Question

    Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the world to know exactly where she’s been while she’s on her worldwide vacation in a special way. The traveler, who was born with a bone disease, had her right leg amputated (截肢) at the age of four. Although the amputation caused inconvenience for Gallagher early on, she now sees it as nothing short of inspiration for living her best life.

To spread that message. Gallagher has gone to social media, where she shares photos of her travels across the world, but instead of simply using a geo-tag(地理位置标签), she writes her location on her artificial leg before taking a picture.

Now she has been taking pictures across the Continent, which show her cycling over the canal in Amsterdam relaxing on a wall overlooking the city of Barcelona, posing with a waffle in Brussels, taking in the beautiful Parthenon temple in Athens and enjoying a river ride in Budapest, all with the well-known locations written on her artificial leg.

“I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden thought to get a chalk-board,” Gallagher said. “My mum and grandmother didn’t like the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.”

Gallagher said people often stare when she’s writing on her leg, but once she shares the photos, she receives only positive feedback(反馈), “My leg hasn’t stopped me from doing anything I’ve wanted to do,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s my determination to prove to myself that I can do it, anyway, I’ve been able to keep up with people at my age and lead a pretty great life.”

Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the way of your dreams. And if life gives you an artificial leg, make art.

1.What message did Gallapher want to spread in her special way?

A.She enjoys her travelling across the globe.

B.She suffers little from her leg’s amputation.

C.she looks on her misfortune as another form of blessing.

D.She has exactly fallen in love with posting photos online.

2.What does the word “which” underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?

A.the continent B.the pictures C.the leg D.the location

3.Gallapher can best be described as ________.

A.helpful and ambitious B.friendly and generous

C.determined and creative D.independent and sensible

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A.Never Too Late to share B.A Special Artificial Leg

C.An Outstanding Photographer D.Gallagher’s Summer Holidays

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了截肢后的Gallagher在社交媒体上分享旅行时的照片（拍照之前把地点写在假肢上）向人们传递她把自己的不幸当作另一种形式的幸事，她的故事告诉我们：永远不要让任何事情阻挡你的梦想，如果生活给了你一条假肢，用它创作艺术吧！

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的"Although the amputation caused setbacks for Gallagher early on， she now sees it as nothing short of inspiration for living her best life．"可知，虽然截肢早期给Gallapher带来了挫折，但她现在认为这是对她最好的生活的激励，也就是她想向人们传递她把自己的不幸当作另一种形式的幸事，故C项正确。

2.词义猜测题。根据画线词前的"Now she has been taking pictures across the Continent，"可知，她现在正在欧洲各地拍摄照片，在照片中，她骑着自行车穿过阿姆斯特丹运河，分析句子结构可知，此处为非限定性定语从句，关系代词which指代的就是先行词pictures，故B项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据文章内容可知， Gallagher在社交媒体上分享旅行时的照片（拍照之前把地点写在假肢上）向人们传递她把自己的不幸当作另一种形式的幸事，可见她很有创造性，虽然截肢了，她像其他人一样过着美好的生活。可见她很有决心，故C项正确。

4.主旨大意题。根据最后一段中的"Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the way of your dreams． And if life gives you an artificial leg， make art．"可知，Gallagher的故事告诉我们：永远不要让任何事情阻挡你的梦想，如果生活给了你一条假肢，用它创作艺术吧，故B项（特殊的假肢）正确。