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hrough her glasses, “You are not different from your classmates, young man. ” I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home. In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots (點(diǎn)), which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind. Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I pleted the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was not different from others。 I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problem, why should I ever give up? I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day—with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words, “See what you can do when you keep trying? ”【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文。作者在13歲時(shí)被診斷患有注意力障礙, 它讓作者的學(xué)習(xí)變得困難, 但是在老師的鼓勵(lì)下作者最終完成了那天的任務(wù), 這讓作者明白了只要努力就會成功。4. Why didn’t the author finish the reading in class? A. Because he didn’t like the teacher. B. Because he was not fond of literature. C. Because the classroom was too noisy. D. Because he got a kind of attention disorder. 【解析】選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的At thirteen, I was diagnosed with a kind of attention disorder. 和第二段的I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it. ” 可知, 作者因?yàn)橛凶⒁饬φ系K所以沒能在課堂上完成閱讀。5. What can we learn about Louis Braille from the passage? A. He couldn’t see and read for the whole life. B. He got a good education at school. C. He made an invention which helps the blind. D. He managed to cure his blindness. 【解析】選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段的Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind. 可知Louis 發(fā)明了一種可以幫助盲人的閱讀系統(tǒng)。6. What’s Mrs Smith’s attitude to the author in the classroom? A. She encouraged him. B. She looked down on him. C. She sympathized(同情) him. D. She was angry with him. 【解析】選A。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段的She glanced down at me through her glasses, “You are not different from your classmates, young man. ”和最后一段的I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day—with an “A” on it. 可推測出史密斯老師一直在鼓勵(lì)作者。7. What can we learn from the passage? A. Keep trying, and you can do it. B. Ways to overe attention disorder. C. How to be a great teacher. D. What should you do as a blind person. 【解析】選A。主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章的主要內(nèi)容, 尤其是最后一段的At the bottom of the paper were these words, “See what you can do when you keep trying? ”可知本文通過敘述作者的故事向我們證明只要努力、不放棄, 就可以成功。故選A項(xiàng)。Ⅱ. 語法填空(2020南京高一檢測)Communication: No Problem? Yesterday, I, 1. __________(represent)our university’s student association, went to meet this year’s international students. I would take them to their dormitories 2. __________ the student canteen. When their flight arrived, several young people entered 3. __________ waiting area looking around 4. __________ (curious). The first person was Tony from Colombia, closely 5. __________(follow) by Julia from Britain. After I introduced them, Tony approached Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed 6. __________(she) on the cheek! She stepped back 7. __________(appear) surprised and put up her hands, as if 8. __________ defence. There was probably a major misunderstanding. Later, I learned about this cultural “body language”. People from 9. __________ (place) like Spain, Italy or South American countries approach others closely and are likely 10. _______ (touch) them when greeting others. 【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文, 主要講述作者代表學(xué)生會去接國際學(xué)生遇到的溝通問題。不同國家的肢體語言表達(dá)的含義是不同的。1. 【解析】representing??疾楝F(xiàn)在分詞。句意: 昨天, 我代表我們大學(xué)的學(xué)生會去會見今年的國際學(xué)生。分析句子可知, 設(shè)空的詞在本句中作狀語, 并且和主語I之間為主動關(guān)系, 應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在分詞, 故填representing。2. 【解析】and??疾椴⒘羞B詞。句意: 我會帶他們?nèi)ニ奚岷蛯W(xué)生食堂。分析句子可知, dormitories和the student canteen并列作to的賓語, 因此要用表示并列的連詞連接, 故填and。3. 【解析】the。