Question

    If your life were a book and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? That’s the question that changed my life forever.

At the age of 19, I became a massage therapist(治疗师). For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent and completely in control of my life. That is, until my life took a detour. I was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis . Over the course of two months, I lost my spleen(脾) , my kidneys , and both of my legs below the knees.

One day, I went home. I crawled into bed and this is what my life looked like for the next few months: me passed out, escaping from reality, with my legs resting by my side. I was completely physically and emotionally broken. But I knew that in order to move forward, I had to let go of the old Amy and learn to embrace the new Amy. And that is when I began to realize that I didn’t have to be small any more. I could be as tall as I wanted or as short as I wanted depending on whom I was dating. And if I snowboard again, my feet aren’t going to get cold. And the best of all, I thought, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes that are on the sales shelf. And I did!

I started snowboarding. Then I went back to work. And then I co-founded a non-profit organization for physical disabilities so that they could get involved in action sports. And just this past February, I won two World Cup gold medals, making me the highest-ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world.

Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs, I had no idea what to expect. But if you ask me today, if I would ever want to change my situation, I would have to say no, because my legs haven’t disabled me. They’ve forced me to rely on my imagination and to believe in possibilities, and that’s why I believe that our imaginations can be used as tools for breaking through borders, because in our minds, we can do anything and we can be anything. It’s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.

1.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph3?

A.The author no longer wanted to make friends with Amy.

B.The author realized she had to learn to accept a new “herself” gladly.

C.The author wanted a new friend in her new life eagerly.

D.The author felt hard to choose between the old Amy and the new Amy.

2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A.The author didn’t like her job as a massage therapist.

B.The author is still very sensitive to her disabilities.

C.The author has learnt to see her disabilities as blessings.

D.The author hopes to return to her old life.

3.What message does the author want to convey with her speech?

A.Roman is not built in one day.

B.Failure is the mother of success

C.Imagination is more important than knowledge.

D.It is not what happens to you but how you respond that counts.

4.The tone of the passage is best described as ________.

A.proud but stubborn B.interesting but regretful

C.optimistic and inspiring D.pessimistic and doubtful

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

本文是夹叙夹议文。文章作者Amy用她的故事告诉了我们：只要我们拥抱挑战，敢于想象，心怀感恩，我们依然可以给烂透了的生活——绝地反击。

1.推理判断题。根据上下文及划线句But I knew that in order to move forward, I had to let go of the old Amy and learn to embrace the new Amy.（但是我知道，为了前进，我不得不放开旧的艾米，学会拥抱新的艾米）可推出，作者意识到她必须学会快乐地接受一个新的“自己”。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据最后一段中的They’ve forced me to rely on my imagination and to believe in possibilities, and that’s why I believe that our imaginations can be used as tools for breaking through borders, because in our minds, we can do anything and we can be anything.（它们迫使我依靠我的想象力并相信各种可能性，这就是为什么我相信我们的想象力可以用作突破边界的工具，因为在我们的思维中，我们可以做任何事情，我们可以成为任何事情）可知，作者学会了将自己的残疾视为迫使自己前进、突破自己的契机。由此可知，作者已经学会把她的残疾看作是一种福气。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段中的It’s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.（相信那些梦想并直接面对我们的恐惧使我们能够超越自己的极限生活）可知，作者在演讲中想要告诉我们，重要的不是你身上发生了什么，而是你如何应对。故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据第三段中的And if I snowboard again, my feet aren’t going to get cold. And the best of all, I thought, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes that are on the sales shelf. And I did!（如果我再玩滑雪板，我的脚就不会冷了。我想，最棒的是，我能使我的脚适合货架上所有的鞋的尺寸。我做到了!）可知，

面对残疾作者展示出非常积极的态度。再根据最后一段中的It’s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.（相信那些梦想并直接面对我们的恐惧使我们能够超越自己的极限生活）可知，Amy用她的故事告诉了我们：只要我们拥抱挑战，敢于想象，心怀感恩，我们依然可以给烂透了的生活——绝地反击。由此可知，文章的基调是乐观的，激励人心的。故选C．