题目内容
Dana Cummings was in his thirties before he first went surfing. But, even more interesting is that Dana Cummings chose to learn the sport after losing a leg in a car accident. Now, nine years later, he helps other disabled (伤残的) people learn how to ride the waves in AmpSurf.
On the coast of Maine, he is working with 27-year-old Matthew Fish, who is partly blind. Cummings takes hold of Fish and leads him into the ocean. The surfboard floats next to them. Fish lies on the surfboard. He tries to stand up on it. After a few attempts (尝试) he is up and riding all the way back to land. “That was exciting,” Fish says.
A car accident in 2002 took Dana Cummings’ leg. He says the crash changed him more than just physically. “Losing my leg made me realize how precious (珍贵的) life is and get off the couch and start living. I do more things now than I ever did before. Next week I am going to compete in a contest in Hawaii,” Dana says.
One year later Dana Cummings formed AmpSurf. AmpSurf is a group that volunteers to hold surfing classes and events for people with all kinds of disabilities.
Recently, AmpSurf took its training programs to the East Coast. Eleven students attended the class in Maine. They came from all over the northeastern United States.
Dana Cummings thinks AmpSurf can change the way a disabled person thinks. “Most people with disabilities consider himself or herself unlucky and useless, but we want them to see what they can do. Who cares you lose your leg or you are blind, whatever? Have fun. Just enjoy life. Take the most advantage of it you can,” Dana says.
【小题1】Matthew Fish thinks learning to ride the waves is _____.
A.boring | B.easy | C.interesting | D.difficult |
A.In 2002. | B.In 2003. | C.In 2008. | D.In 2011. |
A.ease the physical pain of the disabled |
B.help the disabled learn to get used to their life |
C.change the attitude of the disabled towards life |
D.make the disabled pay more attention to their disabilities |
A.Dana Cummings — a great surfer |
B.AmpSurf — a training group |
C.How to learn to live with disabilities |
D.Disabled surfers ride the waves |
【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
解析试题分析:文章讲述的是Dana Cummings 2003年创办AmpSurf,为了改变残疾人的人生态度,让残疾人可以在AmpSurf进行冲浪运动。
【小题1】细节题:从第一段的句子:“That was exciting,” Fish says. 可知Matthew Fish认为冲浪很有趣。选C。
【小题2】细节题:从第三段的句子:A car accident in 2002 took Dana Cummings’ leg. 可知Dana Cummings是在2002年出车祸失去腿的,第四段的句子:One year later Dana Cummings formed AmpSurf.可知是2003年创办AmpSurf的,选 B
【小题3】细节题:从最后一段的句子:Dana Cummings thinks AmpSurf can change the way a disabled person thinks.可知Dana Cummings 创办AmpSurf 是为了改变残疾人的人生态度,选C
【小题4】主旨题:从这篇文章和第一段的句子:he helps other disabled (伤残的) people learn how to ride the waves in AmpSurf. 可知是讲在AmpSurf残疾人可以进行冲浪运动。选D
考点:考查人物传记类短文
点评:文章讲述的是Dana Cummings 2003年创办AmpSurf,为了改变残疾人的人生态度,让残疾人可以在AmpSurf进行冲浪运动。考查的都是细节题,答题时在文章找到对应的地方,用笔进行标记,这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思,再结合选项,通过排除法和自己对全文的把握,选出正确答案。
“REMOVE from friends.”
This is no ordinary button. One click and I have the power to erase a person from my life.
In late fall, I had around 400 friends on Facebook. Today, I have 134.
Click. Make that 133.
When Facebook first entered my life in 2005, I panicked(恐慌、担心) that my friend count was too low. If I wasn’t properly connected, how would anyone see my clever quote(引语)? Who would wish me a happy birthday? I accepted and sent out friend requests without a second thought and soon accumulated 391 friends.
There is an appeal to being able to communicate with someone or just “thumbs(拨动手指) up” a photo rather than make real conversation.
“It’s comforting and it’s easy,” said Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University, who studies the way people communicate online.” There’s a sense of belonging in it. It’s a sense of community in a generation where community has sort of (有点)disappeared.”
However, I don’t talk to half of these people in the online community. There are some I would avoid if I met them on the street.
Click. 132.
I decided to rid my account of any “friend” that…well, wasn’t. Sound easy? You try it.
Look at who you’re dealing with: family, friends, classmates, crushes(爱恋的对象), acquaintances…
With every click of the “Remove from friends” button, you risk burning a bridge, losing a contact and missing an opportunity. So every time I go to click the button, my heart hurts.
However, I’m not the only one who has experienced a Faceboook friend refreshing. The New Oxford American Dictionary announces its “Word of the Year” each year, and last year, “unfriend” made the cut (入围) (though I’ll still stick with “defriend”).
When I started my mission(任务), a few friends joined. Most were surprised by how easily they could cut hundreds of connections without thinking twice.
“Oh my God, I defriended like 600 people today. I feel so good!” my friend Sarah messaged.
Dana, a close friend from high school, and I battled it out to see who could get our counts lower. She wins at 123.
To some, it’s poor “netiquette(网络礼仪)” to defriend. But to me, it’s the stage of life when we hold onto the people who count, the people who impact you.
【小题1】According to the article, what happens when you click the “Remove form friends” button?
A.A message is sent out to your online friends. |
B.You accept someone as your online friend. |
C.You send out a friend request to people. |
D.The number of your online friends is reduced. |
A.no one would wish her a happy birthday |
B.it was the first time she had made friends online |
C.she had only 391 online friends at that time |
D.she was eager to make connections |
A.People living in the same area are closely connected in everyday life. |
B.Communication online helps people feel they are members of a group. |
C.It’s easy for people to make and break new friendships online. |
D.Today’s young people spend nearly all their time communicating online. |
A.I made new friends online while I removed some old ones. |
B.Some friends cut the number of their online friends just like I did. |
C.We competed to see who could remove the most online friends. |
D.When someone removed me from a friends’ list, I removed him/her. |