1、第一部分选修七Unit 1.阅读理解(2014湖北省八市三月调考)I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a goods yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I can dimly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity(大灾难) can do stran
2、ge things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadnt been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I dont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the los
3、s of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. In spite of the fact the adjustment is never easy, I had my parents and teachers to help. The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadnt been able to do
4、that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of selfconfidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assu
5、rance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at
6、me and I was hurt. “I cant use this.” I said. “Take it with you，” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words stuck in my head. “Roll it around！” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. All my life I have
7、 set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I
8、made progress.文章大意：本文讲述一位盲人因一次意外事故失明后如何克服困难，重新定位自己，取得人生价值的故事。1We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _.Athe author lost his sight because of a car crashBthe author wouldnt love life if the calamity didnt happenCthe calamity made the author appreciate what he hadDthe calamity strengthene
9、d the authors desire to see答案：C细节理解题。第一段最后一句指出“所失去的让我更懂得珍惜现在拥有的”，故选C。作者失明是因为他从一辆货车(box car)上摔下来，而不是因为汽车事故，故排除A；B的推断没有原文依据；文中提到他渴望重见光明。D的表述与原文有出入。2Whats the most difficult thing for the author?AHow to adjust himself to reality.BBuilding up assurance that he can find his place in life.CLearning to man
10、age his life alone.DTo find a special work that suits him.答案：B细节理解题。the most difficult thing是The hardest lesson的同义改写，故可定位到第二段。该段首句指出最困难的事情是“相信自己”，故选B。3For the author, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man _.Ahurt the authors feelingBmade the author puzzledCdirectly led to the change of t
11、he authors careerDinspired the author答案：D细节理解题。根据baseball定位到倒数第二段。从该段最后两句可知棒球和那个男人的鼓励给作者以启示和鼓舞故选D。4According to the passage, the author _.Aset goals for himself but only invited failure most of the timeBthought that nothing was impossible for himCwas discouraged from trying something out of reach fo
12、r fear of failureDsuggested not trying something beyond ones ability at the beginning答案：D推理判断题。最后一段第二、三句表明我们要意识到自己的局限性，在开始时尝试那些遥不可及的东西只会徒劳无益，故D正确。.完形填空(2013新课标)I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”， which was to make us more _1_ the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ _2
13、_ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members，_3_ chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore soundblocking earplugs(耳塞)or blindfolds(眼罩)Just sitting in the wheelchair was a _4_ experience. I had never considered before how _5_ it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my _6_ made the ch
14、air begin to roll. Its wheels were not _7_. Then I wondered where to put my _8_. It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into _9_. I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of _10_ for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary(临时的) _1
15、1_.I tried to find a _12_ position and thought it might be restful, _13_ kind of nice, to be _14_ around for a while. Looking around, I _15_ I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I _16_ the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the _17_ of the wheelchair
16、as not going to be a(n)_18_ task.My wheelchair experiment was soon _19_. It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the _20_， both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome. 文章大意：本文记叙了作者参加“Sensitivity Sunday”这一活动，体验到了残疾人的艰辛和无助。1Acurious aboutBi
17、nterested inCaware of Dcareful with 答案：Ccurious about对好奇；interested in对感兴趣；aware of意识到； careful with当心、小心。句意：这一活动目的是使我们意识到残疾人面对的问题。故C项正确。2Acure Bprevent Cadopt Danalyze 答案：Ccure治愈； prevent 阻止；analyze分析；adopt保持(姿势)。此处表示在这几个小时里，保持残疾的样子，故C项正确。3Ainstead BstrangelyCas usual Dlike me 答案：Dsome.others.一些人；另
18、一些人。句意：像我一样的人选择使用轮椅，另一些人戴阻止声音的耳塞或眼罩。4Alearning BworkingCsatisfying Drelaxing 答案：Alearning 学习； working 工作； satisfying 令人满意的； relaxing放松的。此处表示坐在轮椅里，充当残疾人也是一学习经历。5Aconvenient BawkwardCboring Dexciting 答案：Bconvenient方便的；awkward笨拙的，不灵活的； boring单调的，乏味的； exciting 使人兴奋的，令人激动的。句意：以前从来没有想过坐轮椅是多么的不灵活。6Aheight
19、BforceCskill Dweight 答案：Dheight身高； force力；武力； skill技能，技巧； weight重量，体重。我一坐上轮椅，我的体重就使得轮椅开始滚动。7Alocked BrepairedCpowered Dgrasped 答案：A由上文可知，轮椅滚动，证明轮椅轮子没锁，故A项正确。8Ahands BfeetCkeys Dhandles 答案：B由后面的footrest可知，此处表示我不知道把脚放在哪里。9Aplace BactionCplay Deffect 答案：Aget.into place 把放在恰当的位置。句意：我花了好长一段时间才把脚放进脚蹬里。10A
20、operation BcommunicationCtransportation Dproduction 答案：Coperation操作，经营；手术；communication通讯，通信；交流； transportation运输工具，运输，交通； production生产，制作；句意：在这几个小时里我第一次不安地看我唯一的交通手段是什么样的。故C项正确。11Aexploration BeducationCexperiment Dentertainment答案：Cexploration探测，勘探，探险；education教育；教育学；experiment实验，试验；尝试； entertainmen
21、t娱乐，消遣。句意：对残疾人来说，坐轮椅不是临时的尝试。12Aflexible BsafeCstarting Dcomfortable答案：Dflexible 灵活的；易弯曲的； safe 安全的； starting出发，开始；comfortable 舒适的；安逸的。在轮椅里，我设法找个舒服的位置。13Ayet BjustCstill Deven答案：D此处表示加强语气，前面有restful，让人得到休息的，后面进一步说“甚至有点好”，故D项正确。14Ashown BpushedCdriven Dguided答案：B坐在轮椅里，让人推着，故B项正确。15Arealized Bsuggested
22、Cagreed Dadmitted答案：A环顾四周，没找到人推我，所以我意识到只有自己转轮椅了。故A项正确。16Alifted BturnedCpressed Dseized答案：Blift举起；提升； turn转动； press压，按； seize抓住。由上一句话的handle可知，此处用turn。17Apath BpositionCdirection Dway答案：C控制轮椅方向也不是一件容易事，故C项正确。18Aeasy BheavyCmajor Dextra答案：A与17解析一样。19Aforgotten BrepeatedCconducted Dfinished答案：D几个小时的坐轮
23、椅尝试很快就结束了，但给我留下了很深的印象。故D项正确。20Aweaknesses BchallengesCanxieties Dillnesses答案：Bweaknesses虚弱； challenges 挑战； anxieties 焦虑；illnesses疾病。几个小时的残疾体验，使我意识到无能力活动是残疾人必须身心要挑战的事情。.语法填空(2014贵州省4月适应性考试)I was in the line at McDonalds. I was going to walk to order my food _1_ I noticed a young man，who was not havin
24、g the best of luck and it showed on his face.He walked in carrying his_2_(belong)in a torn plastic bag.I moved over so he could order.He looked at the board，checked his pockets and didnt seem to have enough for anything.So，he turned around and walked out.I picked up my coffee and followed_3_out. He_
25、4_(go) maybe five paces when I shouted，“ Hey! Do you want a pizza？” A little _5_(embarrass), he said“I dont have any money.”I told him _6_ (come) back in.We approached the cashier and I said，“What kind do you want？”He _7_ (whisper)，“Sandwich.”I said.“Go ahead.Tell her what you want.”“Do you want any
26、thing _8_？ ” “Can I have a coffee？”， he asked me. I said，“ Yes. Tell her.” He did. The total came to$2.30, which is small change _9_(compare) to what the typical person spends in a day.But to him, it _10_(make)a great difference.文章大意：在麦当劳排队时，作者帮助了一位穷人。答案：1whenbe going to do.when.“正要就在这时(突然)”。2belongingsbelongings“财产”。3him我端起咖啡跟了出去。此处him指代the man。4had gone在我喊住他之前，他已经走了大约五步。过去完成时表示“过去的过去”符合语境。5embarrassed修饰人用过去分词形式的形容词。6to cometell sb. to do sth.“告诉某人做某事”。7whispered分析语境，此处填谓语动词；再由全文时态可知，用一般过去时。8else/moreDo you want anything else/more？“你还要点什么？”。9comparedcompared to“与相比”。10made根据全文时态，用一般过去时。
