I lived in an orphanage(孤儿院）when I was 8. A gentleman came and taught us how to do woodworking projects.
I remember my first project ---a small table. I was so of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(n) . It had taken me six weeks to it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always with us.
As the tables were not dry, the man told us to wait a few days. But I was just so and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a carrying my table.
When I was it in the dormitory, Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand it, she noticed that it was still wet.
“Were you to bring this home?” she asked.
“No, ma’ma,”I with my head down.
She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I opened the door to get it back. There was stuck all over. I brushed and cried.
I hid the table in my closet and never it. After cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent(宿管员), thinking that she would it away.
Thirty years later at a reunion, I that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her to get something. I followed her into a dark corner. She picked something up. she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.
Mother Henderson still kept the little table!
Today, I look at that table with bitter-sweet memories but full of to Mother Henderson, who kept it for an orphan who tried very hard to himself.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was 8 years old, a gentleman came to my orphanage（孤儿院）and taught us how to do woodworking projects.
I remember my first project—a small table. I was so of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always with us.
As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so and happy that I couldn’t wait. I _ out like a flash, carrying my table and smiling from ear to ear.
When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand it, she noticed that it was still wet.
“Were you to bring this home?” she asked.
“No, ma’am,” I with my head down.
She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.
I hid the table in my closet(橱柜) and never it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent（宿管员）, thinking that she would it away.
Thirty years later at a reunion, I that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her to get something important. I followed her into a dark corner. She picked something up. she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.
Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.
Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to .
A．tired B．ashamed C．aware D．proud
A．award B．record C．wonder D．product
A．complete B．invent C．paint D．design
A．reward B．gift C．prize D．souvenir
A．satisfied B．angry C．patient D．strict
A．upset B．excited C．confident D．amazed
A．dashed B．walked C．stepped D．climbed
A．drying B．admiring C．observing D．hiding
A．into B．after C．above D．across
A．supposed B．embarrassed C．encouraged D．determined
A．agreed B．sighed C．whispered D．argued
A．glue B．dirt C．paint D．wood
A．removed B．shook C．touched D．split
A．throw B．give C．take D．put
A．recommended .. B．expected C．remembered D．learned
A．bathroom B．basement C．balcony D．bedroom
A．unexpectedly B．unwillingly C．curiously D．worriedly
A．Until B．Since C．Before D．As
A．gratitude B．admiration C．sympathy D．regret
A．adapt B．study C．please D．perform
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B. C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
It’s been so long that I can’t remember the crime, but I’ll never forget the punishment: Dig up the fig tree (无花果) in the backyard and plant it at Mumsy’s place in the country. As I often did when appointed to do a hard job in the garden, I this was my parents’ way of getting me to do their dirty work.
It was a Sunday morning. With some tools, I went at the tree, dismantling (拆卸) it branch by branch and limb by limb, until all that remained of the once-proud specimen was a sorry-looking stump of a thing.
“What did that ever do to you?”, my father said, “You left some taproot (主根), at least. Go and load up the truck.” On any other day before, during the to mumsy’s, we would have pleasantly school as usual, but I fenced myself off that time.
Then, at Mumsy’s, instead of sitting back to watch me work, he me. As my father and I took turns to work, I could feel my anger , making room for the simple satisfaction of working at my father’s side towards a common goal.
“ Well,” my father said when we finished, “ we’ve done what we can do.” “Do you think there’s any that it can grow up?” I asked. “It’s rich dirt. They say you can plant toenails in it and grow little kids.” My father answered. I never tried the toenail trick, but I did watch as it settled in, took root, and began to prosper. I was amazed and when bowls of figs began to fill the fridge.
In a fair world, I don’t deserve the reward. I had hurt the tree for my own complaints. What right did I have to the fruit? Years later, I put this to my father. Watching him slide a bowl of figs from the fridge one morning, I felt a sudden stab of shame for my boyhood . My father took a fig from the bowl and let me think of the fruit as forgiveness. “You,” he said, “ some of that.”
A．Convinced B．informed C．suspected D．inspected
A．truck B．tool C．tree D．taproot
A．rest B．flight C．walk D．ride
A．thought over B．talked about C．broke into D．gave up
A．Forgave B．tricked C．entertained D．joined
A．Disappeared B．Concentrated C．approached D．exposed
A．Relationship B．value C．advantage D．chance
A．confused B．relieved C．regretful D．disappointed
A．perfectly B．partly C．mostly D．probably
A．task B．answer C．question D．strategy
A．Misery B．misfortune C．sorrow D．rudeness
A．Deserve B．receive C．protect D．suspect
I lost my sight when I was four years old when falling off a train to Atlantic City. But I was . My parents and my teachers saw something in me -a potential to live, you might call it -which I didn't see, and they encouraged me to blindness.
The hardest lesson I had to was to believe in myself. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have walked with a stick for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not _ talking about the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that. Although imperfect in some aspect, I am a real, positive person. There is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and this self-confidence. It had to start with the most basic things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was .
"I can't use this," I responded.
"Take 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 where it went. This gave me an how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a new kind of baseball. We called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to them one by one. I also knew my limitations. It was no good trying something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made .
A．unfortunate B．disappointed C．lucky D．ashamed
A．share with B．play with C．toy with D．fight with
A．meet B．learn C．avoid D．prepare
A．simply B．slightly C．frequently D．directly
A．unusual B．unfair C．unfamiliar D．uncomfortable
A．lengthen B．strengthen C．deepen D．widen
A．hurt B．amused C．greeted D．praised
A．find B．see C．smell D．hear
A．event B．offer C．idea D．excuse
A．receive B．achieve C．classify D．follow
A．refused B．removed C．caused D．replaced
A．sense B．mistakes C．friends D．progress
On a Saturday morning, my left arm went numb, and I felt dizzy. I was taken to hospital. After a quick , the doctor said I had a stroke. As waves of paralysis(瘫痪) came over me, I slowly lost_ of my body. I was just 50 and I thought about how _ it was.
After two operations, I was transferred to the Recovery Center. Though I had lost the use of my arm and leg and couldn’t see out of my left eye, the only thought on my mind was to return to my job. But the was that I needed to relearn how to and see first. I had always been kind of , and this just made me feel like recovery was impossible.
A few days after my first_ physical therapy(治疗) session, my mother came into my room with a neatly-typed written by a nine-year-old boy named Jackson. He told me about the stoke he’d had only a year earlier. He, too, had been paralyzed on his left side. But, telling me what he had lost, Jackson shared what I would . “Do not give up on yourself. All the hard work is worth it.” he wrote.
And the advice kept on coming. He told me to the therapy on the hospital’s “grown-up” floor, where “they make you work hard and you get lots of things back fast.” Here I was, a grown man and a senator of Illinois, getting from a young boy I had _ met.
After a few weeks of correspondence(通信), I arranged for us to meet. He seemed _ at first, but all the awkwardness quickly_ . Jackson showed me how he could run, and I immediately felt_ . One thing I particularly_ was the energy and dignity radiating from him.
As for my recovery, it _ just as Jackson said it would. After a year of intense physical therapy, I climbed to the top of the Capitol and returned to work. With every step I took, I thought of Jackson and his _ . Whenever I was tired or discouraged, I thought of him, the world’s strongest boy.
A．decision B．examination C．description D．discussion
A．hope B．sight C．memory D．control
A．unbelievable B．ordinary C．significant D．controversial
A．right B．left C．single D．only
A．effect B．consequence C．reality D．conclusion
A．speak B．stand C．run D．climb
A．pessimistic B．optimistic C．generous D．realistic
A．efficient B．satisfactory C．discouraging D．amazing
A．book B．poster C．slogan D．letter
A．beyond B．by C．without D．except
A．experience B．discover C．lose D．gain
A．attend B．reject C．end D．escape
A．information B．knowledge C．advice D．freedom
A．occasionally B．seldom C．ever D．never
A．confident B．nervous C．upset D．desperate
A．broke out B．came over C．melted away D．turned up
A．inspired B．relaxed C．frustrated D．confused
A．recommended B．admired C．doubted D．obtained
A．came B．fell C．stayed D．disappeared
A．wisdom B．intelligence C．strength D．Lesson
At age 14, 15 and 16, the way we looked was the most important thing in the world to us. My friends and I wanted nothing less than perfection.
In high school, we joined the gymnastics team, and our became even more important to us. We had no fat, only muscle. On the weekends, we would go to the beach, of our flat stomachs.
One summer day, all my friends were at my house . At one point, I was running back to the pool. I on a bee, and while it was dying under my foot, it stung (蛰) me. I instantly started to feel . That night, I began to run a high fever and my leg and foot were red, hot and swollen. I couldn’t walk. I could barely .
When my foot started to go numb, everyone became more . My foot was not getting enough blood. I had to go to the , and my leg hurt as if it were badly broken. I couldn’t move. All I could do was think about how soft my middle was becoming. That me more than any concern over my leg.
That would all when I heard the doctors mention possibly cutting off my foot. It was still not getting the supply it needed. The doctors would have to speed up their treatment.
Never before did I have such great for my foot. And walking seemed like a from the gods. Less and less would I want to hear my friends talk about and who was wearing what. More and more I expected visits from other kids in the hospital, who were quickly becoming my friends.
One girl came to visit me . Every time she came, she brought flowers. She was recovering from cancer and felt she should come back and the other patients.
She still had no hair, and she was swollen from medications she had been taking. I would not have given this girl a second before. I now loved every inch of her and looked forward to her .
Finally, I was improving and soon I went home. My leg was still swollen, I was walking, and I had my foot! When I would go back to the hospital, I often saw my friend. She was still visiting people and good cheer. I thought if even there was an angel on this earth, it had to be her.
A．grades B．brains C．bodies D．clothes
A．ashamed B．proud C．sure D．tired
A．dancing B．chatting C．jogging D．swimming
A．stepped B．focused C．held D．took
A．upset B．fearful C．sick D．anxious
A．jump B．run C．stand D．rest
A．concerned B．relieved C．surprised D．interested
A．beach B．hospital C．gym D．school
A．blamed B．impressed C．shocked D．troubled
A．change B．bother C．help D．happen
A．nutrition B．blood C．time D．air
A．observation B．devotion C．appreciation D．evaluation
A．gift B．hand C．promise D．treat
A．homework B．appointment C．movies D．gymnastics
A．suddenly B．regularly C．eventually D．recently
A．advise B．encourage C．serve D．instruct
A．choice B．thought C．glance D．chance
A．words B．ideas C．flowers D．visits
A．but B．then C．so D．for
A．enjoying B．gaining C．discovering D．spreading