第二部分阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分,满分40分)
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President Barack Obama has apologized for a gaffe (失言) in which he described his bowling skills as akin to participants in the Special Olympics, a sports program for people with intellectual disabilities.
Obama made the mistake during an interview on Thursday night on “The Tonight Show” with host Jay Leno, the first time a sitting U.S. president had been on the show.
Talking about living in the White House, Obama said he had been practicing his bowling in the home’s bowling alley and had scored a 129 out of a possible 300.
It was an improvement on the embarrassing 37 he had rolled during a stop on the presidential campaign trail a year ago. “It’s like—it was like Special Olympics or something,” Obama said.
The Special Olympics is a global nonprofit organization serving some 200 million people with intellectual disabilities, with a presence in nearly 200 countries worldwide.
Soon after the Jay Leno interview, Obama telephoned Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver to apologize.
Shriver told ABC’s “Good Morning America” television show that Obama had apologized “in a way that I think was very moving” and that he said “he did not intend to humiliate (羞辱) the population, didn’t want to embarrass or give anybody any more reason for pain or kind of suffering.”
Shriver said people should gain a lesson from the incident.
“I think it’s important to see that words hurt. Words do matter. And these words in some respect, can be seen as humiliating or a put-down to people with special needs, do cause pain. And they do result in stereotypes,” Shriver said.
White House spokesman Bill Burton said Obama “made an offhand remark making fun of his own bowling that was in no way intended to look down upon the Special Olympics.”
“He thinks that the Special Olympics are a wonderful program that gives an opportunity to shine to people with disabilities from around the world,” Burton said.
56. What does the underlined word “akin” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. skillful                B. similar          C. appealing              D. superior
57. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Obama loves sports and is especially gifted at bowling.
B. Obama apologized for his remarks via ABC’s TV show.
C. The Special Olympics are for various disabled people.
D. The Special Olympics don’t intend to make any money.
58. What does Shriver mean by saying people should gain a lesson from the incident?
A. Disabled people cannot be humiliated.            B. One should be careful with his words.
C. An apology for wrong words is wanted.         D. Words matter even more than actions.
59. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. Obama receiving a TV interview                         B. Obama looking down on the disabled
C. Obama apologizing for his gaffe                 D. Obama being attacked for his words

Kids who receive special education are, without doubt, the hardest working children in any school. When they are having difficulty learning basic literacy and number concepts, when they break rules, when they need more services, support and adult attention than their peers, then they are struggling the hardest. In psychology, we are trained to think that if we are feeling angry or confused when sitting with a patient, then we are probably feeling just what our patient is feeling. The same is true for students with disabilities. Whatever we feel when we work with them, they are probably feeling as they work with us.
If you have a disability that affects your education, then you have a brain disorder. Because education, even in mathematics, is largely verbal(用言辞), most brain disorders responsible for educational disabilities affect language, and how you process words and ideas in written and oral form. To imagine how much effort a child with a language disability spends each school day, imagine yourself attending a school today taught in a language you had a basic understanding of. Imagine though, that while you seem fluent to others, you have trouble when people talk too fast, use idioms or expressions.
When adults and classmates blame, or criticize kids who receive special education, they are struggling with their own confusion. It is difficult to imagine the world as it is lived by someone with an educational disability. It is difficult to understand how someone who can be so "normal" can have so many problems. It is so easy to imagine that if they just tried harder... without understanding that just to do the ordinary, kids with disabilities are making an extraordinary effort.
【小题1】What is the purpose of the author by writing the passage?

A.to introduce how hard to be a special education teacher.
B.to think highly of the children with disabilities.
C.to show the disabled have much trouble in understanding.
D.to call on the society to care for the disabled.
【小题2】 If a disabled kid learns number concepts, he __________.
A.won’t work as hard as a normal.
B.will work double as hard as a normal.
C.will be as patient as the normal.
D.will think of his disability first.
【小题3】If a kid has a disability affecting his education, he will ________.
A.have a hard time using the language.
B.be too foolish to learn maths .
C.not understand what others are saying.
D.have a lot of trouble in remembering words.
【小题4】Before you intend to blame a kid receiving special education, __________.
A.you should try to understand what he is saying.
B.you should imagine the world he lives in.
C.you should imagine yourself in his shoes.
D.you should think of the education he has received.

阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

A young man was slapped in the face until he bled because he didn’t offer his seat to a woman with a baby on a bus in downtown Hangzhou. Later he was proved to be a disabled person.

In a series of cases nationwide, we see people being beaten for refusing to give up their seats on public transport, which seems to be a moral problem about correct behavior and self-sacrifice.

People with moral deficiency (who don’t give up their seats to deserving people) can be condemned, but they don’t deserve to be treated with violence because they offend moral values and not laws. In comparison, the attackers behave worse.

The attackers regard relying on violence as their only choice if people ignore their appeals to give up their seats. It seems they start a shout or a fight for the sake of justice, but can they still think of their personal intention when they call violence justice?

This “violent justice” can confuse many people and encourage them to do the same, especially when we are overpowered by illogical mood.

If cruel and rude acts are rooted in children’s hearts, society will never step into civilization. The practice violates common values, neither solving problems nor safeguarding civilized society.

【写作内容】

1、以约30个词概括短文的要点。

2、以约120个词谈谈你对这一事件的看法,内容包括:

1)读完这则新闻,你有什么感受?

2)假如你是车上的一名乘客,你会怎样做?

3)就如何创建和谐社会提出你的建议。

【写作要求】

你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

【评分标准】

概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。

 

 

III. 阅读 (共两节,满分35)

第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、BC和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

   “Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle (婴儿包) was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped--the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance.

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms, he cried out bitterly,“A boy, a big boy…called me-a f... freak.” She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks.

He grew up,handsome for his misfortune.A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that.He developed a gift for literature and music.

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor.Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft (移植) on a pair of outer ears,if they could be donated (捐献) ,” the doctor decided.So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice (牺牲) for a young man.Two years went by.Then, “You’re going to the hospital,son.Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need.But it’s a secret.” said the father.

        The operation was a brilliant success.His talents blossomed into genius.School and college became a series of successes.Later he married and entered the diplomatic (外交) service.“But I must know!” he urged his father.“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him.”

“I do not believe you could,” said the father,“but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet.” The years kept the secret, but the day did come...one of the darkest days that ever passed through a son.He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材).Slowly and tenderly,the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick,reddish-brown hair to let out the secret.

61.The story is mainly about ________.

A.how a boy had new ears through an operation     

B.what a devoted parent privately did for the child

C.how a disabled boy turned into a useful person   

D.why a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy

62.From the first paragraph we know that the mother ________.

A.was determined to donate her ears to perfect her son

B.kept her husband unknown about the baby’s situation

C.felt shocked and disappointed to see her new baby

D.complained of her bad luck to have a disabled child

63.The underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to “________”.

         A. slow-acting person                                  B.ugly-looking child

         C.badly-behaved student             D.strangely-shaped creature

64.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.The agreement was between the donator and the family.

B.The boy was so popular that he was made class president.

C.Finally the boy came to know who the donator was.

D.The mother donated her ears to her son after she died.

65. What moral (道德的) lesson can we draw from this reading?

A. Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known.

B. It is parents’ responsibility to help their children heart and soul.

C. True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance.

D. Young generations should learn to be grateful.

 

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