Question

Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.

Reporter: Mr. Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?

Mr. Shum: Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons. First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙残疾的﹚. I have no arms and only one leg.

Reporter: Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?

Mr. Shum: Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet. No, I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.

Reporter: I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disabled person, but can we talk first about your handicap?

Mr. Shum: Well, in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”? I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped” means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.

Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?

Mr. Shum: No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old. After that I became depressed﹙沮丧﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.

1.Mr. Shum is a painter who has no ____.

A. mouth B. teeth C. feet D. arms

2.Mr. Shum thinks himself first as ____.

A. a person B. a painter

C. a hit D. a star

3.He doesn’t like the word “handicapped” because it suggests ______.

A. he can do anything

B. there are some things he can’t do

C. there are something he can do very well

D. he doesn’t want others to look him down

4.What does the underlined word “firmly” in this passage mean?

A.紧紧地 B.随意地

C.缓缓地 D.轻轻地

5.What can we learn from Mr. Shum’s story?

A. Comfort in living by painting.

B. Pleasure of living with a brave mother.

C. Help gives people happiness.

D. What really matters is how you face it

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要告诉我们Mr Shum身残志坚的故事。他十五岁时出事故而变残疾。但他认为自己首先是一个人，然后是一个画家，最后是一个身体残疾的人。他出名是因为他的画好，而不是因为他是残疾人。

1. have no arms and only one leg句意：我没有手臂只有一条腿。可知Mr Shum是一个没有手臂的画家。故选D。

2. in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap.句意：事实上，我觉得我自己首先是一个人，然后是一个画家，最后是一个身体残疾的人。故选A。

3. I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”? I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped” means you can’t do anything.句意：我可以说我不喜欢这个词“残疾的”。我是一个受人欢迎的画家。原因是我的画好而不是这些画是由一个残疾人画的。“残疾的”意味着你不能做事。由此可看出他不喜欢这个字是因这个字说明他不能做事。故选B。

4. hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that.句意：我用牙齿紧紧地握住笔，就那样子画画。根据句意，故选A。

5. Shum身残志坚的故事中我们知道生活中重要的是你怎样面对。故选D。

考点：人生百味类短文阅读。