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. an accident

C. cancer D. a 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. about four and a half months

B. over two hundred days

C. almost 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

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文給我們介紹了Jeff的故事，Jeff 12歲的時(shí)候因?yàn)榘┌Y失去了一條腿，成為了殘疾人，但是他并沒有因此消沉，而是積極的生活。他跑步橫穿了美國，一路為美國癌癥協(xié)會募捐，做了很多有用的事情。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer(癌癥). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.可知，當(dāng)Jeff 12歲的時(shí)候，他得了癌癥，失去了一條腿。故選C。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段中When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston.可知，Jeff在22歲的時(shí)候，跑步從東向西橫穿美國，他是從Boston開始的，由此我們可以看出，Boston是在美國的東部。故選D。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles.可知，Jeff從波士頓開始，7個(gè)月之后，到達(dá)了洛杉磯。由此可知，從波士頓跑到洛杉磯花費(fèi)了Jeff 200多天的時(shí)間。故選B。

4.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文的大意和劃線單詞所在的句子Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things.可知，Jeff因?yàn)榘┌Y失去了一條腿，成為了殘疾人，但是他并沒有因此消沉，而是積極的生活。他還從波士頓跑步到洛杉磯，一路為美國癌癥協(xié)會募捐，做了很多有用的事情。因此這里disabled的意思是殘疾的。故選C。

5.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的最后一段可知，Jeff雖然是一個(gè)殘疾人，但是他可以做他想做的事情。他還說：人們都可以去做他們想去做的事情。故應(yīng)該選B。

考點(diǎn)：人物類短文閱讀。