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16．As her son Cameron sits at his laptop completing a task for his math degree course，Alison Thompson，a full-time mum，is busy helping her daughter Emma （two years younger than Cameron） get dressed．While help has always been available for Emma，Alison and her husband also have to fight to get Cameron the support he needs．"People could see that Emma has special needs but because Cameron was doing so well at school，his teachers never thought there was a problem with him．"says Alison．It took Alison and her husband a while to realize their son was different．Cameron's ability didn't become clear until he began primary school．Once he even corrected the teacher when she told the class that zero was the lowest number．Cameron told her she was wrong because there were negative numbers （负数）．He was four at the time．Now 14-year-old Cameron is at secondary school，studying for a distance learning math degree with the Open University，having sailed through his GCSE at 11and his A-level at 12，achieving top grades．
Bethany，another daughter of Alison，is bright too but not gifted．She is the one who will remind absent-minded Cameron to put on his coat．She also helps him out in social situations．
Emma attends a specialist school and the family is quick to celebrate her successes too．
"The other day she did up the buttons on her coat，which was real progress，"Alison says．
Late last year the Thompsons took part in a television documentary （纪录片） to prove that not all gifted children are the result of extremely ambitious parents．Gifted children need support too，but their lives don't have to be that different．Cameron is an example．
28．What does Paragraph 1indicate？C
A．Cameron helps Emma with her math tasks．
B．Teachers at school ignored Emma's problems．
C．Both Cameron and Emma need parental support．
D．The couple often have fights because of Cameron．
29．What does the underlined phrase"having sailed through his GCSE"probably mean？A
A．Having passed his GCSE easily．
B．Having taken his GCSE seriously．
C．Having worked hard at his GCSE．
D．Having suffered a lot from his GCSE
30．There are at leastCpeople in Mrs．Thompson's family．
A．three
B．four
C．five
D．six
31．What can be known from the passage？D
A．Emma has learned to take good care of herself．
B．Cameron showed his gift before primary school．
C．The children of the family are bright and gifted．
D．Gifted kids are not so different as people expect．
分析 本文主要介绍Cameron作为天才儿童与一般儿童在生活上并没有什么不同，只是在学习上比其他孩子聪明．
解答 28-31 CACD
28．C 推理判断题．根据第一段While help has always been available for Emma，Alison and her husband also have to fight to get Cameron the support he needs可知，既然帮助对Emma是需要的，Alison和她的丈夫也让Cameron得到他需要的支持．故选C．
29．A 词义猜测题．根据下文achieving top grades可知，获得了最优的成绩，sail through意为"轻松地取得成功"，故A项正确．
30．C 细节理解题．文中提到丈夫和妻子，两个女儿，一个儿子，至少是五人．故选C．
31．D 推理判断题．根据最后一段Gifted children need support too，but their lives don't have to be that different．Cameron is an example．可知，天才儿童也需要支持，他们的生活并不是那么不同．故选D．
点评 人物故事类阅读理解文章是高考英语常考材料之一．这类文章一般可分为人物传记和短篇故事两类．这两类阅读材料一般较长，即词数多，而且命题也较多，特别是推理判断题和事实细节题多．在做此类阅读理解题时往往是材料看得懂，题目不好做的感觉．因此，在阅读材料时要重点放在事情发展的过程和结果上，注意把握事件的发展进程及人物之间的关系，细节与主题的关系，用以说明人物性格特点的事实、作者的态度等，这些内容往往是推理判断题的命题点．至于事实细节题的解答，同学们切忌想当然或者凭印象，一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．
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