Question

Every school has an ugly girl. In my primary school, it was me.

From first grade through fourth, I had to wear heavy orthopedic(整形外科的)shoes because of my weak ankles. I sounded like overweight elephant wearing bricks whenever I took a single step.

“Hey, Bigfoot!”

“Geez, you’re going to start an earthquake!”

Then in sixth grade I had to start wear glasses. Mom asked for the least expensive ones and that made me look like a fool.

“Four eyes!”

“Couldn’t you cover up more of your faces? Why stop at the eyes?”

In Seventh, I started competing on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer body, nobody would notice my face. Wrong again. I loved being fast and winning ribbons now and then, but now I had red, wet eyes from the chlorine(氯) in the pool. I also did not develop a killer body.

I changed my strategy at Eighth grade, the last year of middle school. I offered my help to anyone who needs. I worked for other girls, so they could hang out with their friends. My new program began to work. People who would never have acknowledged my existence before were suddenly seeking me out.

I’d been feeling pretty good until one day I went to Christine’s house to help her fill envelopes. Going into each envelope was invitation to Christine’s birthday party; it was a big event at a fancy hotel. Complete with dinner. She asked me to help her address these envelopes. There was no envelope for me.

My heart was broken. I tried to escape from all the eyes. High school had to be better, right？ Yes and no. Now that I’m here, I know there are still lots of shallow people judging you on what you’re wearing or how cool your hair is , but there are also kids who talk to you because they liked your answers or just as you’re kind, honest, and a good friend.

I still do kind things because I like the feeling I get when I am helping people. I, with my friends, went to Children’s hospital, playing games and reading to the sick kids.

I still had wet red and not a smart look, but you cannot tell me I am not beautiful. Every time I visit hospital, five-year-old Terry grasps my hand, “Morri, you are so nice. I want to grow up to be just like you.”

1.Why was Morri laughed at by her classmates when she was in primary school?

A. She had weak ankles and eyesight.

B. Her glasses couldn’t cover up her face.

C. She couldn’t get along well with them.

D. She looked like an overweight elephant.

2.Which of the following is the real reason for Morri competing on the city swim team?

A. To win more ribbons.

B. To shift others’ attention from her face.

C. To develop a killer body.

D. To have red wet eyes.

3.From what Morri experienced in the last year of middle school, we can learn that __________.

A. her classmates thought highly of her

B. she was popular among her classmates

C. she was often cheated by her classmates

D. her classmates just made use of her

4.The passage is intended to encourage people to __________.

A. address as many as invitation envelopes as possible

B. take more sport activities including swimming

C. take others’ comments into careful consideration

D. take positive attitude towards disadvantages in life

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析:作者是一位身患殘疾的女孩。因為自身的殘疾她經(jīng)常受到別人的嘲笑，因此她想通過別的方面來讓別人去認可她自己，于是她去學(xué)游泳，去努力幫助別人，但是最終她意識到了，只有自己改變對自己的態(tài)度，才會獲得快樂的生活。

1.細節(jié)理解題。文章第二段提到作者的殘疾，根據(jù)下文中孩子們的話“Hey, Bigfoot!”“Geez, you’re going to start an earthquake!”可知因為她的殘疾而受到別人的嘲笑，選A。

2. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中I started competing on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer body, nobody would notice my face.可知選B。

3.細節(jié)理解題。作者努力去幫助別人，但是在那么多圣誕party的邀請中卻沒有她的名字，由此可知別人只是利用她，而從未把她當(dāng)做真正的朋友看待，選D。

4.推理判斷題。在文中作者講述了自己因為殘疾而受到的嘲笑以及自己想改變這一切的努力，最后終于明白了一個道理：要積極樂觀，做真正的自己。由此判斷作者的目的是告訴讀者面對生活中的挫折困境要樂觀，選D。

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