Question

    Many years ago, my dad decided to volunteer at the local children hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He would talk to them and play with them and do arts and crafts with them.

There was a girl, Karen, who had been admitted with a rare disease that paralyzed (使麻痹) her from the neck down. She was very depressed (沮丧的). My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up against a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head would move. He would visit her whenever he could and paint for her, telling her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”

At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged (允许出院) because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. Some time later, my dad was at the volunteer counter in the lobby (门厅) of the hospital when Karen came in. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read “Thank you for helping me walk”.

My dad would cry every time he told us this story. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors, and my dad who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture—loved every single child in that hospital.

1.The writer’s father decided to volunteer ________.

A.at the children bookstore B.in the shopping mall

C.at the local children hospital D.in the community

2.How did the writer’s father help the paralyzed little girl?

A.He showed her she could still do things.

B.He painted special pictures for her.

C.He helped her practice walking.

D.He visited her and made a toy for her.

3.Why did the little girl give the writer’s father a picture?

A.Because he liked pictures very much.

B.Because she wanted to thank him for his help.

C.Because he was badly ill.

D.Because her mother wanted her to do that.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A.The girl was discharged after she had recovered from her disease.

B.The girl became a famous painter at the end.

C.The girl who paralyzed from the neck down could do nothing.

D.Love has a magic power and can make wonders.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了我爸爸在一家儿童医院做义工时，通过用嘴叼着画笔画画让一个瘫痪的小女孩知道她仍然什么都能做，小女孩受到鼓励，最终奇迹般康复并感谢爸爸的故事，这个故事告诉我们爱可以创造奇迹。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Many years ago, my dad decided to volunteer at the local children hospital.”可知，多年前，我爸爸决定去当地的儿童医院做义工，故C项正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的He stood the paper up against a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head would move. He would visit her whenever he could and paint for her, telling her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”可知，他把纸靠在椅背上，把画笔放进嘴里，开始作画，根本不用手，只有头在动，他一有机会就会去看她，为她作画，告诉她:“瞧，你决心做什么，你就能做什么”，由此可知，爸爸通过用嘴叼着画笔画画让那个瘫痪的小女孩知道她仍然什么都能做，故A项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据第三段中的“She gave my dad a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read “Thank you for helping me walk””可知，她给爸爸一张用手画的画，下面写着“谢谢你帮我走路”，由此可知，小女孩给爸爸一张画是感谢他的帮助，故B项正确。

4.推理判断题。根据文章内容，特别是最后一段的“He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors”可知，爸爸说有时候爱比医生更强大，由此可知，爱有魔力，能创造奇迹，故D项正确。