限时训练4第一部分：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 1 that since I cant see, I obviously also cannot 2 . Very often people will talk with me at the top of their lungs. Conversely to this, people will also often 3 , assuming that since my eyes dont work, my ears dont either. For example, when I go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for 4 to the plane, he or she will always pick up the phone and call a ground hostess in a very low voice. Hi, Jane, wave got a 76 here. I have concluded that the word 5 is not used because they are unwilling to inform me of my condition of which I may not have been previously 6 .On the other hand, others know that of course I can hear, but believe that I cant talk. Once I became ill and was hospitalized. Immediately after I was 7 , 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? “Whats your name?” the orderly 8 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 9 . OK, I cant see, but its go to become pretty 10 to both of you that I dont need an interpreter(翻译). “He says he doesnt need an interpreter, the orderly reported to the woman. The 11 misconception of all is the view that because I cant see, I cant 12 . I was turned down by over forty law firms, 13 my qualifications included a cum laude degree from Harvard Law School. The 14 to find jobs, the continuous 15 of being told that it was impossible for a blind person to 16 law, the rejection letter, not based on my lack of 17 but rather on my disability, will always remain one of the most upsetting experiences of my life. 18 , the Department of Labor issued laws that demand equal 19 opportunities for the disabled. The business communitys response has been 20 . The attitude towards the disabled is beginning to change.1AA assumeBobserveCapproveDpropose2AhearBtalkCfeelDcare3AshoutBlaughCwhisperDcry4AwelcomeBpermissionCadviceDassistance5ApassengerBblindCtroubleDsituation6AafraidBawareCcuriousDdesperate7AinvitedBreleasedCincludedDadmitted8AaskedBrespondedCrepeatedDexchanged9AcheerfulBridiculousCcharmingDdisgusting10AclearBeasyCconfusingDdoubtful11AearliestBslightestClatestDtoughest12AthinkBstudyCworkDunderstand13Aas ifBeven thoughCnow thatDin case14AattemptBopportunityCmistakeDsuccess15AdisappointmentBreliefCenvyDeffort16AdisobeyBchallengeCpracticeDmake17AconfidenceBluckCabilityDambition18ARegretfullyBDeliberatelyCExactlyDFortunately19AmedicationBemploymentClearningDtraveling20AenthusiasticBpassiveCnegativeDuncertain第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）ADiscouraged by reading bad news daily and with his marriage failing, Canadian Neil Pasricha decided to try to focus on the positive and come up with 1,000 simple, free, awesome things, posting one each day on a blog.Pasricha said his blog aimed to highlight lifes simple pleasures, which were often taken for granted, such as finding forgotten money in a pocket, or fixing a TV set with a heavy blow.Little did he realize his blog would strike a nerve and attract 40,000 people a day to join his discussions on how to enjoy the last triangle of a potato crisp, or the pleasure of laughing so hard that you cry.Pasricha, aged 30, was amazed to win two Webby awards, known as the Oscars of the Internet, something positive at a time when his marriage broke up and one of his closest friends committed suicide.I turned the worst year of my life into my best year by focusing on the positive. Pasricha told Reuters in a telephone interview. Every day I try to find something that is happy, free and universal to share, like the smell of a bakery or when a cashier opens up a new line at a store. Pasricha said when he began his blog in June 2008 he thought he might have trouble coming up with 1,000 simple, happy moments in life but now he is more than halfway through and ideas keep flooding in, from himself and from followers of his blog.These moments can start a huge conversation. Most of our life is really about hitting green lights on the way home from, or waking up before your alarm goes off and realizing you have more time in bed. But it is those small moments we forget about.Despite the success of his blog, Pasricha does not want to change his daily life. “I travel regularly for an hour a day to work in the suburb. I like work because I like the people in my office. Im not a w