A severely handicapped teenager who cannot walk, talk or hold a
paintbrush has won a place at Oxford to study fine art. Hero Joy Nightingale, 16, who communicates through hand movements, is to be given assistants to paint and sculpt(雕塑) in place of her .Her mother Pauline Reid “translated” for her daughter during interviews for the place at Magdalen College.
The teenager is the most severely handicapped student ever to be given a place at Oxford. She suffers from a terrible disease caused by brain damage that makes her unable to speak and her body useless.
She is unlikely ever to be able to walk, feed or care for herself but, thanks to the efforts of her mother. She can communicate. When Hero was four, Pauline designed a system of hand gestures that is equal to the alphabet.
By dictating to the her mother , Hero has created an internet magazine, From the window, which contains by George Carey, Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Atwood and Kofi Annan — all of whom are invited to write for her.
A spokesperson for Oxford said, “The university welcomes applications from students with disabilities. In cases where students are profoundly disabled, there may be many issues(問(wèn)題) that need to be carefully talked about before an individual can take up a place, such as fixing firmly how the student can best be taught and examined.”
Hero, who suffers almost daily epileptic fits and has a hole in her heart, has not attended school since she was six. She has been taught at home by her mother and father, who work at Kent University.
Peter Giles, her art tutor until last year, said she has a gift for art. “She is ferociously gifted. We would sit together and her mother would grab her daughter’s hand and then we would begin work,” he said.
Together, they built several modern sculptures from plaster and metal. “The instructions would talk a while to decipher(解釋,解密). But finally, they would come, and finally make sense.”
Hero’s classes will be held at the Ruskin School Drawing and Fine Art.
小題1:According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?
A.Oxford University has taken in other handicapped students besides Hero.
B.Hero’s mother is the only person who can understand her fairly well.
C.Hero can not create any art works without her fairly well.
D.Only through her hand movement, is Hero able to paint and sculpt.
小題2: In the sentence: “But finally, they would come and finally make sense.”, the word “they” refers to _______.
A.the assistantsB.the mother and the assistants
C.Hero’s instructionsD.the mother’s instructions
小題3:Which would be the best title for the passage?
A.Disabled Hero and her Mother
B.Disabled Hero Wins Oxford Place
C.Oxford University Welcome Disabled Students
D.Disabled Students Living in Oxford University

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B

小題1:本題為細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。由第三段的第一句話可以選出正確答案。矛盾之處在于D項(xiàng)意為Hero自己繪畫(huà)和雕塑,而原文之意為Hero通過(guò)自己手的動(dòng)作別人(助手)為她繪畫(huà)和雕塑。
小題2:本題為推理判斷題。B項(xiàng)可以由第四段第一句淘汰。由第六段最后一句可以淘汰C項(xiàng),D項(xiàng)在文中沒(méi)有涉及到。第六段最后一句中的 the students can be best taught and examined 可得知答案。
小題3:本題為細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。由倒數(shù)第二段中The instructions would take a while to decipher。But finally they would come and finally make sense,可以推測(cè)出they是指前文的instructions。
B 本題為主旨判斷題。由文章的第一句即主題句可以判斷出答案。
小題4:本題為推理判斷題。 A項(xiàng)在文中沒(méi)有提到。C項(xiàng)是文中的事實(shí)。D項(xiàng)與文意相反。B  
可由前三個(gè)自然段可以推斷得出。
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