When us teenager Jake Olson isn’t playing football or golf for his high school, he’s often offering inspiration through his new book about his own life.

These activities might be too much for the average 16-year-old to deal with, but Jake is blind. When people ask him how he can possibly play golf without being able to see the ball, he says he is thankful for his father’s guidance.

It seems apparent that his early experience playing sports as a person with sight and muscle memory— repeating behaviors over and over until they become second nature — have also enabled Jake to hit the ball quite well.

Jake was born with a rare kind of eye cancer that took away the vision from his left eye when he was an infant and eventually his right eye, in 2009, when he was 12 years old. Rather than letting the disease hold him back, Jake used his loss of sight and his faith as sources of motivation .

“If I was going to sit on the couch all day feeling sorry for myself, I wasn’t going to do anything. I decided right then and there that I wasn’t going to let it stop me and that I was going to go out and persevere (堅(jiān)持不懈),” he said.

It was with that mind-set that the student from Orange Lutheran High School in California was able to write his first book, Open Your Eyes: 10 Uncommon Lessons to Discover a Happier Life. “It’s about opening the readers’ eyes to their true potential in life and making sure that they use all the abilities that they have,” Jake said.

Jake’s father, Brian Olson, said the family is impressed with what he has done with his life, including showing people that they can get through hardships. “Your darkest hour can soon become your brightest, and with every setback, there’s a setup,” Jake said. “In every one of us, there’s more potential than we can ever imagine, and it really is a choice.”

1. We can learn from the article that Jake Olson ______.

A. was born a blind childB. could have been a golf master

C. has great muscle memoryD. is trying to find the cure for his disease

2. According to the article, Jake’s family members ______.

A. pity him deeplyB. once gave up hope on him

C. encouraged him to write the bookD. admire his efforts and determination

3.The purpose of the book Open Your Eyes: 10 Uncommon Lessons to Discover a Happier Life is to ______.

A. promote good approaches to getting along with disabled people

B. inspire people to discover and use their hidden abilities

C. help people come up with better life goals

D. explain different definitions of “a happier life”

4.The underlined word “setback” is closest in meaning to ______.

A. fight B. failureC. opportunity D. success

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

【解析】本文介紹了一位盲人的少年克服了很多的困難，實(shí)現(xiàn)了很多人無法想象的事情。如打高爾夫等。

1.C

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段It seems apparent that his early experience playing sports as a person with sight and muscle memory— repeating behaviors over and over until they become second nature — have also enabled Jake to hit the ball quite well.可知他雖然看不見了，但是卻可以打高爾夫球，完全是依靠他的肌肉記憶力。說明他的肌肉記憶很強(qiáng)。故C正確。

2.2】D

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段1,2行Jake’s father, Brian Olson, said the family is impressed with what he has done with his life, including showing people that they can get through hardships.可知全家人對于Olson所做的一切都印象深刻。說明全家人都很欽佩他有如此的毅力看克服這么多的困難。故D正確。

3.3】B

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段最后2行“It’s about opening the readers’ eyes to their true potential in life and making sure that they use all the abilities that they have,” Jake said可知這本書是鼓勵(lì)年輕人看清自己的真正的潛力，以保證他們在未來的生活中能夠使用自己的所有的能力。故B正確。

4.4】B

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)本句Your darkest hour can soon become your brightest, and with every setback, there’s a setup,”可知setback和setup是一組反義詞。與darkest和brightest是一樣都表示相反的意思。Setback表示失敗而setup表示成功，故B正確。

【長難句解析】

1.When people ask him how he can possibly play golf without being able to see the ball, he says he is thankful for his father’s guidance.

【翻譯】當(dāng)人們問他怎么可能在看不見的情況下還能打高爾夫，他說他要感謝他爸爸的指導(dǎo)。

【分析】本句中的when引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)時(shí)間狀語從句，這個(gè)時(shí)間狀語從句中還有一個(gè)how引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，有without引導(dǎo)的介詞短語表示條件，后面的主句中含有一個(gè)賓語從句he is thankful for his father’s guidance。

2. It was with that mind-set that the student from Orange Lutheran High School in California was able to write his first book, Open Your Eyes

【翻譯】正是使用這種思維模式這位來自加州Orange Lutheran高中的學(xué)生寫出了他的第一本書Open Your Eye。

【分析】本句中有一個(gè)強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，強(qiáng)調(diào)的是介詞短語with that mind-set。強(qiáng)調(diào)句型中的it is/was…that/who…是可以省略的。對句子結(jié)構(gòu)沒有影響。

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