Question

I always felt sorry for the people in wheelchairs. Some people, old and weak, cannot get around by themselves. Others seem perfectly healthy, dressed in business suits. But whenever I saw someone in a wheelchair, I only saw a disability, not a person.

Then I fainted (晕倒) at Euro Disney due to low blood pressure. This was the first time I had ever fainted, and my parents said that I must rest for a while after First Aid. I agreed to take it easy but, as I stepped towards the door, I saw my dad pushing a wheelchair in my direction. Feeling color burn my cheeks, I asked him to wheel that thing right back to where he found it.

I could not believe this was happening to me. Wheelchairs were fine for other people but not for me, as my father wheeled me out into the main street, people immediately began to treat me differently.

Little kids ran in front of me, forcing my father to stop the wheelchair suddenly. Bitterness set in as I was thrown back and forth. “Stupid kids… they have perfectly good legs. Why can’t they watch where they are going?” I thought. People stared down at me, with pity in their eyes. Then they would look away, maybe because they thought the sooner they forgot me the better.

“I’m just like you!” I wanted to scream. “The only difference is you’ve got legs, and I have wheels.”

People in wheelchair are not stupid. They see every look and hear each word. Looking out at the faces, I finally understood: I was once just like them. I treated people in wheelchairs exactly the way they did not want to be treated. I realized it is some of us with two healthy legs who are truly disabled.

1.The author once _________ when she was healthy.

A. showed respected to disabled people

B. looked down upon disabled people

C. imagined herself sitting in a wheelchair

D. saw some healthy people moving around in wheelchairs

2.Facing the wheelchair for the first time, the author _________.

A. felt curious about it    B. got ready to move around in it right away

C. thought it was ready for her father    D. refused to accept it right away

3.The experience of the author tells us that_________.

A. life is the best teacher

B. people often eat their bitter fruit

C. life is so changeable that nobody can predict

D. one should never does to others what he would not like others do to him

4.Which is the best title for this passage?

A. How to Get Used to Wheelchairs

B. Wheelchairs Are as Good as Two Legs

C. People with Two Legs Are Truly Healthy

D. The Difference Between Healthy People and the Disabled

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.B

【解析】本文作者从前看不起坐轮椅的残疾人，有次发生意外，作者也亲身体验了一下坐轮椅的生活，各种奇怪的眼神让作者深深体会到，坐着轮椅的人也是有尊严的人。

1.B推理判断题。根据第一段中“But whenever I saw someone in a wheelchair, I only saw a disability, not a person．”看出不论什么时候看到某人坐在轮椅里，“我”看到的只是残疾人，而不是一个完整的人，说明作者对坐在轮椅里的人有偏见。looked down upon“看不起”。故选B。

2.D细节理解题。根据第二段中“I saw my dad pushing a wheelchair in my direction! Feeling the color burn my cheeks, I asked him to wheel that thing right back to where he found it．”可知当时作者的心态是拒绝介绍。故选D。

3.D推理判断题。根据最后一段中“I was once just like them．I treated people in wheelchairs exactly the way they did not want to be treated．”可知，作者曾经用不想被人对待的方式对待别人，所以他领悟到一个人不应该做他不愿意别人对他做的事情。故选D。

4.B主旨大意题。从作者一开始看不起残疾人到自己成为残疾人，亲身感受到残疾人的窘迫，领悟到全人类不应该看不起残疾人，说不定哪一天，正常的人也会成为残疾人，尤其最后一句“I realized it is some of us with two healthy legs who are truly disabled．”说明，有些双腿健全的人，实际上在人格上是残疾的，因此，要平等对待残疾人。故选B。