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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 on her behalf.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 granted a place at Oxford.She suffers from “l(fā)ocked-in syndrome”,a profound apraxia caused by brain damage that renders her body useless and her voice mute.
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 devised a complicated system of hand gestures that equate to the alphabet.
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 that need to be carefully addressed before an individual can take up a place,such as establishing 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,the pro-vice chancellor of Kent University.
Peter Giles,her art tutor until last year,said she has a genuine talent 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 take a while to decipher.But eventually,they would come,and eventually make sense.”
Hero’s classes will be held at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art.
Hero communicates with others _________.
A.through common hand movements
B.by typing words on computer
C.through a complicated system of hand gestures devised by her mother
D.by drawing pictures on a board
According to the passage,how does Hero paint or sculpt?
A.She instructs her assistants to paint or sculpt through hand movements.
B.She gives instructions,and her mother paints or sculpts following her instructions.
C.She paints or sculpts with her own hands.
D.She gives instructions,her mother “translates” them,and her assistants paint or sculpt according to the “translations”.
From the story we can infer _________.
A.Oxford welcomes any handicapped student who is good at fine art
B.Hero has not attended school since she was six
C.Hero is gifted in fine art
D.Hero is a strong-minded girl who loves life very much
Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Hero is the most seriously handicapped student ever to be admitted to Oxford.
B.Oxford will admit a disabled student without any requirements.
C.Hero has been taught by her parents at home for10 years.
D.Hero is not able to walk,talk or hold a paintbrush.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
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 www..combuilt 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.
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.
In the sentence: “But finally, they would come and finally make sense.”, the word “they” refers to _______.
A. the assistants B. the mother and the assistants
C. Hero’s instructions D. the mother’s instructions
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
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
Every January, Breckenridge hosts the International Show Sculpture Championships Fourteen teams travel from all over the world to Swizerland to compete. Teams sculpt for sixty-five hours over five days. Each team hopes that when the time is up, its sculpture will be judged the best.
As the championship begins, the fourteen teams are faced with huge blocks of snow that weigh twenty tons each. The sculptors bring out their favorite tools that work best on the hard iced snow, but they are not allowed to employ tools that use electricity.
Most teams are inspired by what they have seem in daily life. For example, one team carved a teapot with tea pouring out. Another team sculpted a little cat on its hind feed（后腳）reaching into a fish bowl complete with water ripples（漣漪）and a crab(螃蟹) trying to attack the cat. In 2006, Team
As the final hours of the competition tick by, exhausted team members add last-minute details. They use small brooms to brush off snow caught in tiny holes. One team member counts down the last five minutes while others are busy cleaning up the tools. If they leave any tools behind, they will be out. When the whistle blows, everyone must step away from the sculpture. The judges the vote on creativity, technical skill, and visual impact(視覺效果) of the designs.
In 2006, Team
Every year, as the championship ends, each team is already dreaming of the next masterpiece it will desigh.
73. What kind of tools are the sculptures Not permitted to use? (回答詞數不超過6個)
_________________________________________________________________________
74. What gives the sculptors ideas for their creative work? (回答詞數不超過9個)
__________________________________________________________________________
75. Why did Team
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013屆東北三省四市教研協(xié)作體高三聯(lián)合考試英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：填空題
根據短文內蕎，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空A處的最佳選項。選項中冇兩項為多余選項。
Make the right choices
What is life’s greatest gift? 【小題1】______ Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice? It transforms us from dumb animals into artists. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt (雕刻）our life. The tool doesn’t come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility. 【小題2】______ The reward is happiness.
Life is not still. It is a flow. 【小題3】______ We constantly need to monitor where we are on
our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what corrective measures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life.
【小題4】______ And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are far more important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.
All chess lovers realize that it isn’t necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game. 【小題5】______
| A．It is free will or choice. |
| B．You have to make choices every day. |
| C．Make the best moves you can under the circumstances. |
| D．But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return. |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學年東北三省四市教研協(xié)作體高三聯(lián)合考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：信息匹配
根據短文內蕎，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空A處的最佳選項。選項中冇兩項為多余選項。
Make the right choices
What is life’s greatest gift? 1______ Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice? It transforms us from dumb animals into artists. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt (雕刻）our life. The tool doesn’t come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility. 2______ The reward is happiness.
Life is not still. It is a flow. 3______ We constantly need to monitor where we are on
our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what corrective measures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life.
4______ And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are far more important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.
All chess lovers realize that it isn’t necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game. 5______
A． It is free will or choice.
B． You have to make choices every day.
C． Make the best moves you can under the circumstances.
D． But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.
E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.
F. Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the harder they get.
G. Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to, but because you want to.
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