8.I climbed the ladder,heard my dive announced,and began the moves that would push me into the air.Pushing off the diving board with my legs,I lifted my arms and shoulders back,and knew immediately I would be close to the board and might hit my hands.I tried to correct myself as I turned,spreading my hands wide apart.Then I heard a strange sound and my body lost control.Moments later I realized I had hit my head on the board.
At the beginning,I felt embarrassed.I wanted to hide,to get out of the pool without anyone seeing me.Next I felt intense fear.Had I cut my head?Was I bleeding?Was there blood in the pool?Swimming to the side,I noticed many shocked faces.People were worried about my head; I was worried about something far more threatening.An official examined my head.In a hurry,I pushed him away,and everyone else who approached me."Don't touch me!"I felt like screaming."Get away from me!"
These were the trials (選拔賽) for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul,Korea.Until this dive,I had been ahead.But now,something else was more significant than winning.I might have endangered other divers'lives if I had spilled blood in the pool.For what I knew---that few others knew-was that I was HIV-positive.
According to my mother,my natural parents were Samoan (薩摩亞人) and only teenagers when I was born,so they gave me up for adoption.When I was only eighteen months old,I started gym classes.At ten,I explored doing gym exercises off the diving board at the pool.
Because of my dark skin,kids at school called me names.My diving made me feel good about myself when my peers made me feel stupid.At sixteen,I knew I had a shot at the 1976 Olympics.
Everyone was alarmed when I hit my head on the board in Seoul.Regardless,I made it to the finals.During my last dive in the finals,I enjoyed for the last time the quietness underwater and then swam to the side of the pool.The crowd cheered,and I knew I'd won---two gold medals.AIDS forced me to stop diving; I had to give up diving professionally after the Olympics.
41.Immediately before he hit his head on the board,the writerD.
A.climbed the ladder
B.started the moves that would push him into the air
C.knew he was too close to the board
D.corrected his actions when he turned
42.The writer pushed away everyone who came near to him becauseB.
A.he hated them
B.he was HIV-positive and feared that others would be infected if they touched his bleeding head
C.he felt embarrassed and wanted to hide without anyone seeing him
D.he felt like screaming
43.The writer's natural parents put him up for adoption becauseA.
A.they were too young to raise him B.they were too poor to raise him
C.they didn't love him D.they were Samoan
44.According to the passage,the writer's diving gave him the sense of beingC.
A.stupid B.strong C.successful D.lonely
45.After he hit his head on the board at the trails,the writerD.
A.practiced less
B.was scared and gave up diving forever
C.lost the chance to compete at the finals
D.still got the chance to compete at the finals.
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了他的一次潛水比賽,他比賽的過程中由于身體失去控制,在下落的時候撞到了頭,作者特別害怕他會流血,因為他是艾滋病,怕影響到其他的選手,雖然撞倒了頭,但是作者最后仍然進入了決賽并且贏得了兩個獎牌.
解答 41.D 細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第一段I tried to correct myself as I turned,spreading my hands wide apart.Then I heard a strange sound and my body lost control.Moments later I realized I had hit my head on the board.可知在作者撞倒頭之前他轉(zhuǎn)身糾正了他的行動,故選D.
42.B 推理判斷題,根據(jù)第三段For what I knew---that few others knew-was that I was HIV-positive.可知作者把其他靠近他的人都推開了是因為作者是艾滋病,他怕別人也染上艾滋病,故選B.
43.A 細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第四段According to my mother,my natural parents were Samoan (薩摩亞人) and only teenagers when I was born,so they gave me up for adoption.可知作者的父母收養(yǎng)了他是因為他的親生父母當(dāng)時太小,不能撫養(yǎng)他,故選A.
44.C 推理判斷題,根據(jù)最后一段During my last dive in the finals,I enjoyed for the last time the quietness underwater and then swam to the side of the pool.The crowd cheered,and I knew I'd won---two gold medals.可知當(dāng)作者潛水獲得獎牌之后他感受到了成功的喜悅,人們也為他歡呼,因此可知因此潛水給作者帶來了成功的感覺,故選C.
45.D 細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù) 最后一段Everyone was alarmed when I hit my head on the board in Seoul.Regardless,I made it to the finals.可知作者雖然撞到了頭,但是他仍然進入了決賽,故選D.
點評 考查學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.