When Cathleen Gardiner’s twins were born 17 years ago, doctors told her that they were a pair in a million. One had Down syndrome(低能綜合癥), while the other did not. Here, Cathleen tells their touching story.
Since Sean was born 17 years ago, I have always thought that he is just as wonderful as his brother and sister. Though he had a disability(殘疾), we have never viewed him as a burden. He has always been a blessing. The doctors explained that though they were twins, they came from two different eggs. Lisa could walk at 11 months old, while Sean didn’t take his first steps till he was three. By two, Lisa was talking a lot, but Sean wasn’t able to speak until he was nearly four.
For the first five years of his life, Sean needed a great deal of care. Looking after him was my full-time job, though I also worked as a technical adviser in a computing company. We never treated them differently. We gave them the same toys and spoke to them in the same way. We encouraged Sean to keep up with Lisa, even though he never could, and we would help him develop his abilities. We sent them to the same primary school even after doctors advised us that Sean should go to a school for the disabled.
We had to explain to Lisa that he wouldn’t learn as quickly as she would. She told us that she’d help him with his school work. Having a non-disabled twin has really helped Sean develop. The love they share has given him a great deal of support. Now Sean and Lisa are both about to finish high school. I don’t think he would have done nearly as well today without Lisa’s help.
【小題1】At least how many children does Mrs. Gardiner have?

A．Two.B．Three. C．Four.D．One.
【小題2】Mrs. Gardiner and her husband regarded Sean as _______.
A．a(chǎn) boy making others touchedB．a(chǎn) normal child without disabilities
C．a(chǎn) special giftD．a(chǎn) burden of their family
【小題3】The third paragraph mainly tells us that _______.
A．the couple treated the twins equally
B．Cathleen did all she could to look after Sean
C．the couple didn’t follow the doctor’s advice
D．the couple encouraged Sean to grow up
【小題4】This passage tells us that _________.
A．love can do wondersB．nobody is foolish or clever
C．being stupid doesn’t matterD．a(chǎn)ll men are born equal


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：本文敘述了Cathleen Gardiner家的一對(duì)雙胞胎兄妹，弟弟Sean天生殘疾，得了低能綜合癥，他都很晚才學(xué)會(huì)說(shuō)話(huà)走路，但是他的家人沒(méi)有把他看成殘疾人，始終把他看成和其他的孩子一樣，他在普通的學(xué)校上學(xué)而沒(méi)有去殘疾人的學(xué)校，在家人的幫助下他順利讀完了中學(xué)，創(chuàng)造了奇跡。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Since Sean was born 17 years ago, I have always thought that he is just as wonderful as his brother and sister. 至少有三個(gè)孩子，故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I have always thought that he is just as wonderful as his brother and sister.故選C。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)We never treated them differently. We gave them the same toys and spoke to them in the same way. We encouraged Sean to keep up with Lisa, even though he never could, and we would help him develop his abilities.故選A。
【小題4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段可以看出醫(yī)生已經(jīng)給出了Sean是低能兒，但在家人的幫助下，他奇跡般地在正常的學(xué)校完成了學(xué)業(yè)，故選A。
考點(diǎn)：人生百味類(lèi)短文閱讀。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：主旨大意題是高考閱讀理解中不可缺少的閱讀題型之一，而且難度比較大。細(xì)分起來(lái)，主要考查學(xué)生對(duì)文章的中心思想、作者的態(tài)度以及寫(xiě)作意圖等的理解能力。這類(lèi)試題通常以概括文章中心大意、揭示主題、選擇標(biāo)題以及判斷作者寫(xiě)作意圖等形式出現(xiàn)。應(yīng)該說(shuō)，這種題型是屬于能力型的題目。

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