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 on her behalf.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 granted a place at Oxford.She suffers from “locked-in syndrome”,a profound apraxia caused by brain damage that renders her body useless and her voice mute.

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 devised a complicated system of hand gestures that equate to the alphabet.

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 that need to be carefully addressed before an individual can take up a place,such as establishing 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,the pro-vice chancellor of Kent University.

Peter Giles,her art tutor until last year,said she has a genuine talent 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 take a while to decipher.But eventually,they would come,and eventually make sense.”

Hero’s classes will be held at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art.

Hero communicates with others _________.

A.through common hand movements

B.by typing words on computer

C.through a complicated system of hand gestures devised by her mother

D.by drawing pictures on a board

According to the passage,how does Hero paint or sculpt?

A.She instructs her assistants to paint or sculpt through hand movements.

B.She gives instructions,and her mother paints or sculpts following her instructions.

C.She paints or sculpts with her own hands.

D.She gives instructions,her mother “translates” them,and her assistants paint or sculpt according to the “translations”.

From the story we can infer _________.

A.Oxford welcomes any handicapped student who is good at fine art

B.Hero has not attended school since she was six

C.Hero is gifted in fine art

D.Hero is a strong-minded girl who loves life very much

Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Hero is the most seriously handicapped student ever to be admitted to Oxford.

B.Oxford will admit a disabled student without any requirements.

C.Hero has been taught by her parents at home for10 years.

D.Hero is not able to walk,talk or hold a paintbrush.


第二节信息匹配(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
请阅读下列应用文和相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息.请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑.
下面是对几部电影的介绍:

A.Black Snake Moan
Rae has been left for dead on the roadside when Lazavas discovers her. The
God-fearing, middle-aged black man quickly learns that the young white woman
whom he's nursing back to health is none other than the town tramp from the small
Tennessee town where they live. Worse, she has an anxiety disorder.
B.Blades of Glory
When two figure skaters Chazz and Jimmy brawl (打架) for the gold medal at
the World Championships, they are stripped (剥夺) of their gold medals and banned
from the sport for life.
C.Mr. Brooks
Consider Mr. Brooks, a successful businessman, a generous philanthropist (慈善家), a loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret -- he is a cruel serial killer and no one knows it -- until now.
D.Evening
The film explores the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters. As Ann lays dying, she reflects on the time in her youth when she met the love of her life, a man she has never forgotten. Her daughters learn that decisions made on impulse can affect a lifetime,and how important it is to know
true love when it finds you.
E.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter retums for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that
much of the wizard community has been denied the truth about the teenager's recent
encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort, preferring to turn a blind eye to the news that Voldemort has returned.
F. The Invisible
Nick is a high school senior with a bright future until, in a tragic case of
mistaken identity, he is wildly attacked by a troubled girl Annie, and his body is left for dead.
请阅读下列的电影补充介绍,然后匹配电影补充介绍与它们所对应的电影名称。   
56. Deeply moving  and extremely romantic, it is a film about the moments in life that define us, and the timeless love that binds mothers and daughters, sisters and friends.
57. He decides to cure her both in body and in spirit. He uses unusual ways --
tying her to the radiator (电暖炉) . And by saving her,,the man might just save
himself.
58. Now in limbo (中间过渡状态), he is not quite dead but invisible to the living,
and his spirit can only watch as his mother and the Police search for him, not knowing that he is only hours away from death.
59. Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable (值得尊敬的)  headmaster, Albus
Dumbledore is lying about Voldemort's return in order to weaken his power and take
his job, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new teacher to keep
watch over Hogwarts' students.
60. Now, three-and-a-half years on, they've found there will be some hope that
they will be allowed to compete again: if they can put aside their differences, they can skate together in pairs figure skating.

Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them. Take my family’s last vacation. It was my six-year-old son’s winter break form school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked, and Delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day. I had meeting in New York,So I had to get back . But that didn't mean my husband and my son couldn't stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.

The next day my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouraged一okay, ordered-them to wait it out at the airport, to "earn" more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh?

Now some people may think I'm a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up.

I've made living looking for the best deals and exposing (揭露) the worst tricks . I have been the consumer reporter of NBC's Today show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in. I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your money’s worth. I’m also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But I wouldn't hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps its longer, and it's the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.

1.Why did Delta give the author's family credits?

A.They took a later flight.

B.They had early bookings.

C.Their flight had been delayed.

D.Their flight had been cancelled.

2.What can we learn about the author?

A.She rarely misses a good deal.

B.She seldom makes a compromise.

C.She is very strict with her children

D.She is interested in cheap products.

3.What does the author do?

A.She's a teacher.

B.She's a housewife.

C.She's a media person.

D.She's a businesswoman.

4.What does the author want to tell us?

A.How to expose bad tricks.

B.How to reserve airline seats.

C.How to spend money wisely,

D.How to make a business deal.

 

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here's what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(空闲), it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.

1.The best title of this passage probably is________.

A.Love your friends                       B.Live a real life

C.Don't waste time                        D.Be a good mother and wife

2.The underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph probably has the same meaning as________.

A.it is so easy to keep alive but not to live a real life

B.it is very hard to live a real life

C.it is so easy to make a living

D.it is more difficult to exist than to live a happy life

3.What's the author's attitude toward work?

A.Do it well to serve others.

B.To earn enough money to make life better.

C.Try your best to get higher position and pay.

D.Don't let it affect your real life.

4.It can be inferred from the passage that_________.

A.the author is a success in personal life

B.the author didn't try her best to work well

C.the author spent all her time caring for her children

D.the author likes traveling very much

 

“Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight?” I __21___asked my father. “I have to work late tonight. I doubt if I’ll be able to __22__ it on time. I am just too busy right now,” he replied.

My mind could not ___23__the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to __24__ my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same __25__. Why had I even taken trouble to ask? __26__, there was always a slight hope that tonight would be __27__.

As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends__28__ me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.” I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the __29__ as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called, __30__ three others. I followed my classmates to the __31__. When I reached out my hand to shake the __32__, a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera ___33__ my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there. I walked back to my seat __34___.

Back at home, seeing my dad’s car in the garage. I told myself he would not be __35__. But the strong smell of alcohol hit me as soon as I __36__inside, and I could feel my tears __37__ . I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him __38__ on the couch.

__39__ did Father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more__40__ than his whiskey bottle.

1.A. confidently           B. eagerly            C. proudly      D. fearfully

2.A. reach                 B. keep               C. take         D. make

3.A. create                B. support            C. appreciate  D. accept

4.A. watch                 B. avoid              C. attend       D. speed

5.A. excuse                B. reply              C. promise      D. trick

6.A. Besides    B. Thus            C. Otherwise  D. However

7.A. active                B. formal             C. different    D. serious

8.A. recognized            B. greeted            C. encouraged   D. showed

9.A. air                   B. audience           C. school       D. playground

10.A. rather than          B. other than         C. except for   D. along with

11.A. stage                B. position           C. office       D. exit

12.A. Jill’s              B. teacher’s         C. mother’s    D. father’s

13.A. fixed                B. touched            C. hurt         D. inserted

14.A. successfully         B. disappointedly     C. delightedly  D. hopefully

15.A. drunk                B. woken              C. forgiven     D. hidden

16.A. stepped              B. noticed            C. examined     D. glanced

17.A. getting off         B. taking down     C. building up    D. turning around

18.A. learning             B. lying              C. putting      D. carrying

19.A. How                  B. Where       C. Why                   D. Whether

20.A. perfect        B. comfortable    C. fortunate     D. important

 

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