逆境和勇气(1)
作者: 本刊试题研究中心第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Nick Vujicic is a great speaker, born in Melbourne, Australia on the 4th of December, 1982. He has no arms and legs. There is no medical explanation for it. In school, he was the first disabled child to be integrated into the Australian school system. He was laughed at, avoided and not included on purpose from games. At age 6, Nick tried some prosthetics(义肢) but they were more of restriction than aid because they limited his movement. Apparently, he had learnt how to do some things without them. Unfortunately, he severely battled with depression at age 8. He felt he would always be a burden for the rest of his life. These thoughts made his prospects in life a fantasy.
When he was 10, though his home was a refuge from the external storms, he couldnt manage to deal with the rejections he faced outside. Then he tried to drown himself, but the love he had for his parents discouraged him from doing so. Nick had his Bachelors degree in Commerce at Griffith University. One day, his mum noticed his situation affected his life and decided to show him a newspaper article that featured a man that had a severe disability, much more than Nicks.
From that moment on, Nick Vujicic became grateful for life. He also said he found peace after he got his relationship with himself. Although he couldnt make some things happen easily, he believed it was not what you had but what you did with it. Therefore, he frequently tells himself he is not afraid to fail or try again. Today, he writes up to 43 words per minute, can throw tennis balls, play the drums, get a glass of water and also answer a phone call.
1. What can we know about Nick from paragraph 1?
A. His disability is due to a genetic problem.
B. He had a good time with his schoolmates.
C. He suffered from depression at the age of 8.
D. His prosthetics gave assistance with his movement.
2. What is a key turning point in Nicks belief?
A. Knowing about a figure in an article.
B. His undergraduate graduation.
C. Getting his parents encouragement.
D. The care from his mother.
3. What is Nicks present belief in his life?
A. Being grateful to his parents.
B. Facing the society bravely.
C. Being content with his present life.
D. Being determined to achieve his goal.
B
I was just a boy. And he was just my dad.
It was in the 1950s. We were a small family. My parents were attentive, caring and devoted to one another. Then suddenly, when I was 9, half of my safe and comfortable world disappeared. Dad died that morning. It was a heart attack.
A child wants to know why such things should happen. For a child, however, there can be no satisfying answers. But growing up, I gradually began to learn more about my dad.
He had grown up in a large family on the family farm. When war broke out in 1939, he joined the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders. He was 31 then. He was sent overseas to southern England, where Canadian soldiers continued training while waiting for a call to action. During that time, he used his occasional week long leaves to visit Scotland. There he met my mother, and they married in April, 1942. I remember that Dad often had to go up to the veterans(退伍军人的) hospital in Winnipeg each year. It was because of something about his heart.
Many years later, I became more curious about his wartime and post war experience, hoping it would help me know who he was. I sent a request to the National Archives for his post war medical records. One day I came home from work to find a thick package at my door. It was more than 800 pages of my dads medical records. I was overwhelmed.
So here was my dads story, which I hadnt fully known.
This was a dad who survived years of cold conditions and lack of food in a prisoner of war(POW) camp in Poland. This was a dad who survived death marches in the cold
winter of 1945, as the Germans paraded (游街示众) their POWs around the
countryside. This was a dad who spent 391 days in the hospital after the war. It was why he died at 50, leaving his wife and two sons behind.
As a child, I could never understand why he would leave me. As an adult, I can now forgive him for having done so. But I cant forgive war itself for the losses it caused, not only on the men and women who actively serve but on the generations yet to be born.
4. What can we learn about the authors father?
A. He opposed war in all forms.
B. He married before going overseas.
C. He had to check his heart regularly after the war.
D. He was forced to join the army at 31.
5. How did the author feel after reading the medical records?
A. Surprised and annoyed.
B. Confused and worried.
C. Inspired and relieved.