2019年PETS二级阅读理解练习题（5）
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head.Now I am thirtytwo.I can ____ remember the brightness of sunshine and what red color is.It would be wonderful to see again, ____ a disaster can do strange things to people.
It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to ____ life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now.I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, ____. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me ____ the more what I had left.
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself.That was ____. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have ____ and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life.When I say ____ in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of selfconfidence that helps me down a(n) ____ staircase alone.That is part of it.But I mean something ____ than that: an assurance that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and ____ this assurance.It had to start with the most elementary things.Once a man gave me an indoor baseball, I thought he was laughing at me and I was ____.“I can't use this，” “I said. Take it with you;” he ____ me.“and roll it around.” The words ____ in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could ____ where it went.This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought ____： playing baseball.At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I ____ a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of ____ and then tried to reach them, one at a time.I had to learn my ____. It was no good trying for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made ____.
小题1:A.entirelyB.nearly
C.vaguelyD.simply
小题2:A.andB.but
C.soD.for
小题3:A.assessB.fear
C.enrichD.love
小题4:A.otherwiseB.therefore
C.howeverD.besides
小题5:A.understandB.appreciate
C.possessD.accept
小题6:A.enoughB.specific
C.toughD.basic
小题7:A.survivedB.escaped
C.collapsedD.sacrificed
小题8:A.hopeB.power
C.courageD.belief
小题9:A.unfamiliarB.unbelievable
C.unexpectedD.uncomfortable
小题10:A.harderB.bigger
C.warmerD.heavier
小题11:A.weakenB.strengthen
C.sharpenD.brighten
小题12:A.upsetB.flattered
C.ashamedD.hurt
小题13:A.urgedB.promised
C.convincedD.advised
小题14:A.flashedB.appeared
C.stuckD.crowded
小题15:A.noticeB.hear
C.smellD.touch
小题16:A.impossibleB.important
C.imaginaryD.impressive
小题17:A.producedB.imitated
C.inventedD.spotted
小题18:A.goalsB.efforts
C.directionsD.barriers
小题19:A.challengesB.strengths
C.situationsD.limitations
小题20:A.historyB.change
C.progressD.sense
参考答案及解析
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:C
小题20:A
文章大意：人生最艰难的一课就是学会相信自己。就像本文作者在黑暗中的坚持一样。
小题1:C 现在我已经32岁了。我还“模糊地”记得阳光是多么灿烂，红色是多么鲜艳。vaguely“模糊地”;entirely“完全地”;nearly“几乎”;simply“简单地，只”。
小题2:B 能恢复视觉固然好，“但”灾难也能对人产生奇妙的作用。
小题3:D 有一天我突然想到，倘若我不是盲人，我或许不会变得像现在这样“热爱”生活。
小题4:A 现在我相信生活，但我不能肯定如果自己是明眼人，会不会像现在这样深深地相信生活。otherwise“否则，另外，在其他方面”;therefore“因此”;however“然而”;besides“而且”。
小题5:B 这并不意味着我宁愿成为盲人，而只是意味着失去视力使我更加“珍惜”自己其他的能力。appreciate“感激，欣赏”;understand“理解”;possess“占领，占有”;accept“接受”。
小题6:D 我必须学会的最艰难的一课就是相信自己，这是“基本”条件。basic“基本的”;enough“足够的”;specific“明确的”;tough“艰难的”。
小题7:C 如做不到这一点，我的精神就会“崩溃”，只能坐在前门廊的摇椅中度过余生。collapse“崩溃，倒塌”;survive“度过，幸存”;escape“逃跑，逃避”;sacrifice“牺牲”。
小题8:D “相信”自己并不仅仅指支持我独自走下“陌生的”楼梯的那种自信，那是一部分。belief“相信，信仰”;hope“希望”;power“权力”;courage“勇气”。
小题9:A 见上题解析。unfamiliar“陌生的”;unbelievable“令人难以置信的，非常惊人的”;unexpected“出乎意料的”;uncomfortable“不舒服的，令人不舒服的”。
小题10:B 我指的是“大事”：确保自有我可以安身立命的一席之地。
小题11:B 我花了很长时间才树立并不断“加强”这一信念。strengthen“加强”;weaken“(使)削弱，(使)变弱”;sharpen“使锋利”;brighten“使明亮”。
小题12:D 这要从最简单的事做起。有一次一个人给我一个室内玩的棒球，我以为他在嘲笑我，“心里很难受”。hurt“使受伤，使伤心”;upset“使心烦意乱”;flattered“过分夸奖的，高兴的，感到荣幸的”;ashamed“惭愧的，羞耻的”。
小题13:A “你拿去，”他“竭力”劝我，“在地上滚球。”urge“催促，力劝”;promise“答应，许诺”;convince“说服，使相信”;advise“建议”。
小题14:C 他的话在我脑子里生了根。be stuck in“陷入，卡住不动，困住”。
小题15:B 滚球使我“听见”它朝哪儿滚动。
小题16:A 我马上想到一个我曾认为“不可能”达到的目标：打棒球。impossible“不可能的”;important“重要的”;imaginary“假想的，虚构的”;impressive“给人印象深刻的，感人的，引人注目的”。
小题17:C 在费城的奥弗布鲁克盲人学校，我“发明”了一种很受人欢迎的棒球游戏，我们称它为地面球。invent“发明”;produce“生产”;imitate“模仿，效仿”;spot“认出，发现”。
小题18:A 我这一辈子给自己树立了一系列“目标”，然后努力去达到，一次一个。goal“目标”;effort“努力”;direction“方向”;barrier“障碍，屏障”。
小题19:D 我必须了解自己能力“有限”，若开始就知道某个目标根本达不到却硬要去实现，那不会有任何好处，因为那只会带来失败的苦果。limitation“限制，局限”;challenge“挑战”;strength“力量，长处”;situation“局面，局势”。
小题20:C 我有时也失败过，但一般来说总有“进步”。progress“进步”;history“历史”;change“变化”;sense“感觉，官能，意识”。
