Question

Born with easy-broken bone disease, Zhang Yonghong is only half a meter tall and must use a wheelchair. His thin arms and legs can hardly support any weight, and he is unable to take care of himself. However, his hands are able to produce fine paper-cuts, which will free his daughter from the same disease.

To support himself, he learned how to make paper-cut art from his mother. He sold his artwork and taught his techniques in Xi’an for eight years before discovering his young daughter inherited the disease from him, leading Zhang to move his family to Beijing for his daughter’s better treatment five years ago.

The daughter’s treatment costs about 30,000 yuan a year. The family’s savings was used up in two years, and Zhang was forced to start to sell his work in underground passages with his healthy wife, who soon left him because of the hard life.

With a little help from government, he was lucky to meet some kindhearted people in Beijing. A Hong Kong businessman gave 60,000 yuan to him last year to treat the girl and start a small shop on Qiangulouyuan, which is known as a famous hutong that attracts lots of tourists over holidays. Zhang Rui, a university graduate, spends most of her time helping Zhang sell the paper-cuts, translating the stories of the paper-cuts into English and selling the works on the roadside of Nanluoguxiang.

However, the artist still lives beyond his income (收入) and struggles to continue his small business. “Selling paper-cuts is his only source of income. Without this, he can’t support the family and treat his daughter,” says Zhang Rui, who hopes more people will help Zhang.

1.Why did Zhang grow only half a meter tall?

A. His easy-broken bone disease affected him.

B. His parents also had the same disease.

C. His poor family couldn’t provide him with rich food.

D. An unexpected accident caused him to grow slowly.

2.What does the underlined word “inherited” probably mean in Paragraph 2?

A. get around B. take away

C. pass on D. go over

3.Why did his wife leave him?

A. Because she was afraid of losing the daughter.

B. Because she was tired of him and her children.

C. Because she lost hope for her daughter.

D. Because the life was too hard for them.

4.With the help of a Hong Kong businessman, Zhang Yonghong _________.

A. could support the daily life of his family

B. ran a shop of his own in Beijing

C. hired a girl to sell his artworks

D. could start a translation room

5.What can we conclude from the last paragraph?

A. Zhang still needs more people to help him.

B. Zhang manages his business very well.

C. Zhang’s business needs to be developed.

D. Zhang needs to look for a wife to help him.

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：患有脆骨癥的剪紙藝人張永紅為給女兒治病，從山西來到了北京，由于只能依靠剪紙獲得收入，女兒的治療費(fèi)用對于他們一家人來說像是一個天文數(shù)字。雖然得到了好心人的幫助，但張永紅的收入仍然不足以支付女兒的治療費(fèi)用。

1.Born with easy-broken bone disease, Zhang Yonghong is only half a meter tall”可知，張永紅只有半米高的原因是他患有脆骨癥，故選A。

2.his young daughter inherited the disease from him”可知，他的女兒遺傳了他的疾病，故選C。

3.who soon left him because of the hard life”可知，由于生活過于艱難，妻子離開了張永紅，故選D。

4.A Hong Kong businessman gave 60,000 yuan to him last year to treat the girl and start a small shop on Qiangulouyuan,”可知，香港一位商人給張永紅六萬元用作他女兒的治療費(fèi)用，并幫助張永紅開了一個店，故選B。

5.However, the artist still lives beyond his income (收入) and struggles to continue his small business. ...who hopes more people will help Zhang”可知，張永紅的收入仍然很低，生活依然艱難，還需要更多的愛心人士來幫助這位藝術(shù)家，故選A。

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