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A severely handicapped teenager who cannot walk, talk or hold a
paintbrush has won a place at Oxford to study fine art. Hero Joy Nightingale, 16, who communicates through hand movements, is to be given assistants to paint and sculpt(雕塑) in place of her .Her mother Pauline Reid “translated” for her daughter during interviews for the place at Magdalen College.
The teenager is the most severely handicapped student ever to be given a place at Oxford. She suffers from a terrible disease caused by brain damage that makes her unable to speak and her body useless.
She is unlikely ever to be able to walk, feed or care for herself but, thanks to the efforts of her mother. She can communicate. When Hero was four, Pauline designed a system of hand gestures that is equal to the alphabet.
By dictating to the her mother , Hero has created an internet magazine, From the window, which contains by George Carey, Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Atwood and Kofi Annan — all of whom are invited to write for her.
A spokesperson for Oxford said, “The university welcomes applications from students with disabilities. In cases where students are profoundly disabled, there may be many issues(问题) that need to be carefully talked about before an individual can take up a place, such as fixing firmly how the student can best be taught and examined.”
Hero, who suffers almost daily epileptic fits and has a hole in her heart, has not attended school since she was six. She has been taught at home by her mother and father, who work at Kent University.
Peter Giles, her art tutor until last year, said she has a gift for art. “She is ferociously gifted. We would sit together and her mother would grab her daughter’s hand and then we would begin work,” he said.
Together, they built several modern sculptures from plaster and metal. “The instructions would talk a while to decipher(解释，解密). But finally, they would come, and finally make sense.”
Hero’s classes will be held at the Ruskin School Drawing and Fine Art.
1.According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?
A. Oxford University has taken in other handicapped students besides Hero.
B. Hero’s mother is the only person who can understand her fairly well.
C. Hero can not create any art works without her fairly well.
D. Only through her hand movement, is Hero able to paint and sculpt.
2. From the passage, we can infer that Hero _____in Oxford University.
A. will have to take examinations
B. can take care of herself well
C. will be taught by the best art teachers
D. will not feel happy
3. In the sentence: “But finally, they would come and finally make sense.”, the word “they” refers to _______.
A. the assistants B. the mother and the assistants
C. Hero’s instructions D. the mother’s instructions
4.Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Disabled Hero and her Mother
B. Disabled Hero Wins Oxford Place
C. Oxford University Welcome Disabled Students
D. Disabled Students Living in Oxford University
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】B
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A. Frank did kill someone and deserved the punishmentThe pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（数字化）of everyday life.
Set to open in 2013, the £188m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.[来源:Z。xx。k.Com]
As digital media（媒介）is important to its idea. the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.
Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning,“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”
The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.
Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虚拟的）LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.
Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls “enlarge reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development is an online library of figures of the city being built by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.
Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s content and services open to citizens as sever before.”
1.
The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____
A. the equipment B. the project
C. the digital media D. the physical library
2.
While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_____
A. get a general idea of the LoB
B. meet many world-famous experts
C. learn how to put up a library building
D. understand how the specialists work on the project
3.
Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?
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a. It offers better learning tools b. It reaches users in different ways c. It provides users with smart phone d. It allows users to enrich its material e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services |
A. a, b, d B. a, c, e C. b, c, d D. b, d, e
4.
This text is most probably taken from .
A. a put book B. a library guide
C. a handbook D. a newspaper report
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注意：每空不超过3个单词。
Thinking of starting to play tennis? Tennis is a great sport that requires mental preparation and physical agility(敏捷). The first part of being able to play the game properly is understanding the rules, and in this article, we’ll be discussing what are commonly agreed upon as the official rules of tennis. The rules of tennis are quite simple even though the game itself is complex.
Tennis should be played on a court that is built according to certain requirements. The court should be 78 feet long. For a singles match, the court should be 27 feet in width, and for doubles matches, the court’s width should be 36 feet. The net’s height should be 3 and a half feet. Service lines should be placed 21 feet each side of the net.
Opponent stand on opposite sides of the court. The player who delivers the ball to start the point is called the server. The player who stands opposite and cross-court from the server is the receiver. The right to serve, receive, choose your side, or give the opponent these choices is decided by a toss(投掷) of a coin. Once the choice of the sever or receiver is done, the first player chooses which side to start.
Tennis is a special game; it has special names given to the various points awarded. A score of zero is called out by saying “Love”, and from there, the points go to 15, 30 and 40. If both players get a score of 40, the game must become a ti
e-breaker, and a 40-40 score is announced by saying “Deuce”. In a “Deuce” situation, if a player gets a point, he is said to have “Advantage”. If a player with an “Advantage” gets another point, the game is over. If a player gets a point while the other has “Advantage”, the score is reset to “Deuce”.
Title: 56._________________ of tennis
| Requirements for 57. _____________ | a singles match | 78 feet in length and 27 feet in width |
| a doubles match | 78 feet in length and 36 feet in width | |
| the net’s height | 3 and a half feet | |
| service lines | 21 feet each side of the net | |
| Rules of the server and the receiver | the server | 58. __________ to start the point |
| the receiver | stands on the opposite side of the net | |
| a toss of 59. ________ | decides the right to serve, receive, choose your side, or give the opponent these choices | |
| Special names of points | Love | zero |
| Deuce | 40-40 | |
| Advantage | It occurs when a player wins a point in 60. ______. |