Born in 1982 in Australia, Nick came into the world with neither arms nor legs. Through his childhood Nick dealt with the challenges of studies as well as sadness as he was questioned why he was different from all the other kids. But soon he realized that even with them, he was still unlike his classmates.

As Nick grew up he learnt to do more and more things on his own. He adapted to his situation and found ways to finish tasks that most people could only do by using their arms. As time went by Nick began to embrace his situation and achieve greater things. In grade seven Nick was elected captain of his school and worked on various fund-raising events for local charities.

After school Nick went on with further study and get a double bachelor degree(本科學(xué)位). By the age of 19 Nick started to fulfil his dream of being able to encourage other people through motivational（勵志的）speaking and telling his story. Nick believes that there is a purpose in each of the struggles we meet in our lives and that our attitude towards those struggles can be the single most effective factor in overcoming them.

At 25 years old he moved to California, USA, where he is the president of an international organization.Since his first motivational speaking when he was 19, Nick has traveled around the world,sharing his story with millions of people.

1..At the age of seven, Nick`s hope was that____________.

A. he could get high marks

B.he was the same as other kids

C.he could become famous speaker

D.he was liked by his classmates

2..The underlined word”embrace” in the second paragraph means__________.

A. refusedB. finished

C.receivedD.accepted

3.Nick`s story shows his belief that_________.

A. attitude is everything

B. nothing is impossible

C. no pains ,no gains

D. good beginning is half done

4.Which of the following shows the right order of Nick`s life experience?

A. his first speaking---a captain of his school---his double bachelor degree---the president of an organization

B. his double bachelor degree--- his first speaking---a captain of his school---the president of an organization

C. a captain of his school--- his double bachelor degree ---his first speaking--- the president of an organization

D. the president of an organization---his first speaking---a captain of his school---his double bachelor degree

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析: 文章介紹了著名殘疾人，勵志演講家---尼克胡哲的故事。尼克·胡哲天生沒有四肢，但是他卻騎馬，游泳，足球樣樣都能。在他的成長過程中，他學(xué)會了怎樣應(yīng)付自身的不足而開始適應(yīng)自己的生存環(huán)境，甚至做到了正常人都不能做到的事情，他的故事激勵和啟發(fā)著全世界的青少年。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章首段At seven years old Nick tried out some specially designed arms and hands, in the hope that he would be more like the other kids.可知他小時候希望和別的孩子一樣，答案選B。

2.詞義猜測題。A拒絕；B完成；C收到；D接受。根據(jù)下文對他的介紹可知他被選為學(xué)校的隊長，為當?shù)卮壬茩C構(gòu)募捐，還獲得了很多其他的成績，由此判斷他不再去幻想擁有和別人一樣的身體，而是接受了自己的狀況，答案選D。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段Nick believes that there is a purpose in each of the struggles we meet in our lives and that our attitude towards those struggles can be the single most effective factor in overcoming them.和他通過努力所獲得的一切證明了“態(tài)度決定一切”，故答案選A。

4.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段和第三段內(nèi)容判斷他最初在學(xué)校當選為學(xué)校的隊長，然后獲得了本科學(xué)位，在19歲開始用演講去激勵別人，最后獲得了一個公益組織的總裁職務(wù)，故答案選C。

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