IlostmysightwhenIwasfouryearsoldbyfallingoffaboxcarinafreight(货运)yardinAtlanticCityandlandingonmyhead.NowIamthirty-two.Icanslightly5thebrightnessofsunshineandwhatcolourredis.Itwouldbewonder
IlostmysightwhenIwasfouryearsoldbyfallingoffaboxcarinafreight(货运)yardinAtlanticCityandlandingonmyhead.NowIamthirty-two.Icanslightly5thebrightnessofsunshineandwhatcolourredis.Itwouldbewonderfultoseeagainbut6candostrangethingstopeople.
It7tometheotherdaythatImightnothavecometolovelifeasIdoifIhadn'tbeen8.Ibelieveinlifenow.IamnotsosurethatIwouldhavebelievedinitso9,otherwise.Idon'tmeanthatIwouldpre?fertogowithoutmy10.Isimplymeanthatthelossofthemmademe 11 morewhatIhad.
LifeIbelieveasksacontinuousseriesof12toreality.Themorereadilyapersonisabletomaketheseadjustmentsthemore 13 hisownprivateworld becomes.Theadjustmentisnevereasy.Thehardest 14 Ihadtolearnwastobelieveinmyself.Thatwas 15 .IfIhadn'tbeenabletodothatIwouldhave 16 andbecomeachairrockeronthefrontporch(门廊)fortherestofmylife.
Ittookmeyearstodiscoverand 17 thisbelief.Ithadtostartwiththemostelementarythings.Onceamangavemean indoorbaseball. Ithoughthewas18 atmeandIwashurt."Ican'tusethis"Isaid."19 itwithyou,,,heurgedme"androllitaround.,,Thewordsstuckinmyhead. "Rollitaround!"ByrollingtheballIcouldhear 20itwent.ThisgavemeanideahowtoachieveagoalIhadthought 21 ;playingbaseball. AtPhiladelphia'sOverbrookSchoolfortheBlindIinventedasuccessfulvariationof 22 .Wecalleditgroundball.
AllmylifeIhavesetaheadofmeaseriesofgoalsandthentriedtoreachthemoneatatime.Ihadtolearnmy23ItwasnogoodtotryforsomethingIknewatthestartthatwaswildlyoutofreachbecausethatonlyinvitedthebitternessof24.IwouldfailsometimesanywaybutonaverageImadeprogress.
5.A.forget B.see
C.ignore D.remember
6. A.happiness B.fortune
C.misfortune D.wealth
7. A.occurred B.happened
C.agreed D.applied
8. A.clever B.blind
C.foolish D.lucky
9. A.hardly B.quickly