Not long ago I wasn’t doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and negative thinking. While on the　 36 , I met many new friends, but one in particular　 37 . His nickname is Colorful Day and we 38 on the Web. He told me he lost his 39 at age 15, and felt the whole world had closed its door to him.

　　 He was 40 so fast that I couldn’t believe he was blind! But he continued to 41 , “Five years ago, I realized it was time to change my life. I had read about Helen Keller and understood her life and 42 . So I developed a website about her life 43 mine called Three Days to See.”

　　 I visited his website which was well 44 and vividly presented.

　　 I asked, “How did you　 45　 to build such a website?” he said, “Owing to the new technology, I can use software specially　 46 for the blind. 47 I point the cursor(光標(biāo)), it will just read it out to me. We can do far more things and 48 more information than we could before.”

　 I then asked, “Didn’t you have great difficulty with it?”

　　 He hesitated and then began his 49 with a smiling face, “Yes, but I have faith in myself to 50 my colorful day, and modern technology gives me this medium and 51 to do it.”

　　 His 52 attitude towards life made me believe that our fate offers not the cup of despair, 53　 the chalice (大杯) of opportunity, I returned to my lessons, and this time with a smile on my face and with 54 of a colorful future.

The Internet, which opened to me to 55 different lives and cultures, has a charm you couldn’t find in another wise non-virtual world.

36.　 A. Internet　　 B. stage　 C. street D. farm

37.　 A. turns out　 B. stands out　 C. comes out D. looks out

38.　 A. argued　　　 B. interviewed C. told　　 D. chatted

39.　 A. eyesight　　 B. hearing　　　 C. hands D. legs

40.　 A. speaking　　 B. typing C. saying D. spelling

41.　 A. follow B. read　 C. write　 D. copy

42.　 A. friendship　 B. marriage　　 C. happiness　 D. hardships

43.　 A. as well as　 B. as good as C. as much as D. as long as

44.　 A. helped B. produced　 C. taken D. found

45.　 A. try　　 B. come C. work D. manage

46.　 A. designed　　 B. placed C. planned　　 D. imagined

47.　 A. Weather　　 B. However　 C. Whatever　 D. wherever

48.　 A. send　 B. get　　 C. communicate　　 D. exchange

49.　 A. lessons　　　 B. speeches　 C. words D. opinions

50.　 A. create B. produce　　 C. recognize　 D. organize

51.　 A. time　 B. night　 C. opportunity D. advice

52.　 A. hopeful　　 B. disappointed　　　 C. pleasant　　 D. positive

53.　 A. but　　 B. and　　 C. so 　　 D. then

54.　 A. suggestions　　　 B. expectations　　　 C. anxieties　　 D. apologies

55.　 A. touch B. feel　　 C. experience D. suffer

The student corrected his paper carefully, _______ the professor's suggestions.   

　A. follow　               B. following 　          C. followed　                     D. being followed

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　　Some countries,such as Japan,have a large number of earth quakes.Earthquakes happen very 　1　and violently(強(qiáng)烈地).During an earthquake,there is often a great 　2　first.Then the earth 　3　terribly,many houses 　4　,railway tracks break and trains run 　5 lines,a great many factories are 　6　,thousands of deaths are caused,and many more lose homes… 　7　the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake 　8　,other disasters such as fires often 　9　,more buildings destroyed and more 　10　caused.

　　It is well known of the 　11　of a possible earthquake,and for centuries man has been making researches(研究) on earthquakes.More than 2000 years ago, 　12　,a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng 　13 a machine which could detect(發(fā)覺) earthquakes,and this machine is still 　14　by scientists today to detect and measure the 　15　of earthquakes.Now we know much more about earthquakes and 　16　they happen,but we still 　17　tell exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, 　18 cannot stop it from happening.So earthquakes are 　19　the worst disasters(災(zāi)難)in the world.

　　No one can stop 　20　earthquakes.However,scientists can 　21　stop earthquakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths.In those 　22　where earthquakes often happen,they 　23　mountain temperatures and take 　24　from the air and if anything starts to happen ,they warn governments to be prepared for 　25　disasters so that emergency(緊急) plans are put into action to lessen(減少) the disaster,probably saving many lives.

The student corrected his paper carefully, _______ the professor's suggestions.   

　A. follow　               B. following 　          C. followed　                     D. being followed

 The student corrected his paper carefully, 　____ the professor's suggestions.　
　 A. follow　　         B. following  　        C. followed　         D. being followed