5 . Greenberg was a lucky guy to enter Columbia University on full scholarship. But just before junior year, Greenberg's____changed. One day his vision "____up" and later he was diagnosed (诊断)with glaucoma (青光眼). Then doctors operated on Greenberg's eyes. ____, the surgery didn't work. Greenberg was going blind. He was so____ that he refused to see anyone.
As Greenberg' s best friend, Arthur persuaded Greenberg to go back to Columbia and______to be his reader. Arthur read _____to him every day, taking time out from his own study, and Greenberg______scoring straight A's. Still, he was______about getting around alone and relied on his friend.
Then, one afternoon, Greenberg and Arthur went to Midtown Manhattan. When it was time to go back to campus, Arthur said he couldn’t_____him because of an appointment. Greenberg______They argued, and Arthur walked off, _____Greenberg alone in Grand Central Terminal.
Greenberg, who was completely______, stumbled (蹒珊)through the rush-hour crowd. He took a shuttle train west to Times Square, and then transferred to an uptown train. Four miles later, he _____at the Columbia University stop.
At the university's gates, someone______him. "Oops, excuse me, sir." Greenberg______the voice. It was Arthur's. Greenberg's first reaction was ___, but in the next second, he realized what he had just______-and realized, too, who had made it possible. _____, Arthur had been with him the whole way, using one of the most______strategies.
Blindness doesn't make Greenberg fail to appreciate the______of life. He always says he is the luckiest man in the world.
1. A.faith | B.attitude | C.fortune | D.reputation |
2. A.lit | B.cleared | C.steamed | D.cheered |
3. A.However | B.Moreover | C.Therefore | D.Otherwise |
4. A.shy | B.selfish | C.desperate | D.nervous |
5. A.learned | B.pretended | C.happened | D.offered |
6. A.letters | B.textbooks | C.newspapers | D.magazines |
7. A.imagined | B.ended up | C.carried on | D.considered |
8. A.tentative | B.confident | C.excited | D.curious |
9. A.accompany | B.rescue | C.comfort | D.abandon |
10. A.explained | B.apologized | C.compromised | D.panicked |
11. A.consulting | B.finding | C.leaving | D.serving |
12. A.tired | B.amused | C.satisfied | D.confused |
13. A.got off | B.pulled over | C.looked around | D.ran away |
14. A.turned to | B.knocked into | C.shouted at | D.quarreled with |
15. A.raised | B.lost | C.controlled | D.recognized |
16. A.pleasure | B.anger | C.relief | D.sorrow |
17. A.achieved | B.questioned | C.ignored | D.missed |
18. A.Gradually | B.Finally | C.Obviously | D.Strangely |
19. A.complex | B.familiar | C.defensive | D.brilliant |
20. A.magic | B.truth | C.wisdom | D.beauty |