【題目】閱讀短文，按照題目要求用英語回答問題。

Before she was crowned (加冕) Miss Amazing National in Chicago? US, Vanessa Cleary had never thought of herself as a beauty pageant (選美) competitor.

Yet the way in which Vanessa told the story of her birth mother’s struggle to help her with her disabilities and the positive impact the adoption had on her life helped her win over the judges last month. After the pageant, in which she took top honors in the junior teen division, the 15-year-old girl said she’s looking forward to telling her friends about her experience so they can join in as well. “I want everyone to have the experience I had,” Vanessa said. “It was really fun and I really enjoyed it.”

Miss Amazing is a pageant for girls with learning disabilities. In the ten years since it began, 1700 girls with disabilities have benefited from it. The pageant is designed to help the girls who participate to build sisterhoods, develop life skills, and so on.

The main event of the pageant is the stage performance, in which participants get to showcase a talent of their choice. When Vanessa’s mother first heard about Miss Amazing, she thought the pageant would be a great opportunity for Vanessa to showcase her skill for public speaking. Vanessa wants to be a teacher to teach other students who have disabilities like her.

Vanessa’s hearing is impaired, and she has a disability that makes reading difficult for her. Despite these, she is very active and loves public speaking. For Vanessa, it wasn’t about winning the pageant. It was about the opportunity for her to participate and feel supported.

【1】Who is Vanessa Cleary? (no more than 15 words)

【2】What’s the aim of the pageant? (no more than 20 words)

【3】What’s the meaning of the underlined word “impaired”? (no more than 3 words)

【4】What is Vanessa’s talent show in the pageant? (no more than 5 words)

【5】What do you think is the most important for Vanessa’s winning this year’s Miss Amazing pageant? (no more than 10 words)

【答案】

【1】She is a disabled girl who was crowned Miss amazing National in Chicago, US.

【2】To help the girls who participate to build sisterhoods, develop life skills, and so on.

【3】Damaged. /Weak.

【4】Public speaking.

【5】The opportunity for her to participate and feel supported.

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。本文講述了殘疾女孩Vanessa Cleary贏得選美桂冠，自信演講在比賽中大放異彩，她成功的原因是能夠參與和受到支持的機(jī)會(huì)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第一句Before she was crowned Miss Amazing National in Chicago, US, Vanessa Cleary had never thought of herself as a beauty pageant competitor.可知在美國(guó)芝加哥被加冕為“神奇小姐”之前，Vanessa Cleary從未想過自己會(huì)是選美比賽的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者。及第二段第一句Yet the way in which Vanessa told the story of her birth mother's struggle to help her with her disabilities and the positive impact her adoption had on her life helped her win over the judges last month.可知然而，Vanessa講述生母如何努力幫助她克服殘疾，以及收養(yǎng)對(duì)她的生活產(chǎn)生的積極影響的方式，幫助她在上個(gè)月贏得了評(píng)委的支持。由此可知，Vanessa Cleary是一名殘疾女孩，曾在美國(guó)芝加哥被授予“全美杰出小姐”稱號(hào)。故答案為She is a disabled girl who was crowned Miss amazing National in Chicago, US.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句The pageant is designed to help the girls who participate to build sisterhoods, develop life skills, and so on.可知選美比賽的目的是幫助參加選美的女孩建立姐妹情誼，發(fā)展生活技能等等。由此可知這個(gè)選美目的是滿足有殘疾的女孩組建姐妹關(guān)系，發(fā)展生活技能等等。故答案為To help the girls who participate to build sisterhoods, develop life skills, and so on.

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)后文and she has a disability that makes reading difficult for her可知而且她有一種使她閱讀困難的殘疾。由此可知，上文是指Vanessa的聽力受損，impaired在句中的意思是"受損的，有缺陷的"，故答案為Damaged. /Weak.

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中When Vanessa’s mother first heard about Miss Amazing, she thought the pageant would be a great opportunity for Vanessa to showcase her skill for public speaking.可知當(dāng)Vanessa的母親第一次聽說“神奇小姐”時(shí)，她認(rèn)為這個(gè)選美大賽將是Vanessa展示她演講能力的好機(jī)會(huì)。由此可知，Vanessa的才藝是演講，故答案為Public speaking.

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一句It was about the opportunity for her to participate and feel supported.可知她成功的原因是能夠參與和受到支持的機(jī)會(huì)，故答案為The opportunity for her to participate and feel supported.

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