “ I try, there will be hope！”
Of the 20 candidates, only three could the final round, which would later decide the one to be employed. Everything seemed to quite well and my son the first round and entered the final. Unexpectedly, the final interview was unbelievably , and all of them were asked to go home and wait for the of the interview.
A．employ B．support C．manage D．interview
A．among them B．with them C．among whom D．with whom
A．interrupted B．promised C．reminded D．followed
A．spend B．expect C．waste D．wish
A．As if B．as soon as C．Even if D．As long as
A．enter B．survive C．change D．judge
A．move B．go C．fit D．stay
A．passed B．earned C．left D．started
A．challenging B．simple C．perfect D．secret
A．course B．plan C．answer D．result