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, I became a massage therapist(治療師). For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent and pletely in control of my life. That is, until my life took a detour. I was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Over the course of two months, I lost my spleen(脾), my kidneys, and both of my legs below the knees. One day, I went home. I crawled into bed and this is what my life looked like for the next few months me passed out, escaping from reality, with my legs resting by my side. I was pletely physically and emotionally broken. But I knew that in order to move forward, I had to let go of the old Amy and learn to embrace the new Amy. And that is when I began to realize that I didn39。t have to be small any more. I could be as tall as I wanted or as short as I wanted depending on whom I was dating. And if I snowboard again, my feet aren39。t going to get cold. And the best of all, I thought, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes that are on the sales shelf. And I did! I started snowboarding. Then I went back to work. And then I cofounded a nonprofit organization for physical disabilities so that they could get involved in action sports. And just this past February, I won two World Cup gold medals, making me the highestranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world. Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs, I had no idea what to expect. But if you ask me today, if I would ever want to change my situation, I would have to say no, because my legs haven39。t disabled me. They39。ve forced me to rely on my imagination and to believe in possibilities, and that39。s why I believe that our imaginations can be used as tools for breaking through borders, because in our minds, we can do anything and we can be anything. It39。s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.(1)What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph3? A.The author no longer wanted to make friends with Amy.B.The author realized she had to learn to accept a new herself gladly.C.The author wanted a new friend in her new life eagerly.D.The author felt hard to choose between the old Amy and the new Amy.(2)According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A.The author didn39。t like her job as a massage therapist.B.The author is still very sensitive to her disabilities.C.The author has learnt to see her disabilities as blessings.D.The author hopes to return to her old life.(3)What message does the author want to convey with her speech? A.Roman is not built in one day.B.Failure is the mother of successC.Imagination is more important than knowledge.D.It is not what happens to you but how you respond that counts.(4)The tone of the passage is best described as ________. A.proud but stubbornB.interesting but regretfulC.optimistic and inspiringD.pessimistic and doubtful【答案】 (1)B(2)C(3)D(4)C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文,作者Amy用她的故事告訴了我們:只要我們擁抱挑戰(zhàn),敢于想象,心懷感恩,我們依然可以給爛透了的生活——絕地反擊。 (1)考查句義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的“But I knew that in order to move forward, I had to let go of the old Amy and learn to embrace the new Amy.”但是我知道,為了前進(jìn),我不得不放開舊的艾米,學(xué)會擁抱新的艾米)可推出,作者意識到她必須學(xué)會快樂地接受一個(gè)新的“自己”。故選B。 (2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“They39。ve forced me to rely on my imagination and to believe in possibilities, and that39。s why I believe that our imaginations can be used as tools for breaking through borders, because in our minds, we can do anything and we can be anything.”它們迫使我依靠我的想象力并相信各種可能性,這就是為什么我相信我們的想象力可以用作突破邊界的工具,因?yàn)樵谖覀兊乃季S中,我們可以做任何事情,我們可以成為任何事情??芍?,作者學(xué)會了將自己的殘疾視為迫使自己前進(jìn)、突破自己的契機(jī)。由此可知,作者已經(jīng)學(xué)會把她的殘疾看作是一種福氣。故選C。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It39。s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.”相信那些夢想并直接面對我們的恐懼使我們能夠超越自己的極限生活??芍?,作者在演講中想要告訴我們,重要的不是你身上發(fā)生了什么,而是你如何應(yīng)對。故選D。 (4)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“And if I snowboard again, my feet aren39。t going to get cold. And the best of all, I thought, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes that are on the sales shelf. And I did!”如果我再玩滑雪板,我的腳就不會冷了。我想,最棒的是,我能使我的腳適合貨架上所有的鞋的尺寸。我做到了!可知,面對殘疾作者展示出非常積極的態(tài)度;再根據(jù)最后一段中的“It39。s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.”相信那些夢想并直接面對我們的恐懼使我們能夠超越自己的極限生活)可知,Amy用她的故事告訴了我們:只要我們擁抱挑戰(zhàn),敢于想象,心懷感恩,我們依然可以給爛透了的生活——絕地反擊。由此可知,文章的基調(diào)是樂觀的,激勵(lì)人心的。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解,句義猜測和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇人生感悟類閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析,推理,從而選出正確答案。5.閱讀理解 I39。m not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them — to be honest. We39。d have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange s, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me. Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden, they39。re thrown in my face like TV mercials — unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities. Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you39。d find him warm, and downtoearth. Read his Facebook and you realize he39。s an unbearable, foodobsessed bore. He39。d pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man — and then write about it. Take Andy. You won39。t find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he39。s a CEO without a pany to lull. So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. He39。s doing well — level 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know he39。s playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, you39。ve run four panies — and this is how you spend your downtime(業(yè)余時(shí)間)? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job? Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine(甲流疫苗) will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then es Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Facebook and once on Twitter. In real life, I don39。t see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. They39。re nice, smart people. But face to Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong. I39。m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the antivaccine lunatic(狂人)on Fa