Question

Alex Elman runs a big business --- something hard to imagine after she lost her sight in her twenties. But Elman says that losing her sight helped her focus on finding success.

Elman’s father planted a hillside vineyard in western Massachusetts in 1981. It’s where Elman fled during the darkest period of her life. When she was 27 years old, she went blind due to complications from juvenile diabetes (幼年型糖尿病) 17 years ago. She recalled, “I hid in my home. I hid in the place, to me, that was the safest place in the world.”

Elman is now the founder of Alex Elman Wines, a growing portfolio (股份) of organic wines from all around the world: Chianti from Italy, Torrontes from Argentina. Elman doesn’t work alone. Her assistant, a guide dog named Hanley, is something of a wine snob, and quite a beggar. Hanley travels to all of the wineries that Elman does, from South America to Europe.

At first, Elman resisted the idea of a seeing-eye-dog. Now it’s hard to imagine her life, or her business, without him. She said. “When someone tells me something is organic and I don’t really believe it because I taste something funny on it, I’ll put it in front of his face and if he likes the wine, he’ll actually go in and sniff it. If it’s not right, he’ll turn his head away…He gets in the dirt with me. He scratches around. He makes sure that we see earthworms and butterflies. That’s how we know that the soil is actually organic, that there are no chemicals.”

Elman told CBS News she believes the loss of her vision was a gift. She said, “It allowed me to pay attention to what I thought was important and also to be able to teach people that the broken hang nail is not a big deal, you know what I mean? Don’t sweat the small stuff. Don’t sweat the big stuff either.”

1.Elman hid herself in her father’s vineyard probably because she ________.

A. suffered from juvenile diabetes

B. was extremely painful for her blindness

C. would like to help her father with the work

D. expected to recover her sight sooner or later

2.We can learn from Paragraph 3 that Elman ________.

A. has earned a large amount of money

B. plans to operate organic wine companies

C. has become successful with Hanley’s help

D. has travelled around the world with Hanley

3.Whenever Elman couldn’t judge the wine exactly, she would ________.

A. turn to Hanley for advice

B. have another taste in person

C. order Hanley to head away

D. make Hanley to drink it

4.The underlined phrase “the broken hang nail” (in Paragraph 5) probably refers to ________.

A. a nail which is of no use

B. a disadvantage you have in your life

C. a person who is hard to deal with

D. a task that is not easy to accomplish

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了因幼年型糖尿病而失明的Alex Elman 在导盲犬Hanley的陪伴下逐渐走出低谷期并且取得成功，创立并发展了Alex Elman Wines,而导盲犬Hanley便是她最得力的助手的故事。作者通过本文告诉我们无论生活有多少困难与挫折，我们都应该努力去克服，往往有时候那些挫折会成为我们通往成功路上的垫脚石。

1.推理判断题。由第二段中“ It’s where Elman fled during the darkest period of her life. ”和“I hid in my home. I hid in the place, to me, that was the safest place in the world.”可推断出因失明使得Alex Elman 感到十分痛苦并且害怕面对外界只想躲在家里躲在父亲建的葡萄园。故选B。

2.推理判断题。第三段主要讲述了 Elman 创立了Alex Elman Wines并且拥有遍布全球的有机葡萄酒酒业的股权，而导盲犬Hanley是她得力的助手，在各个方面都给予了不可或缺的帮助。选项A文中并没有明确提及，由“Elman is now the founder of Alex Elman Wines, a growing portfolio (股份) of organic wines from all around the world: Chianti from Italy, Torrontes from Argentina”可推断选项B不符合题意。由“ Hanley travels to all of the wineries that Elman does, from South America to Europe.”可推断选项D不符合题意。由故选C。

3.推理判断题。由第四段中“She said. “When someone tells me something is organic and I don’t really believe it because I taste something funny on it, I’ll put it in front of his face and if he likes the wine, he’ll actually go in and sniff it. If it’s not right, he’ll turn his head away”可知当 Elman不能准确判断时，她会让Hanley帮助她，故选A。

4.推理判断题。由最后一段中“Elman told CBS News she believes the loss of her vision was a gift. ”可知Elman认为她生命中的挫折可能对于她来说更是一种收获。所以“the broken hang nail”指代人生中的不幸挫折等等，故选B。

【名师点睛】推理判断题属于高层次阅读理解题。做好该题型要从整体上把握语篇内容，在语篇的表面意义与隐含意义、已知信息与未知信息间架起桥梁，透过字里行间，去体会作者的“弦外之音”

本题的第四题推理判断题。第三段主要讲述了 Elman 创立了Alex Elman Wines并且拥有遍布全球的有机葡萄酒酒业的股权，而导盲犬Hanley是她得力的助手，在各个方面都给予了不可或缺的帮助。选项A文中并没有明确提及，由“Elman is now the founder of Alex Elman Wines, a growing portfolio (股份) of organic wines from all around the world: Chianti from Italy, Torrontes from Argentina”可推断选项B不符合题意。由“ Hanley travels to all of the wineries that Elman does, from South America to Europe.”可推断选项D不符合题意。由故选C。