IlostmysightwhenIwasfourbyfallingoffaboxcarinafreight（货物）yardinAtlanticCity.NowIamthirtytwo.Icanslightlyrememberwhatcolorredis.Itwouldbewonderfultoseeagain,butadisastercandostrangethingstop

　　IlostmysightwhenIwasfourbyfallingoffaboxcarinafreight（货物）yardinAtlanticCity.NowIamthirtytwo.Icanslightlyrememberwhatcolorredis.Itwouldbewonderfultoseeagain,butadisastercandostrangethingstopeople.ImightnothavecometolovelifeasIdoifIhadn’tbeenblind.Idon’tmeanthatIwouldprefertogowithoutmyeyes.IsimplymeanthatthelossofthemmademeappreciatethemorewhatIhadleft.

　　Life,Ibelieve,asksconstantadjustmentstoreality.Theadjustmentisnevereasy.Iwastotallyconfusedandafraid.ButIwaslucky.Myparentsandmyteacherssawsomethinginme—apotentialtolive,andtheymademewanttofightitoutwithblindness.

　　ThehardestlessonIhadtolearnwastobelieveinmyself.IfIhadn’tbeenabletodothat,Iwouldhavebecomeachairrockeronthefrontporchfortherestofmylife.WhenIsaybeliefinmyself,Imean:anassurancethatIam,despiteimperfections,areal,positiveperson;thatsomewhereintheintricate（错综复杂的）patternofpeoplethereisaspecialplacewhereIcanmakemyselffit.

　　Ittookmeyearstodiscoverandstrengthenthisassurance.Onceamangavemeanindoorbaseball.IthoughthewasmakingfunofmeandIwashurt.“Ican’tusethis.”Isaid.“Takeitwithyou,”heurgedme,“androllitaround.”Thewordsstuckinmyhead.“Rollitaround!”ByrollingtheballIcouldhearwhereitwent.ThisgavemeanideahowtoachieveagoalIhadthoughtimpossible:playingbaseball.AtPhiladelphia’sOverbrookSchoolfortheBlindIinventedanewkindofbaseball.Wecalleditgroundball.

　　AllmylifeIhavesetaseriesofgoalsandthentriedtoreachthem,oneatatime.Ihadtolearnmylimitations.ItwasnogoodtryingforsomethingthatIknewatthestartwasoutofreach.IwouldfailsometimesanywaybutontheaverageImadeprogress.

　　小题1:Wecanlearnfromthebeginningofthepassagethat_______A．theauthorlosthissightbecauseofacarcrash.B．theauthorwouldn’tlovelifeifthedisasterdidn’thappen.C．thedisastermadetheauthorappreciatewhathehad.D．thedisasterstrengthenedtheauthor’sdesiretosee.小题2:What’sthemostdifficultthingfortheauthor?A．Howtoadjusthimselftoreality.