Question

Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.

Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?

Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙殘疾的﹚。I have no arms and only one leg.

Reporter:Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?

Mr Shum:Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet.No,I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.

Reporter:I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disablbed person, but can we talk first about your handicap?

Mr Shum:Well,in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”?

I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped”means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.

Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?

Mr Shum:No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old.After that I became depressed﹙沮喪﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.

1.Mr Shum is a painter who has no ____.

A.mouth B.teeth C.feet D.arms

2.Mr Shum thinks himself first as ____.

A.a person B.a painter C.a hit D.a star

3.He doesn’t like the word“handicapped”because it suggests ______.

A.he can do anything

B.there are some things he can’t do

C.there are somethings he can do very well

D.he doesn’t want others to look him down

4.What does the underlined word“firmly”in this passage mean?

A.緊緊地 B.隨意地 C.緩緩地 D.輕輕地

5.What can we learn from Mr Shum’s story?

A.Comfort in living by painting

B.Pleasure of living with a brave mother

C.Help gives people happiness.

D.What really matters is how you face it.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這是對畫家Mr Shum的一個采訪。做為一個沒有胳膊只有一條腿的殘疾人，Mr Shum認為他首先是一個人，其次是一個畫家，最后才是一個肢體有殘疾的人。困難并不可怕，重要的是看你怎樣去面對。

1.I have no arms and only one leg.我沒有胳膊只有一條腿�？芍�他沒有胳膊，故選D。

2.I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap.我認為自己首先是一個人，其次是一個畫家，然后才是一個肢體殘缺的人�？芍�他認為自己首先是人，故選A。

3.“handicapped”means you can’t do anything. “殘疾的”意思就是你不能做什么事。表明there are some things he can’t do有一些事情他不能做，故選B。

4.I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. 我用牙齒緊緊地咬住筆來畫�？芍�只有咬緊筆才能畫成，故選A。

5.Mr Shum的講述，我們能學到：困難不可怕，重要的是看你怎樣去面對。故選D。

考點：教育類短文閱讀。