It was at a concert that I happened to find David. He was holding his head at a strange
36 as if he were staring down at something. Then the truth
37 me. He was blind. The last thing he remembers seeingwas his daughter being born. Then the whole world went
38 .
Bad luck is no stranger to this 44-year-old man. His mother died of cancer, and his weak father had to
39 11-year-old David to the
40 of the state.
Things seemed always to go for
41 . Two years ago, his beloved guide dog pulled him out of the pathof a truck. David was not
42 . The dog died.
But David does not feel sorry for himself. “These are just little obstacles(障碍困难) you have to
43 in your life,” he said.
He has to make a daily two-hour trip to his working place—the X-ray department of an
44 room. It was a hard job to
45 by. Before he got it, David was determined to escape the workshop run by the Lighthouse, an organization
46 to helping blind people. He wanted a job of developing X-ray film, a job
47 everyone, not just he, must work in the dark, including those with
48 eyesight. The Lighthouse called many hospitals, with no result,
49 they offered to pay his first three months’ salary.
David works alone in a dark room that
50 of chemicals. He doesn’t wear gloves. Otherwise, he could not feel.
51 this is an emergency room, lives can be put either
52 or out of danger. His director says he trusts him 100 percent.
He makes $20,000 a year. But his motivation goes
53 money. “By working I can realize my own
54 . That’s what really counts!” he said.
What a shining example for us to
55 !
| 小题1: | | A．angle(角度) | B．direction | C．manner | D．way |
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| 小题2: | | A．stuck to | B．came out | C．struck | D．occurred |
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| 小题3: | | A．blank | B．darkness | C．wrongly | D．emptiness |
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| 小题4: | | A．give in | B．look after | C．leave | D．remain |
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| 小题5: | | A．attention | B．care | C．worry | D．control |
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| 小题6: | | A．better | B．worst | C．the better | D．the worse |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurt | B．wound | C．damaged | D．ruined |
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| 小题8: | | A．experiment | B．get over | C．do with | D．go over |
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| 小题9: | | A．upstairs | B．information | C．emergency | D．underground |
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| 小题11: | | A．intended | B．aimed | C．offered | D．devoted |
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| 小题12: | | A．that | B．where | C．which | D．how |
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| 小题13: | | A．average | B．common | C．normal | D．poor |
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| 小题14: | | A．because | B．as if | C．in case | D．even though |
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| 小题15: | | A．consists | B．smells | C．tastes | D．makes |
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| 小题16: | | A．If | B．Although | C．Since | D．When |
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| 小题17: | | A．at risk | B．in need | C．at ease | D．to test |
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| 小题18: | | A．into | B．beyond | C．for | D．over |
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| 小题19: | | A．disadvantage | B．blindness | C．purpose | D．value |
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| 小题20: | | A．set | B．take | C．give | D．follow |
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