Recipients(接受者)of this year's Annenberg scholarships were announced on June 19. Brittany Blythe was one of them.
In seventh grade,Brittany Blythe dreamed of being a cheerleader(啦啦隊(duì)隊(duì)員). Her school’s coaches were less than enthusiastic. “They said. ‘I don't know how you’ll be able to do it’. ”she recalls. “‘You won’t be able to do it’.”
But Brittany,now a junior at Strath Haven High School near Philadelphia,refused to give up. And when the junior school cheerleaders won a tournament last year, she was right there,dancing and cheering with the rest of the team.
Not bad for someone whose legs were cut off below the knee when she was two years old.
Brittany,18,was born without shinbones(脛骨)—“just blood and muscle tissue,”as she puts it. When she tried to walk, her legs twisted.
After the operation, she adapted quickly. “From day one,I basically jumped up and wanted to do everything,’’ she says. Prostheses(假肢)allowed her to move around upright. But too slowly to keep up with her friends. Brittany’s solution was to take the legs off and walk on her knees something she still does when safety and comfort permit.
She has been rarely discouraged. Other children laughed at her through the years,especially in junior high school,but she says the challenge only made her stronger. Now she’s trying to convince her coaches to let her remove the prostheses and be a flyer. The cheerleader who's thrown in the air and caught by her teammates.
Brittany doesn’t think her problems put her at a disadvantage. “My disability was the first thing I had to get through., and that’s going to prepare me for the future. ”she says. “It’s all just a test:If someone throws you a difficult problem,what are you going to do?”
【小題1】 What was the coaches’ first attitude towards Brittany's dream?
A.Supportive | B.Enthusiastic | C.Optimistic | D.Doubtful |
A.She abandoned herself to self-pity. |
B.She refused to use the prostheses. |
C.She accepted the result and tried to get used to it. |
D.She challenged the children who laughed at her. |
A.To stop others’laughing at her. |
B.To prove her coaches wrong. |
C.To remove her prostheses. |
D.To be a flyer. |
A.doesn’t think she is better than others |
B.is not well prepared for the future |
C.takes a positive attitude towards life |
D.likes the challenge of learning new things |
A.A new leg,a new life | B.A new cheerleader, a new record |
C.Passing the test | D.Seeking advantages |
【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】C
解析試題分析:
【小題1】D 推理判斷題,根據(jù)第二段的Her school’s coaches were less than enthusiastic. “They said. ‘I don't know how you’ll be able to do it’. ”she recalls. “‘You won’t be able to do it’可知,教練對她的能力表示懷疑
【小題2】C 推理判斷題,根據(jù)第六,第七段的內(nèi)容可知,她接受了事實(shí),并且努力去適應(yīng)。
【小題3】D 事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題,根據(jù)第七段Now she’s trying to convince her coaches to let her remove the prostheses and be a flyer可知
【小題4】C 推理判斷題,根據(jù)最后一段的Brittany doesn’t think her problems put her at a disadvantage. “My disability was the first thing I had to get through., and that’s going to prepare me for the future. 可知,她持有的是一種積極樂觀的態(tài)度
【小題5】C 主旨大意題,根據(jù)第一段和文章的內(nèi)容可知,文章主要講述的是 Brittany對待人生的積極樂觀的態(tài)度,通過了一次次人生的考驗(yàn)。
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點(diǎn)評:文章主要講述的是 Brittany對待人生的積極樂觀的態(tài)度,通過了一次次人生的考驗(yàn)。對于推理題的考查較多,在解答這類問題時要求學(xué)生抓住題干文字信息,采用針對性方法進(jìn)行閱讀,根據(jù)詞義關(guān)系推斷具體細(xì)節(jié),結(jié)合上下文提供的語境和信息進(jìn)行概括和判斷。?
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Ⅲ. 閱讀(共兩節(jié),滿分40分)
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