Unit 3 Travel journal using language课时作业

第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　It was at a concert that I happened to find David. He was holding his head at a strange ___1___ as if he were staring down at something. Then the truth struck me. He was blind. The last thing he remembers ____2__ was his daughter being born. Then the world went ___3___.

　　Bad luck is no stranger to this 44-year-old man. His mother died of cancer, and his weak father had to ___4___ 11-year-old David to the care of the state. Things seemed always to go from bad to ___5___. Two years ago, his beloved guide dog pulled him out of the ___6___ of a truck. David was not hurt. The dog ___7___. But David does not feel sorry for himself. "These are just little obstacles (障碍) you have to ___8___ in your life," he said. He has to make a daily two-hour trip to his working place---the X-ray department of an ___9___ room. It was a hard job to ___10___. Before he got it, David was determined to escape the workshop run by the Lighthouse, an organization ___11___ to help blind people. He wanted a job of developing X-ray film,, something ___12___, not just he, must do in the dark, including people with ___13___ eyesight. The Lighthouse called many hospitals, with no result, ___14___ they offered to pay his first three months' salary.

　　David works alone in a dark room that ___15___ chemicals. He cannot wear gloves. ___16___, he could not feel. Since this is an emergency room, lives can be ___17___ or out of danger. His directress says she trusts him 100 percent. He makes $ 20 000 a year. But his motivation (动机) goes ___18___ money. "By working, I can actualize my own ___19___. That's the most important!" he said.

　　What a shining example for us to ___20___!

1. A. ankle B. direction C. angle D. altitude

2. A. doing B. feeling C. seeing D. hearing

3. A. blank B. colorful C. empty D. silent

4. A. bring up B. bring in C. give up D. give in

5. A. worse B. good C. better D. mad