Question

11．My sister Grace Halloran spent most of her teen years in and out of the juvenile institutions（少管所） for minor offenses but，at 18 she was sent to prison for stealing a car．After three years behind the bars，she was released．Only a few years later，she was given a sentence far worse-she had an incurable and progressive disorder and would be totally blind．Meanwhile，Grace was also happily pregnant but terrified she would never see her child's face．She believed she would succeed as a mother，although"success"had never been in her vocabulary before．She managed well despite fading vision．
For years she kept consulting specialists about her eye problems，only to be told that her son would also be blind by the time he was a teenager．She swore to find something，anything，to prevent him from facing her fate．When conventional medicine offered no hope，Grace began a personal quest．She entered a local college．The office for disabled students had her reading assignments put on cassette tapes so that she could listen and learn．She began studying anatomy，physiology and other health sciences．Everyone knowing her was astonished at her persistence to educate herself，restore her vision and keep focused on raising a son who would have perfect eyesight．
Eventually Grace's own way worked and she earned the Ph．D．in Holistic Health for her successful work in improving serious eye disorder．Her eyesight slowly improved so much that she was able to qualify for a driving license．Even better，her son had perfect vision and was accepted into the Air Force．
21．From the passage we can know that Grace used to beB．
A．aggressive     
B．troublesome     
C．ignorant      
D．competitive
22．How did Grace regain her eyesight？C
A．By following the treatment from specialists．
B．By just trying what was taught in the local college．
C．By practicing the principles sought by herself．
D．By adopting the experience from other patients．
23．What is the power of Grace's recovery？A
A．Her love for her son．
B．Her patience as a mother．
C．Her desire to cure the blind．
D．Her determination to earn the Ph．D．
24．The underlined word"quest"in Paragraph 2 probably means"D"．
A．adventure      
B．profession       
C．harvest       
D．search．

Answer 1

分析 文章講述了"我"的姐姐小時候是一個問題少年，因為得病面臨失明，而且兒子也有可能面臨失明，為了做一個合格的媽媽，也為了挽救兒子，她努力探索的故事．

解答 21．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據文章的第一句My sister Grace Halloran spent most of her teen years in and out of the juvenile institutions（少管所） for minor offenses but，at 18 she was sent to prison for stealing a car．After three years behind the bars，she was released可知Grace從前是一個問題少年，故選B．
22．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據文章When conventional medicine offered no hope，Grace began a personal quest是通過自我探索和自我學習來恢復視力的，所以答案是C．
23．A．細節(jié)理解題．根據文章She swore to find something，anything，to prevent him from facing herfate可知對兒子的愛是她的力量，所以答案是A．
24．D．詞義猜測題．根據文章When conventional medicine offered no hope，Grace began a personal quest可知在傳統(tǒng)醫(yī)學中沒有希望，格瑞絲開始了一個人的追求，試圖治愈眼睛；意為搜尋，追求；故選D．

點評 考察學生的細節(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，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．