Question

【題目】Celebrity TV presenter Ju Ping has been a host on China Central Television for 30 years, but her recent experience fronting a charity event was one of the most special moments in her career.

On April 2, World Autism Day, Ju partnered with Xia Junqi, a 17-year-old autistic teenager, to host a charity gala at the Beijing National Aquatics Center, otherwise known as the Water Cube.

The event was organized by One Foundation, which aims to increase public awareness of autistic people and their needs.

Autism is a neural disorder that impairs sufferers’ communication skills and social interactions. Sufferers have restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior. It affects about 1.6 million people in China, with medical studies suggesting autism may affect one in every 166 children.

Autism has no cure. For many years it went largely undiagnosed in China but early intervention and continuous education may help to teach the autistic self-help skills and lessen their disruptive behavior.

The gala featured autistic children singing, dancing and performing, and was greeted with enthusiastic applause from the audience.

Cai Chunzhu, a celebrity playwright, recalled feeling heartbroken when his son was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2. He says his family struggled to accept the reality but finally made peace with the diagnoses in the past four years. He says the boy lives in his own world and is trained in an intervention facility. Sun Zhongkai, executive director of the Beijing Stars and Rain Institute for Autism, one of the earliest intervention facilities for autistic children in China, shared with audience his deep sorrow for parents who often collapsed with desperation when he told them there was no cure for their autistic children.

Over the years, Chinese society has become more supportive of autistic people and their families, but there are still challenges in terms of getting autistic people employed and looking after them when their parents pass away.

Actor Zhou Xun also called on society to show greater understanding and support toward autistic children and their families.

【1】Where did the gala take place?

A. In a theater in Shanghai. B. In the Water Cube.

C. In a Children’s Palace. D. In Nanjing.

【2】What does the underlined word “impairs” mean in the fourth paragraph?

A. damages sth or makes sth worse.

B. improve sth or become sth better.

C. feel what they do the saddest.

D. increase the interest of knowing sth

【3】What can we know from the seventh paragraph?

A. Some parents were in deep sorrow when they heard their children can be cured.

B. Cai Chunzhu is executive director of the Beijing Stars and Rain Institute for Autism.

C. Sun Zhongkai recalled feeling heartbroken when his son was diagnosed with autism at the age of 2.

D. Autism is a kind of disease that can not be cured.

【4】What is the attitude of our society and enthusiastic people?

A. Some actors like Zhou Xun called on people to do nothing for autistic children.

B. Chinese society and people have become more supportive of autistic people and their families.

C. Some people want to give up helping autistic people because of many challenges they face.

D. Autistic children won’t be looked after when their parents pass away.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

【文章大意】本文向人們介紹了央視著名節(jié)目主持人鞠萍和一位患有自閉癥的十七歲少年一起主持了一場文藝晚會，在晚會上患有自閉癥的孩子們表演了唱歌、舞蹈和演出，并且收到了觀眾的熱情的掌聲，通過此項活動來喚起全社會對自閉癥患者的關(guān)注，讓人們來了解和關(guān)心自閉癥患者。

【1】B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段On April 2, World Autism Day, Ju partnered with Xia Junqi, a 17-year-old autistic teenager, to host a charity gala at the Beijing National Aquatics Center, otherwise known as the Water Cube.可知央視著名節(jié)目主持人鞠萍和一位患有自閉癥的十七歲少年一起主持的這場文藝晚會是在國家水上運動中心，也就是人們所熟知的水立方，故選B。

【2】A考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)文章第四段中的Autism is a neural disorder that impairs sufferers’ communication skills and social interactions. Sufferers have restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior.(自閉癥是一種神經(jīng)紊亂，損害患者的溝通技巧和社會交往�；颊哂邢拗频模�重復(fù)的行為模式。)可知，這里impairs應(yīng)該是“損害”或者是“使……變糟”所以答案選A。

【3】D考查細節(jié)理解。文章第七段中的Sun Zhongkai, executive director of the Beijing Stars and Rain Institute for Autism, one of the earliest intervention facilities for autistic children in China, shared with audience his deep sorrow for parents who often collapsed with desperation when he told them there was no cure for their autistic children.可知：A項不正確，因為自閉癥不能治愈，故D項正確。B、C項不正確是因為把人名弄顛倒了。故正確答案選D。

【4】B 考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章最后兩段中的內(nèi)容可知A項不正確。因為內(nèi)容和原文最后一段不符。B項是最后兩段中的中心內(nèi)容，所以B項正確。C項和原文內(nèi)容不符。人們沒有放棄。D項中的內(nèi)容在原文只是說了是在雇用他們或是他們的父母死后照顧他們是一種挑戰(zhàn)，故D項也不正確。故選B。