A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口譯員) when she is only ten years.
Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumor (腦癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (歐盟議員) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (議會). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就獎). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "
小題1:How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?
A．4.B．6.C．10.D．14.
小題2:When did Alexia Sloane become blind?
A．When she was born.
B．After she had a brain tumor.
C．After she became an interpreter.
D．When she was on holiday with her parents.
小題3:Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?
A．Richard.B．Isabelle.C．Melissa.D．Robert Sturdy.
小題4:What is right about Alexia Sloane?
A．She can speak five language fluently.
B．She is a talented language learner.
C．She is the only child in the family.
D．She went to France on holiday after she won the award.
小題5:What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?
A．Never give up.
B．Believe in yourself.
C．Nothing is impossible.
D．Failure is the mother of success.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A
本文介紹了一位盲姑娘在十歲就成了一名口譯員。這名小姑娘具有語言天賦，從出生就會三種語言，也是由于她自己不懈努力，終于圓了她的夢。但是她卻不滿足于現(xiàn)狀，什么也不能阻止她 前進(jìn)的腳步。
小題1:根據(jù)文章第一段中she is only ten years可知答案。
小題2:由文章第二段After that“ that”在這里指上文中的她被醫(yī)生告訴她患了腦癌可得到答案。
小題3:由文章最后一段HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. Alexia說“這很好，我決定成為一名口譯員。”可得到答案。
小題4:根據(jù)文章第四段她媽媽說的話“通常一個人進(jìn)入歐盟議會至少14歲，而她才十歲”。得到答案。
小題5:Nothing can stop me.意為“什么也不能阻止我”。Never give up.意為“從不放棄”。二者意思相同。
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