Question

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer(癌癥). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.

Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假腿). With the plastic artificial leg Jeff can ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.

Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America.

When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff, but for the American Cancer Society.

Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He is studying to be a lawyer(律師). Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”

1. Jeff’s right leg was cut off because he had_______.

A．TB（肺結(jié)核）	B．a(chǎn)n accident
C．cancer	D．a(chǎn) serious injury

2. From the passage we know that Boston is _______.

A．in the west	B．half between the east and west
C．near Los Angeles	D．in the east

3. It took Jeff _______ to run from Boston to Los Angeles.

A．a(chǎn)bout four and a half months

B．over two hundred days

C．a(chǎn)lmost twenty-five weeks

D．less than half a year

4. The underlined word “disabled” means _______.

A．優(yōu)秀的	B．勞累的
C．殘疾的	D．無能為力的

5. The fifth passage tells us that _______.

A．people should give him more money

B．people can do anything they want to do

C．some disabled men will become lawyers

D．disabled people also can run

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】

1.細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer(癌癥). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.”理解可知，Jeff因得癌癥，而被鋸掉一條腿，故選C。

2.細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston.”理解可知，Boston在美國的東部，故選D。

3.細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles.”理解可知，Jeff從美國東部跑到西部用了7個月的時間，故選B。

4.細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“Jeff Keith has only one leg.和Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things.”理解可知，單詞disabled是殘疾的意思，故選C。

5.細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.””理解可知。每個人只要想做一件事情沒有做不到的。故選B。