I went deaf in my right ear and was left with 50% hearing in my left when I was a little boy. My doctors that I would be completely deaf by now, and today, my remaining hearing to 20%, so I think I’m doing pretty .
For my 18th birthday, my dad asked me to deejay at the restaurant he owned. I was . I e-mailed a well-known New York City DJ: “I know you like a challenge. How about teaching a deaf person to deejay?” He wrote back the next day: “Challenge .” He tutored me twice a week for two years, helping me develop proper skills. I practiced four hours a day. Now when I’m , muscle memory takes over.
I started, I wouldn’t tell the club managers I was deaf. I would just , introduce myself and start playing music. At the end of the night, someone would say, “Oh, here’s the check.” And I’d say, “What? Oh, I can’t hear.” They were always so . Sometimes I would bring doctor’s because they wouldn’t believe me. It was reassurance (安心) that they were giving me gigs (特约演奏) not out of , but because I was good. people started calling me “Deaf DJ”.
Music is not all about . For each show, I can hear some of the lower frequencies and feel the in my feet. I can feel the energy of the song and the goes crazy. The next time you go dancing your ears, and you’ll feel a little bit of I do it. You’ll start using your other senses. You’ll start seeing that you’re able to hear the music in a way.
Now, I play all sorts of get-togethers on various occasions. I also go to schools for the deaf and talk to the students about and believing in themselves. I tell their parents, “My to you is to let your kids chase their dreams. I’m a deaf DJ, so why not?”
A．agreed B．confirmed C．predicted D．admitted
A．increased B．stayed C．dropped D．kept
A．well B．much C．bad D．little
A．disappointed B．moved C．embarrassed D．hooked
A．refused B．accepted C．found D．obtained
A．singing B．watching C．performing D．listening
A．When B．While C．After D．Until
A．cheer up B．show up C．look up D．call up
A．satisfied B．frightened C．worried D．surprised
A．notes B．orders C．schedules D．letters
A．encouragement B．favor C．sympathy D．respect
A．Occasionally B．Eventually C．Regularly D．Immediately
A．sensing B．playing C．feeling D．hearing
A．beat B．noise C．clap D．wave
A．music B．song C．crowd D．manager
A．fold B．cover C．close D．touch
A．what B．that C．why D．how
A．funny B．traditional C．strange D．different
A．motivation B．talent C．ability D．qualification
A．chance B．advice C．idea D．motto
Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her 36 was to become a concert pianist or blues singer.
Everything 37 when she was 20 years old. She became sick with what doctors 38 was typhoid fever(伤寒)and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine 39 her to become 40 deaf. She could no longer hear the music which she had always 41.
Shirley would never give up playing the piano, 42 she did decide to change 43 . She transferred to Gallaudet University and studied English. In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for 44 . She wanted to be 45 and work full-time.
For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C. 46 , in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor (宿舍监管员). Shirley supervised young women who 47 in the university during the school year. She also taught English. Somehow she found time to 48 graduate school at Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1972, Shirley received her M.A. degree.
Always 49 a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID),which 50 deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.
This 51 woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D. She made 52 in 1992, 53 she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.
Dr. Shirley Jeanne Allen has traveled many roads and 54 many rainbows searching for her dream. With courage and 55, she never gave up.
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A．teaches B．promises C．pays D．offers
A．amazing B．strict C．wealthy D．beautiful
A．progress B．history C．suggestions D．excuses
A．after B．while C．until D．when
A．found B．watched C．followed D．appreciated
A．determination B．intelligence C．strength D．pride
Blogs allow readers to post comments. There were millions of blogs out there, so I 36 expected anyone to read mine, 37 respond. But almost immediately they did. Twelve messages were 38 after my first entry. I went to the library five times that day—each time there were more.
The next morning I couldn’t wait to get up and hurry to the library. 39 I told my story. It gave structure and a purpose to my day.
For so long I’d been unable to 40 in the real world, afraid of rejection or pity or scorn(轻蔑). 41 here it was safe. This 42 with people on the other side of the screen, many on the other side of the world, was 43 me back to life again.
One particularly cold Tuesday I opened my 44 to see, among emails from bloggers 45 how I was surviving the snow, one saying: “New York Times Journalist Trying to Contact You.” Ian Urbina had discovered my blog 46 when researching an article on people living in their 47 in the U.S. exchanged emails and later he called me up. I hadn’t spoken to 48 for months but, as rain streamed down the glass 49 , the words came. I had been living in the car for almost nine months.
The article 50 on the front page. I didn’t know until I opened my computer. There were emails from people around the world. For almost a year on one had known I 51 existed but now here were hundreds wishing me well. They said they were 52 for me.
Now every time I pressed “Check Mail”, there were more messages. I watched the numbers of the visitors counter on my blog 53 by the hundreds. These were people at their computers all over the world. I felt as of I was viewing a miracle unfold(展开).
Over the next week, in libraries and in the car 54 under lamp posts at night, I wrote my papers. I had notepaper spread 55 the dashboard(仪表盘). And every morning in the quiet of the lane, I wrote for my life.
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A．rather than B．more than C．let alone D．other than
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A．The other day B．Day and night C．All day long D．Another day
A．give out B．reach out C．make out D．hand out
A．But B．And C．Or D．Then
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A．concerned about B．bored with C．careless of D．disappointed at
A．by mistake B．in time C．by chance D．at last
A．homes B．offices C．cars D．libraries
A．everybody B．anyone C．another D．other
A．inwards B．inside C．outwards D．outside
A．carried B．published C．appeared D．contributed
A．already B．even C．almost D．only
A．praying B．fighting C．voting D．looking
A．ending B．increasing C．dropping D．expanding
A．repaired B．washed C．crashed D．parked
A．through B．beyond C．across D．above
It was always thought that Treasure Island(金银岛) was the product（产物） of Robert Stevenson’s imagination（想像）. 36 ，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work .
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 37 for many years .In 1881 he returned to Scotland to spend 38 .With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 39 .
Each morning they would go out for a 40 over the hills .They had been 41 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd, Stevenson’s son, felt the days 42 .To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 43 .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 44 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 45 . “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the 46 treasure”, said the boy. Robert suddenly 47 something of an adventure(冒险) story in the boy’s 48 .While the rain was pouring ,Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 49 a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd .But who would be molded(塑造) into the hero — a pirate(海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked with the 50 of a wooden leg , Robert had always wanted to 51 such a man in a story. 52 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 53 .
So thanks to a 54 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest 55 stories in the English language.
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A．meeting B．story C．holiday D．job
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A．book B．reply C．map D．letter
A．singer B．hero C．writer D．child
A．help B．problem C．use D．up
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A．rainy B．sunny C．cool D．windy
A．news B．love C．travel D．adventure
I was said to be the worst student in my class, and my family thought I was hopeless. I had to 16 grade six. at that time a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to our school.
One day after class, she 17 that I was staying alone during the lunch break. She came to me and began to talk to me. It was just a 18 conversation. After that day, she gave me particular 19 and it made me feel special(特别). I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling that 20 believed me , and my 21 started to improve(提高) in her subject.
Months later, she moved into a house near my 22 . We would walk home together after school. Her constant (不断的 ) support helped me, 23 in my studies, as I knew she would 24 my grades both in her subject and the other subjects. I finally 25 second in my class.
Then, after grade six, she started to slowly drift away（疏远） 26 still kept a constant(不断的) check on me. By the time I was in grade seven, we 27 spoke, but by then I had become the 28 in my class. When I left my school, I was 29 with her, as she never answered the 30 when I called her.
Then I graduated and went to a good university. One fine day, our paths（路） 31 again. I met her at a wedding. I could not 32 asking her, "Why did you stop talking to me?"
"You are a clever boy. I wanted you to be a tree 33 on your own roots, not depending on (依靠)others. Now here you are and I feel 34 of you. You are your inspiration and do not need to 35 a shoulder," she said. I could not say anything, but I smiled. I’ll always thank her .
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A．stupid B．useless C．normal D．secret
A．attention B．attraction C．explanation D．examination
A．everyone B．someone C．anyone D．nobody
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A．home B．school C．hotel D．company
A．generally B．actually C．especially D．usually
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A．finish B．help C．prevent D．keep
A．standing B．flying C．growing D．sitting
A．sad B．proud C．good D．ashamed
A．give up B．get on C．look for D．take up
IF and WHEN often had lunch together. Their conversation always 36 on the things they hoped to achieve and they loved to talk about them. ]
This particular Saturday when they met for lunch, WHEN 37 IF wasn’t in a great mood（心情）. After they sat at the usual table 38 for them, WHEN asked IF, “You don’t seem your usual 39 self(样子)?” IF replied,“Yesterday I saw a course I wanted to take. If only I 40 the time.”
WHEN knew exactly how IF felt and said, “I too saw a 41 and I’ m going to register when I get 42 money.” WHEN then questioned IF, “What about the new job you were going to apply for?” IF answered, “I would have applied, but my 43 broke down. I couldn’t type my resume(简历).”
“Don’t worry. I’ve been thinking about looking for another job also, 44 I’ll wait and when the weather gets 45 I will look then. I hate this awful weather.”
The man sitting nearby heard them talking about when this and if that. When he couldn’t46 it anymore, he went to them and said, “I think I know 47 you could solve your problems.”
IF smiled and thought that even if he knew the 48 they faced, there was no way he could help! 49 , IF asked the man for advice. The man said, “Your conversation reminds me of an old 50 : IF and WHEN were planted, and nothing 51 .”
IF and WHEN both looked surprised and began to feel 52 of living their life for the “ifs” and “whens”. Finally they came to a(n) 53 : next time they met, there would be no “ifs” or “whens”; they would 54 talk about what they had 55 !
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B. focused B. insisted |
C. relied C. declared |
D. took D. promised |
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B. made |
B. bought |
D. reserved |
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