Question

Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.

Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?

Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙残疾的﹚。I have no arms and only one leg.

Reporter:Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?

Mr Shum:Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet.No,I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.

Reporter:I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disablbed person, but can we talk first about your handicap?

Mr Shum:Well,in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”?

I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped”means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.

Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?

Mr Shum:No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old.After that I became depressed﹙沮丧﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.

1.Mr Shum is a painter who has no ____.

A.mouth   B.teeth   C.feet    D.arms

2.Mr Shum thinks himself first as ____.

A.a person    B.a painter    C.a hit     D.a star

3.He doesn’t like the word“handicapped”because it suggests ______.

A.he can do anything                       

B.there are some things he can’t do

C.there are somethings he can do very well 

D.he doesn’t want others to look him down

4.What does the underlined word“firmly”in this passage mean?

A.紧紧地      B.随意地      C.缓缓地     D.轻轻地

5.What can we learn from Mr Shum’s story?

A.Comfort in living by painting      

B.Pleasure of living with a brave mother

C.Help gives people happiness.       

D.What really matters is how you face it.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这是对画家Mr Shum的一个采访。做为一个没有胳膊只有一条腿的残疾人，Mr Shum认为他首先是一个人，其次是一个画家，最后才是一个肢体有残疾的人。困难并不可怕，重要的是看你怎样去面对。

1.I have no arms and only one leg.我没有胳膊只有一条腿。可知他没有胳膊，故选D。

2.I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap.我认为自己首先是一个人，其次是一个画家，然后才是一个肢体残缺的人。可知他认为自己首先是人，故选A。

3.“handicapped”means you can’t do anything. “残疾的”意思就是你不能做什么事。表明there are some things he can’t do有一些事情他不能做，故选B。

4.I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. 我用牙齿紧紧地咬住笔来画。可知只有咬紧笔才能画成，故选A。

5.Mr Shum的讲述，我们能学到：困难不可怕，重要的是看你怎样去面对。故选D。

考点：教育类短文阅读。