2014届高考英语专题限时训练23《夹叙夹议型完形填空》二.docVIP

专题限时训练(二十三)　[夹叙夹议型完形填空(二)] (限时：30分钟) (一) I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of __1__ and what color red is. It would be__2__to see again, but a(n)__3__can do strange things to people. I dont mean I would__4__to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate more what I had__5__. My parents and my teachers saw something in me—a__6__to live—which I didnt see, and they made me want to fight it out with__7__. The__8__lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of__9__that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. I__10__something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, despite being__11__， a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit. It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence. It had to start with the easy and simple things.__12__a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was__13__. “I cant use this，” I said.“Take with you，” he urged me, “ and roll it around.”The words__14__in my head. “Roll it around！” By rolling the ball I could__15__where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought__16__before: playing baseball.At Philadelphias Overbrook School for the Blind I__17__a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball. I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my__18__.It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was__19__out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway，__20__on the average I made progress. 1．A.sky B．cloud C．sunshine D．mist 2．A.helpful B．wonderful C．hopeful D．successful 3．A.disaster B．environment C．incident D．wonder 4．A.manage B．try C．want D．prefer 5．A.lost B．left C．used D．cared[ 6．A.purpose B．potential C．pressure D