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【题目】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 Although imperfect in some aspect, I place where I can make myself fit．of it．But I mean something bigger than that．am a real! positive person．There is a special 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 playing baseball．At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the 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 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 ．

【1】A．unfortunate B．disappointed C．lucky D．ashamed

【2】A．share with B．play with C．toy with D．fight with

【3】A．meet B．learn C．avoid D．prepare

【4】A．simply B．slightly C．frequently D．directly

【5】A．unusual B．unfair C．unfamiliar D．uncomfortable

【6】A．lengthen B．strengthen C．deepen D．widen

【7】A．hurt B．amused C．greeted D．praised

【8】A．find B．see C．smell D．hear

【9】A．event B．offer C．idea D．excuse

【10】A．receive B．achieve C．classify D．follow

【11】A．refused B．removed C．caused D．replaced

【12】A．sense B．mistakes C．friends D．Progress

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】D

【9】C

【10】B

【11】C

【12】D

【解析】

【1】本空考查形容词辨析。A．unfortunate不幸运的；B．disappointed失望的；C．lucky幸运的；D．ashamed感到羞愧的。根据前文从火车上掉下，很悲剧，but的转折，说明应用lucky，故选C。

【2】考查动词短语辨析。A．share with和……分享；B．play with和……玩；C．toy with玩弄，不认真考虑；D．fight with与……斗争。根据前文的encourage和空后的blindness判断，应是与看不见作斗争、抗争。故选D。

【3】考查动词辨析。A．meet遇见；B．learn学会；C．avoid避免；D．prepare准备。根据空前的lesson判断选learn，故选B。

【4】考查副词辨析。A．simply仅仅，只有；B．slightly稍稍；C．frequently频繁地；D．directly直接地。根据下文的alone判断选simply。故选A。

【5】考查形容词辨析。A．unusual非同寻常的；B．unfair不公平的；C．unfamiliar不熟悉的；D．uncomfortable不舒适的。S我不仅仅谈及那种帮我单独下不熟悉楼梯的自信心。故选C。

【6】考查动词辨析。A．lengthen加长；B．strengthen加强；C．deepen加深；D．widen加宽。根据下文的hard判断作者盲了之后，花了好长时间加强自信心。故选B。

【7】考查动词辨析。A．hurt伤害；B．amused逗乐；C．greeted打招呼；D．praised表扬。根据前文的make fun of me判断我受到伤害，故选A。

【8】考查动词辨析。A．find发现；B．see看到；C．smell发出气味，嗅；D．hear听到。根据前文作者看不见了，但可以听到球往哪里去。故选D。

【9】考查名词辨析。A．event项目；B．offer提供；C．idea主意； D．excuse借口。根据前文能听到球去哪里了，判断这给作者了一个主意，故选C。

【10】考查动词辨析。A．receive收到；B．achieve成就；C．classify分类；D．follow跟随。根据前文的goals，应选achieve，故选B。

【11】考查动词辨析。A．refused拒绝；B．removed脱去；C．caused引起；D．replaced代替。根据前卫的out of reach和下文的failure判断选C。

【12】考查名词辨析。A．sense 感觉，意义；B．mistakes错误；C．friends朋友；D．progress进步。根据前文和but判断是取得进步，故选D。