完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mr. Jackson was blind from birth. He owned a fruit ____ on a very busy street. ____he was visually disabled, he ran his business pretty handsomely. He could see nothing and he could only ____ the things within his reach. ____, he was able to handle it and was content with everything he had.
One day his son came to him. He told Mr. Jackson in ____ that he read in the newspaper of a __46__ who could operate on his eyes and allow him to see. The father and the son traveled to the doctor and paid for the ____.
After the operation, the doctor asked Mr. Jackson, “What is the first thing you are ____ to see when I take the bandages off?” He replied, “I really want to see my beautiful ____ on my stand!”
The doctor and the son ____Mr. Jackson down to the busy street where his fruit stand had been located for so many years. The doctor ____ unwrapped the bandages ____ he could lay his eyes on the beautiful fruit! Mr. Jackson was so full of ____ that he could finally see his life’s work—taking care of his fruit! After a few hours of ____ his beautiful fruit stand, he looked down the street both ways and saw there were quite a few fruit stands in both directions. He looked ____ the street and saw many other fruit stands. He spent so much time looking at other people’s fruit stands and ____ the competition that soon his own business ____.
From Mr. Jackson’s failure, we should know that everyone is a ___ individual with different fingerprints, DNA and thinking. What we need to do is just be ourselves and ____everyone else to be who they are. Mind our own business and we should never be afraid of ____.
1.A. company B. stand C. store D. centre
2.A. Because B. as C. When D. Although
3.A. feel B. remember C. observe D. describe
4.A. However B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Besides
5.A. pride B. doubt C. surprise D. excitement
6.A. nurse B. doctor C. chemist D. surprise
7.A. operation B. information C. medicine D. service
8.A. nervous B. lucky C. afraid D. eager
9.A. flowers B. fruit C. vegetable D. clothing
10.A. sent B. followed C. accompanied D. invited
11.A. carefully B. suddenly C. curiously D. firmly
12.A. in case B. so that C. even if D. if only
13.A. regret B. courage C. joy D. relief
14.A. selling B. judging C. enjoying D. making