Question

    When I was three years old, I couldn’t speak. It was a strange reality that none of the doctors I visited could understand.

One day, I was shadowing（跟随）my mother. She found herself looking in a mirror, and through it our eyes met. She began to speak to me through the reflection, and I slowly began to mimic（模仿）her mouth’s movements until I formed a word.

It turned out I’m deaf in my left ear, and have a slight problem in my right. Being hard of hearing has been difficult, but I’ve never lived in a state of self-hating sorrow.

Imagine being able to shut out all sound as you lay your head down to sleep by simply rolling over onto one side. That’s my reality when I sleep on my “good ear”, and it makes me feel like a superhero sometimes.

People call my deaf side my “bad ear”, but when I wear my hearing aid, I have access to a range of features that some other deaf people don’t. In cinemas, for example, with one click of a button I can enjoy a whole film as though it were whispered to me from the mouths of the actors.

Owning a hearing aid hasn’t always felt good, however. On the first day I got my aid, when I was eight, I took it to school for show-and-tell. As I explained how it worked to my classmates, a boy yelled out, “Aren’t those for old men?” At that moment, I felt different. It took me a long time to get over that sense of being so unlike my peers.

But it’s not just school kids who can make us deaf and hard-of-hearing people feel like burdens. Every video on social media that lacks subtitles（字幕）, for example, means an entire community of deaf people is unable to enjoy it. Completely deaf people are excluded from enjoying many movies too, as subtitles in cinemas are almost impossible to find.

And with hearing aids costing around $2,500 each, it can be hard for many people to afford to be able to listen to the things that others take for granted. As for me, I can listen to music, enjoy films, and catch conversations – I’m lucky. I’m deaf, but I can still hear everything. I’ve been blessed with wonderful life experiences, and I am human. And when it comes to sleeping, I’m even superhuman.

1.How does the author view his hearing difficulty?

A. It’s a disaster and causes him a lot of trouble.

B. It gave him a chance to experience something special.

C. It made him feel embarrassed in front of his classmates.

D. It helped him to live in his own world without being interrupted.

2.What can be inferred from the passage about the author?

A. He was born deaf.

B. He is optimistic and helpful.

C. The hearing aid brings convenience to his daily life.

D. His family and classmates have supported him a lot.

3.What is the author’s attitude toward his life？

A. Excited.

B. Anxious.

C. Grateful.

D. Disappointed.

4.What is the author’s main purpose in writing the article?

A. To give advice on life to disabled people.

B. To show how difficult life is for disabled people.

C. To show the convenience a hearing aid could bring.

D. To share his experience of treating a disadvantage with gratitude.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲了作者天生有听力障碍，但是他却乐观地对待自己的缺陷，想办法让自己的生活充满了快乐。

1.细节理解题。根据文中作者对自己日常生活的描述，可知作者的听力障碍让他有机会经历了一些特殊的事情，故选B。

2.细节理解题。答案定位在最后一段And with hearing aids costing around $2,500 each, it can be hard for many people to afford to be able to listen to the things that others take for granted. As for me, I can listen to music, enjoy films, and catch conversations – I’m lucky.（对我来说，我可以听音乐，欣赏电影，捕捉对话——我很幸运。）由此可知助听器给他的日常生活带来了方便，故选C。

3.细节理解题。答案定位在最后一段I’ve been blessed with wonderful life experiences, and I am human.可知作者对生活充满感激，故选C。

4.写作意图题。文章主要讲了作者天生有听力障碍，但是他却乐观地对待自己的缺陷，想办法让自己的生活充满了快乐，所以作者写这篇文章的目的是以感激的心情分享他对待劣势的经验，故选D。