阅读理解。 Tom Whittaker, born in England in 1949, is an amazing example of a Can
young man came to the United States in 1975, where he studied for a Master"s in Arts. Although
studying took up much of his time, he traveled throughout the US and Canada climbing many
different types of rock walls. Thus, he made friends with many people with the same interest.
However, on Thanksgiving Day in 1979, a car driven by a drunk driver lost control and
suddenly turned into his lane(车道), striking the head of his vehicle. The injuries to both of his
legs and feet resulted in the removal of one of his kneecaps(膝盖骨), and the amputation(截去
)of his right foot.
It wasn"t easy, but after some time, with great effort and strong will, Tom rebuilt his hope
for life. The report of his story moved the whole nation of America. Eventually he earned another
master"s degree and founded the Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group. This
program"s success sent Tom around the world to spread his message that "it is not the falling
down, but the getting back up that matters". He became a professor in Adventure Education
at Prescott College in Arizona, where he taught the top outdoor leadership program in the nation.
After 25 years of experience as a mountaineer, on May 27, 1998, Tom achieved his greatest
accomplishment so far:reaching the peak of Mt. Everest. Tom was actually the first person with
a disability to ever climb and stand on the peak of Mt. Everest. He realized that reaching the peak
of Mt. Everest could do nothing to change his disability, but it could do a lot to change attitudes.
Tom Whittaker wanted people to realize that disability is as much an attitude as it is a condition.
B．To take his master"s degree.
C．To become a professional mountaineer.
D．To meet other mountaineers in the US.
B．That he was driving on a wrong lane.
C．That a drunk driver ran his car into Tom"s.
D．That he got drunk on Thanksgiving Day.
B．Two years before he went to the US.
C．Shortly after he arrived in the US.
D．After he recovered from the car accident.
B．physical disability often determines a person"s fate
C．disabled people are more determined than healthy people
D．few disabled people have an interest in climbing mountains
Not long ago I wasn"t doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and __1__
thinking.While on the Internet,I met many new friends, but one in particular __2__.His nickname
is Colorful Day and we __3__ on the Web.He told me: he lost his __4__ at age 15, and felt the
whole world had closed its door to him.
He was __5__ so fast that I couldn"t believe he was blind! But he continued to __6__: Five
years ago, I realized it was time to change my life.I had read about Helen Keller and understood
her life and __7__.So I developed a website about her life __8__ mine called Three Days to See.
I visited his website which was well produced and vividly __9__.
I asked, "How did you __10__ to build such a website?" He said,"Owing to the new technology,
I can use software specially __11__ for the blind. __12__ I point the cursor(光标), it will just read
it out to me.We can do far more things and __13__ more information than we could before."
I then asked, "Didn"t you have great difficulty with it?"
He hesitated and then began his __14__ with a smiling face," Yes, but I have faith in myself to
__15__ my colorful day. And modern technology gives me this __16__ to do it."
His __17__ attitude towards life made me believe that our destiny offers not the cup of despair,
__18__ the chalice (大杯) of opportunity. I returned to my lessons, and this time with a smile on my
face and with __19__ of a colorful future.
The Internet, which opened to me to __20__ different lives and cultures, has a charm you couldn"t
find in another wise nonvirtual world.
( )2.A.turned out
( )3.A.argued
( )4.A.eyesight
( )5.A.speaking
( )6.A.follow
( )7.A.friendship
( )8.A.as well as
( )9.A.offered
( )10.A.try
( )11.A.designed
( )12.A.Whether
( )13.A.send
( )14.A.webpage
( )15.A.create
( )16.A.moment
( )17.A.hopeful
( )18.A.but
( )19.A.eagerness
( )20.A.touch
B．stood out
B．interviewed
B．hearing
B．saying
B．write
B．marriage
B．such as
B．presented
B．come
B．distinguished
B．However
B．access
B．speech
B．produce
B．privilege
B．disappointed
B．and
B．expectations
B．feel
C．came out
C．told
C．courage
C．typing
C．read
C．happiness
C．like
C．delivered
C．work
C．planned
C．Whatever
C．communicate
C．words
C．recognize
C．opportunity
C．pleasant
C．so
C．richness
C．experience
D．looked out
D．chatted
D．confident
D．spelling
D．copy
D．hardships
D．as
D．found
D．manage
D．imagined
D．Wherever
D．exchange
D．opinions
D．organize
D．occasion
D．optimistic
D．then
D．nervousness
D．suffer
different from what I knew.My host family lived in a huge house I could only describe as a
"castle"．In Germany I had lived in a small apartment together with my mom.Soon I found
out that the "castle" was actually rather small in our neighborhood.
Everybody there was very friendly and polite.They greeted youwhen they were walking
by at least 3 feet away from you.They must not have seen a German au pair before,for most
people I met asked me all kinds of questions about Germany.I enjoyed answering their various
strange questions.I made a lot of friends and I started to hang out with them.
Of course,there were a numbor of new things,and it took me the whole year to find them
all out.I never got homesick.Perhaps it was because I did not have too many negative
(负面的) experiences and felt loved and welcomed there.
However,I had undergone some painful experience back in Germany.I was frustrated
by the way people would run me over and not even say "Sorry." Taking up my studies at
the TUDresden I felt lonely.Everybody here seemed to be withdrawn(离群的)and I missed
ewerything I had in Cincinnati.Germany was so "cold"．I found it so much harder to make
new friends.After six months I got a roommate and only two good friends.I also flew back to
Cincinnati several times for long periods.I felt that without those visits I was not able to make it.
Now I am over this German culture shock.It almost took me an entire year.I am still going
back and forward between Dresden and Cincinnati four times a year.
B．some people were not very kind to her
C．many people were curious about her motherland
D．she lived in the biggest house in the neighborhood
B．hard
C．painful
D．strange
B．accepted
C．expected
D．suffered
B．She never went back to Cincinnati after she came back to Germany.
C．She seldom hung out with her American friends as she was too busy.
D．She did miss her friends in Cincinnati when she was at the TUDresden.
B．My culture shock experience
C．Advantages of living in USA
D．How to be an au pair in USA
argument.We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly,my mother
will push the conversation into World War ?.She"ll talk about m
y lack of a bright future because I don"t plan to be a doctor.And much to her disappointment,I don"t want to do
any job related to science,either.In fact,when I was pushed to say that I planned to major
(主修) in English and communications,she nearly had a heart attack.
"Why can"t you be like my coworker"s son?" she bemoans all the time.Her coworker"s
son received a fouryear scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer.
I don"t know what to answer except that I simply can"t be like Mr Perfect as I"ve called the
unnamed coworker"s son.I can"t be like him.I"m the type of person who loves to help out in
the community,write until the sun goes down,and most of all,wants to achieve a career
because I love it,not because of fame (名声) or salary.
I understand why my mother is worried about my future major.I"ve seen my mother
struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours.She leaves the house around
6﹕30 am and usually comes home around 5 pm or even 6 pm.However,I want her to
know that by becoming a doctor,it doesn"t mean I"ll be successful.I"d rather follow my
dreams and create my own future.
B．The writer"s future job.
C．Dinner plans.
D．Wars around the world.
B．doesn"t think the writer should be a doctor
C．gets along very well with the writer
D．doesn"t think working in the science field is a good idea
B．shouts
C．complains
D．smiles
B．He wants to find a job in his community in the future.
C．He doesn"t think his mother"s coworker"s son is perfect.
D．He wants to do something he really likes in the future.
B．the writer"s mother works very hard for the family
C．the writer doesn"t think being a doctor is a good job
D．the writer sometimes thinks his mother"s advice is very good
The mom had died when the rescuers found her after the terrible earthquake.She was
covered by a destroyed house.Through gaps (缝隙) of those ruins,the rescuers could see
her last posture (姿势)．It was something like an ancient person who was kowtowing
(叩头),but it just looked strange because she was out of shape by pressure.
The rescuers confirmed her death by touching her through the gaps of the ruins.They
shouted at the ruins again and again,knocked the bricks using various tools,but no reply
inside.
Then the rescuing team went to the next building.Suddenly the leader ran back,calling
"Come here." He came to the body,put his hands under the woman,feeling and touching,t
hen shoutedloudly and gladly,"There is someone,a baby,still living."
Through some efforts,rescuers cleaned up the ruins which blocked her.Under her body
lay her baby,who was covered by a small red quilt (棉被)．He was about 3 or 4 months"
old.Since well protected by his mother"s body,he was safe.He was in a deep sleep when
the rescuer carried him out,and his lovely and peaceful face warmed everyone around him.
The doctor,along with the rescuing team,took the baby out of the quilt to check if the baby
was all right,and he found there was a mobile phone inthe quilt.The doctor looked at the
screen; a writtenmessage was already there:"My dear baby if you couldlive,don"t forget how
much I love you." As a doctor,he experienced much of this type of separation；but at this
moment,he cried.The mobile phone was passed,and every person who saw this message
shed (流出) tears.
B．begged the rescuers to save her baby first
C．was struggling with the pressure
D．didn"t have the normal shape
B．inferred
C．guessed
D．imagined
B．was fast asleep
C．was listening carefully
D．was frightened
B．excited
C．m
D．tired
B．the disaster of a terrible earthquake
C．the rescuers" hard work after an earthquake
D．the great love of a mother in the earthquake
that changed my life.
Pete was being __2__ in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb"s alltime hits record.
Suddenly one reporter asked him, "Pete, you only need 78 hits to reach your nearest __3__. How many
atbats(击球)do you think it"ll take you to get the 78 hits?" Without hesitation, Pete just __4__ at the
reporter and said, "78." The reporter yelled back, "Ah, come on, Pete, you don"t think you"ll get 78 hits
in 78 atbats, do you?"
Mr.Rose calmly __5__ his philosophy with the reporters who were __6__ waiting for his reply to the
claim.
"Every time I __7__ up to the plate (击球区), I __8__ to get a hit! __9__ I have it in mind, I have no
right to step into the batter"s (击球手) box! It is __10__ expectation that has enabled me to get all of the
hits in the first place."
When I thought about Pete Rose"s __11__ and how it applied to everyday __12__, I felt a little
embarrassed. As a business person, I was hoping to increase my __13__. As a father, I was hoping to
be a good dad. As a married man, I was hoping to be a good husband. The truth was that I was a fairly
good salesperson, I was not so __4__ a father, and I was an okay husband.I immediately decided that
being okay was not __15__! I wanted to be a great salesperson, a great father and a great husband. I
__16__ my attitude to a positive one, and the results were __17__. I was fortunate enough to win a few
sales trips, I won Coach of the Year in my __18__ baseball league, and I share a loving relationship
with my wife, Karen, with whom I am __19__ to enjoy the rest of my life!
__20__, Mr Rose!