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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 __2 _ me. He was blind. The last thing he remembers
seeing was his daughter being born. Then the whole 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 __5_  of the state.
Things seemed always to go for  _6_  . Two years ago, his beloved guide dog pulled him out of the
path of a truck. David was not __7_ . The dog died.
But David does not feel sorry for himself. "These are just little obstacles(障碍困难) 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_ by. Before he got it, David was determined to escape the workshop run by the
Lighthouse, an organization _  11_ to helping blind people. He wanted a job of developing X-ray film, a
job _12_everyone, not just he, must work in the dark, including those 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_of chemicals. He doesn't wear gloves. Otherwise, he could not feel. _16_ this is an emergency room, lives can be put either  _17_ or out of danger. His director
says he trusts him 100 percent.
He makes $20,000 a year. But his motivation goes  18_ money. "By working I can realize my own
  19_ . That's what really counts!" he said.
What a shining example for us to  20  !
(     )1. A.angle(角度)
(     )2. A.stuck to
(     )3. A.blank
(     )4. A.give in
(     )5. A. attention
(     )6. A.better
(     )7. A.hurt
(     )8. A.experiment
(     )9. A.upstairs
(     )10. A.come
(     )11. A.intended
(     )12. A.that
(     )13. A.average
(     )14. A.because
(     )15. A.consists
(     )16. A.If
(     )17. A.at risk
(     )18. A.into
(     )19. A.disadvantage
(     )20. A.set

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