Question

【題目】Choose the best answer:

What colour is your new dress? What is your favourite colour? Billy’s favourite colour is orange. But to be different from us, he cannot see what orange looks like. Billy is a lovely but blind boy.

A month after he was born, his mother noticed that his eyes were not quite as big as a normal baby’s. She took Billy to see the doctor, unluckily the doctor told her, “I am really sorry but Billy would never be able to see.”

After that Billy’s mother began talking to him, describing things she saw. She told him what she was cooking, or what she saw outside the window. She described everything to him.

Billy does not only depend on his mother’s descriptions to learn about the world around him. He sees with his ears and his hands, too. He has perfect hearing. When people make phone calls, he can tell the numbers they dial.

“He is very confident and his disability does not stop him from being an important part of his class.” his teacher said. “The students love him and he is just one of them.”

Billy loves computer science. He began teaching himself computer programming when he was just seven years old. His dream school would be Stanford University. He gets top grades, making that a real possibility.

“You cannot let excuses get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that you cannot move forward and reach your goals,” said Billy.

【1】Billy learns about the world _________.

A. with his earsB. with his handsC. with his mother’s descriptionsD. all the above

【2】How did Billy’s mother help him?

A. By teaching him how to draw.B. By asking his teacher for advice.

C. By describing everything to him.D. By sending him to his dream school.

【3】The underlined word “describing” in the third paragraph means “_________”.

A. decidingB. explainingC. findingD. following

【4】Billy began to teach himself computer programming when _________.

A. he was seven years oldB. he was in Grade Five

C. he was in high schoolD. he was at university

【5】Billy makes his dream school a real possibility by _________.

A. loving his classmatesB. getting top grades

C. making calls to the schoolD. being an important part of his class

【6】We know that Billy _________ from the passage.

A. cannot hearB. cannot seeC. cannot walkD. cannot talk

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【解析】

文章大意：本文講述的是一個勵志的小故事。Billy天生失明，但他有超好的聽覺能力。由于他的眼睛看不見，全靠媽媽給他描述周圍的世界。Billy愛好計算機，夢想是的學校是斯坦福大學，最后他憑借自己的努力讓夢想成為了現實。Billy的人生經歷告訴我們這樣一個道理：不要讓缺陷成為夢想道路上的絆腳石。

【1】推理判斷題。根據文中的信息Billy does not only depend on his mother’s descriptions to learn about the world around him. He sees with his ears and his hands, too. He has perfect hearing.可知，Billy了解世界不僅靠他母親的描述，他還用耳朵聽和用手（觸摸），故答案選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據文中的信息After that Billy’s mother began talking to him, describing things she saw. She told him what she was cooking, or what she saw outside the window. She described everything to him.可知，Billy的媽媽向他描述世界上的一切來幫助他了解這個世界，故答案選C。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據下文She told him what she was cooking, or what she saw outside the window. 她告訴他她在做什么，或者她在窗外看到了什么。結合After that Billy’s mother began talking to him, describing things she saw. 從那以后，Billy的母親開始和他說話，……她看到的事情，可知此處表達的意思應是“描述、解釋”，結合選項可知B選項符合題意，故答案選B。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據文中的信息He began teaching himself computer programming when he was just seven years old.可知，Billy七歲時開始學計算機編程，故答案選A。

【5】細節(jié)理解題。根據文中的信息His dream school would be Stanford University. He gets top grades, making that a real possibility.可知，Billy通過取得最高分使他上夢想中的學校成為現實，故答案選B。

【6】細節(jié)理解題。根據文中的信息Billy is a lovely but blind boy.以及Billy would never be able to see.可知，從這篇文章我們知道Billy看不見，故答案選B。