Tomorrow evening I will be interviewed on stage by a museum official. I will be an interpreter, talking from experience as a disability rights lawyer and activist.
In “special” schools and camps for children with physical and mental disabilities, I grew up knowing we were a category of person that the world did not want. Most of us had a story of some doctor advising our parents to put up away or to let us die. We owed our survival to parents who had irrationally(不理性地) bonded with us. We knew we were lucky and hoped our luck would hold. To increase the chance of surviving, we tended to be charming. We developed thick skins.
By the time I roll onto the stage the next night, I’ve thought a lot about there and here, then and now. When the first question comes, I tell them about my fascination with the wheelchair, and somehow it sounds funny, and laughter fills the room. We talk from the horror of Nazis killing (Nazis once killed the disabled patients as useless) to a funny confession that I, too, tend to stare at disabled people on the street.
What has come over me? In this room, people with disabilities in thrilling variety make me feel at home. Here people, disabled and not, are gathered by choice.
I haven’t forgotten that 2 million people remain in US disability institutions, that some disabled children still cannot attend mainstream schools, that too many of us live in poverty. But I can’t hold onto anger and sorrow for I feel a shared sense of possibility, a drive for a world that will embrace both the fit and the unfit and hold them so dear that the division dies.
小題1:What’s the author according to the passage?
A．A disabled lawyer.
B．A reporter.
C．An actor
D．An interviewer
小題2:The underlined phrase “thick skins” in the second paragraph probably means__.
A．with more clothes
B．making skin dirty
C．caring nothing of ignorance
D．growing more slowly than others
小題3:The second paragraph is mainly focused on ________.
A．the growth of the disabled people
B．the hatred of the disabled people
C．the love of the disabled people
D．the appreciation of the disabled people
小題4:It can be sensed but not clearly stated that the author________.
A．likes to be interviewed in a museum
B．can tell funny stories
C．has charming personality
D．is humorous and optimistic
小題5:What’s the author’s attitude towards the future?
A．Desperate
B．Hopeful
C．Negative
D．Objective

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：
小題1:細節(jié)題：從文章第一段可知作者是個殘疾律師。選A
小題2:猜詞題：從第二段的描寫可知thick skins表示是不覺得無知的人 選C
小題3:主旨題：第二段主要講了殘疾人的成長，從出生到長大，到上學(xué)的過程。選A
小題4:推理題：從文章的第三段的句子：I tell them about my fascination with the wheelchair, and somehow it sounds funny, and laughter fills the room.可以看出作者是樂觀的幽默的，選D
小題5:推理題：從文章最后一句話：But I can’t hold onto anger and sorrow for I feel a shared sense of possibility, a drive for a world that will embrace both the fit and the unfit and hold them so dear that the division dies.可知作者認為這個世界是可以消除分歧的。選B
考點; 考查社會生活方面的短文
點評：這篇文章是個殘疾的律師的自述，從出生到成長的艱難，再到如果努力奮斗，說明社會不該對殘疾人有歧視。題目設(shè)置還是有難度的，推理題較多，考查學(xué)生通過字面意義推斷作者本意的能力。
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