珠海市实验中学2013届高三英语周测试题五.docVIP

珠海市实验中学2013届高三英语周测试题五 第一节完形填空 Blind from birth, I have never had the opportunity to see myself and have been completely dependent on the image I create in the eyes of others. There are those who that since I can’t see, I obviously also cannot hear. Very often people will talk with me at the top of their lungs. Conversely to this, people will also often 2 , assuming that since my eyes don’t work, my ears don’t either. For example, when I go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for assistance to the plane, he or she will always pick up the phone and call a ground hostess in a very low voice. “Hi, Jane, we’ve got a 76 here.” I have concluded that the word “ 3 ” is not used because they are unwilling to inform me of my condition of which I may not have been previously aware. On the other hand, others know that of course I can hear, but believe that I can’t talk. Once I became ill and was hospitalized. Immediately after I was 4 , I was wheeled down to the X-ray room. Just at the door sat an elderly woman ( judging from her voice ) asked the orderly(护工) who had been wheeling me, “What is your name?” “What’s your name?” the orderly 5 to me. “Harold Krents”, I replied. “Harold Krents”, he repeated. “When was he born?” “When were you born?” This continued for about five minutes before I finally interrupted, “Look, this is absolutely 6 . OK, I can’t see, but it’s going to become pretty 7 to both of you that I don’t need an interpreter.” “He says he doesn’t need an interpreter,” the orderly reported to the woman. 　 The misconception of all is the view that because I cant see, I can’t 9 . I was turned down by over forty law firms, even though my qualifications included a cum laude (以优等成绩毕业者 )degree from Harvard Law School. The to find jobs, the continuous disappointment of being told that it was impossible for a blind person to 11 law, the rejection letter, not based on my lack of _ 12 but rather on my disability, will always remain one of