Erik，anathleticchild，losthisvisioninhisearlyteen．Atfirsthe（41）touseawalkingstickorlearnBraille（盲文），（42）hecoulddoaswellasanyteenage．Hefinallycameto（43）hisdisability，though．Hec

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Erik，an athletic child，lost his vision in his early teen．At first he （41）___to use a walking stick or learn Braille （盲文），（42）___ he could do as well as any teenage．He finally came to（43）___ his disability，though．He couldn't play the same （44）___as he used to．But then he discovered wrestling，a sport where （45）___ wasn't as important as touch and（46）___．Then，at 16，he discovered rock climbing was like wrestling in some ways．A wrestler and a rock climber（47）___information through touch．Rock climbing（48）___ mountain climbing，the greatest challenge of his life．
Erik's teammates say he isn't different from a（49）___ mountaineer．The major difference is that he isn't as thin as most climbers．（50）___，his strong upper body，flexibility and mental toughness make him a（n） （51）___climber．The only help for Erik's blindness is to place （52）___on his teammates'jackets so that he can follow them（53）___．
Climbing Mount Everest was（54）___for every climber on every team．The （55）___  to the mountain air for Erik was the same as it was for his teammates：（56）___ of oxygen causes the heart to beat slower，and the brain doesn't （57）___as clearly as normal．In some ways，Erik had an advantage（58）___ his teammates：as they got near the top，the vision of all climbers was（59）___．So at a certain altitude，all his teammates were like Erik--nearly（60）___．
To climb Mount Everest is an achievement for any athlete．Erik showed his disability wasn't as important as his ability．

41．A．promised	B．refused	C．demanded	D．decided
42．A．insisting	B．praying	C．admitting	D．appealing
43．A．ignore	B．consider	C．overcome	D．accept
44．A．cards	B．parts	C．sports	D．jokes
45．A．appearance	B．sight	C．diligence	D．intelligence
46．A．feel	B．thought	C．smell	D．taste
47．A．give	B．store	C．get	D．exchange
48．A．fell behind	B．lay in	C．depend on	D．led to
49．A．disabled	B．sighted	C．satisfied	D．determined
50．A．However	B．Besides	C．Therefore	D．Otherwise
51．A．amateur	B．optimistic	C．responsible	D．perfect
52．A．ropes	B．flags	C．bells	D．marks
53．A．casually	B．easily	C．eagerly	D．slowly
54．A．challenging	B．compulsory	C．optional	D．comforting
55．A．application	B．limitation	C．adaptation	D．reaction
56．A．lack	B．change	C．supply	D．existence
57．A．survive	B．function	C．recover	D．refresh
58．A．against	B．to	C．over	D．with
59．A．wasted	B．broadened	C．improved	D．restricted
60．A．hopeless	B．dizzy	C．blind	D．dead．

Answer 1

BADCB   ACDBA  DCBAD ABCDC41．B．考查动词辨析A．promised承诺；B．refused拒绝；C．demanded要求；D．decided决定；句意：首先他拒绝用拐杖或学习盲文，坚持跟正学的孩子一样，故选B项．42．...