题目内容
【题目】Every once in a while someone sends us a story that's so beautiful we are forever changed by it. This is one of those stories.
It started in Winchester, Massachusetts, 43 years ago, when Rick Hoyt was born. Somehow his umbilical cord became wrapped around his neck, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs (四肢) .
The doctors told Rick's parents that he would be a vegetable for the rest of his life. But Nick Hoyt, Rick's father, didn't believe it. He noticed the way Rick's eyes followed him around the room.
When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. "No way,' Nick says he was told. "There's nothing going on in his brain.'
"Tell him a joke,' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed.
Turns out a lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? "Go Bruins!'
And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the school organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, "Dad, I want to do that.'
Yeah, right. How was Nick, a self-described "porker' who never ran more than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he tried. "Then it was me who was handicapped,' Nick says. "I was sore for two weeks.'
That day changed Rick's life. "Dad,' he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'
And that sentence changed Nick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon.
"No way,' Rick was told by a race official. The Hoyt's weren't quite a single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. So, for the first few years, Rick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway.
Later, they would find a way to get into the race officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the qualifying time for Boston the following year.
Then somebody said, "Hey, Rick, why not a triathlon?'
How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon?
Still, Rick tried.
Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironman Competitions in Hawaii.
This year, at ages 65 and 43, Nick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992 - only 35 minutes off the world record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the time.
【1】Where was Rick Hoyt born?
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【2】Who said that Rick would be a vegetable for the rest of his life?
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【3】How did Rick communicate with others?
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【4】What sentence changed Nick’s life?
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【5】What is Nick Hoyt like?
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【答案】
【1】 In Winchester, Massachusetts
【2】 The doctors.
【3】 Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head.
【4】 “Dad, when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!”
【5】 He is a great father who never gives up,though he is in trouble. (答案多样,供参考)
【解析】
短文大意:这篇记叙文讲述了一位伟大的父亲——尼克·霍伊特,虽然儿子里克天生残疾无法与人交流,但是尼克从不放弃,他不断地训练儿子,不仅使儿子能够与人交流,而且还参加了诸多体育赛事甚至是铁人三项,生动地诠释了爱可以改变一切。
【1】题意:里克·霍伊特出生在哪里?考查细节理解题。根据It started in Winchester, Massachusetts, 43 years ago, when Rick Hoyt was born.,可知填In Winchester, Massachusetts。
【2】题意:谁说瑞克一辈子都是植物人?考查细节理解题。根据The doctors told Rick's parents that he would be a vegetable for the rest of his life.,可知填The doctors.。
【3】题意:瑞克是如何与他人沟通的?考查细节理解题。根据Turns out a lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate.,可知填Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head.。
【4】题意:什么话改变了尼克的生活?考查细节理解题。根据That day changed Rick's life. "Dad,' he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!',可知填“Dad, when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!”。
【5】题意:尼克·霍伊特是什么样的人?考查综合归纳题。根据尼克在文中的表现,可知他从没有放弃残疾的儿子,是一位伟大的父亲,故填He is a great father who never gives up,though he is in trouble.。
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