Billy’s favorite color is orange. But he can’t see what orange looks like. Billy is blind.

A month after he was born, his mother noticed that his eyes weren’t quite as big as a normal baby’s.”Billy would never be able to see.” the doctor told his mother. After that Billy’s mother began talking to him, describing things she saw outside the window. She described everything to him.

Billy does not only depend on his mother’s descriptions to learn about the world around him. He sees with his ears and his hands, too. He has perfect hearing. When people make phone calls, he can tell the numbers they dial(撥).

Billy loves computer science. He began teaching himself computer programming when he was just seven years old. His dream school would be Stanford University. He gets top grades in his classes, making that a real possibility.

“You can’t let excuses get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that you can’t move forward and reach your goals, “said Billy.

1.From the passage, we know that_____________.

A. Billy can’t hear. B. Billy can’t see.

C. Billy can’t walk. D. Billy can’t talk.

2.How did Billy’s mother help him?

A. By teaching him how to draw.

B. By asking teacher for advice.

C. By describing everything to him.

D. By sending him to his dream school.

3.When did Billy begin teaching himself computer programming?

A. When he was7 years old.

B. When he was in Seven Grade

C. When he was high school

D. When he was at university

1.B

2.C

3.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文講的是一個勵志小故事。Billy天生失明,但他有超好的聽覺能力。由于他眼睛看不見,全靠媽媽給他描述周圍的世界。Billy愛好計算機,夢想的學(xué)校的是斯坦福大學(xué),最后他憑借自己的努力讓夢想成為了現(xiàn)實。Billy的人生經(jīng)歷告訴我們這樣一個道理:不要讓缺陷成為夢想道路上的絆腳石。

1. is blind 可知,Billy的眼睛看不見。

2. described everything to him.可知,Billy通過媽媽的描述來感知外部世界。

3. began teaching himself computer programming when he was just seven years old. 他7歲的時候就開始自己學(xué)習(xí)計算機編程了。

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