One determined student stepped off the traditional job for blind people in China, and now challenges a new life at university in Britain. Being a message therapist （按摩師）is a perfect job for many people with a visual disability, but for Zheng Jianwei, it was far from enough.
The 30-year-old former massage therapist gave up his hospital job in 2009to prepare for admission to graduate school. He took IELTS（雅思考試）, the language-fluency test necessary for university admission in the UK, in 2012 and scored 6.5 points. He was the first blind examinee to take the IELTS in the Southeast Chinese region. After about four year’s struggles, Zheng successfully gain an offer from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom and became a graduate student.
However,Zheng’s path to graduate school was not easy. “I can’t take China’s national entrance exam for graduate school, which doesn’t provide study material（材料）for blind students,” he says.
He then turned to search for graduate school overseas. However, English became his nightmare. Zheng studied in special schools for visually challenged students since primary school, but foreign language was never a main subject.  
Before giving up his job and learning English again in 2009, Zheng only knew the alphabet, a few words and some basic expressions. “Learning English again in my late 20s is not easy,” he says.
It took him three years of intensive study to gain entrance to a graduate school overseas. Because of the lack of study material, Zheng needs to spend hours and days looking for textbooks for the visually disabled and copying them, while it may take only five minutes for a sighted person to order a plain English textbook from Amazon.
In his parents’ eyes, Zheng has been a sensible, independent and decisive man from a young age. Zheng made all the major decisions by himself, including studying abroad and choosing majors. “We just follow his decisions, ” the mother says.
小題1:According to the first paragraph, a blind person in China is likely to         .
A．go abroad for graduate schoolB．work as a message therapist
C．be far from pleased with lifeD．enjoy a perfect job
小題2:It can be learned from the passage that the blind students in China       .
A．can’t take the national entrance exam to college
B．can find less study material than normal students
C．can never learn a foreign language well
D．can’t afford the English textbooks for an entrance exam
小題3:Which of the following can match Zheng Jianwei’s story?
A．All mankind is created equal.B．Many hands make light work.
C．Rome is not built in a day.D．Nothing is impossible when mind is set.
小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that Zheng’s         .
A．parents have to follow any of his decisions
B．parents don’t understand or care about him
C．visual disability meant a hopeless damage to him
D．mind is healthy though physically disabled

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:D 

試題分析：文章大意：文章講述了一位30歲盲人放棄按摩師的工作，克服各種困難，通過自己的努力考進英國著名大學(xué)研究生。
小題1:B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Being a message therapist （按摩師）is a perfect job for many people with a visual disability, but for Zheng Jianwei, it was far from enough.得知，鄭建偉是一位按摩師。故B正確。
小題2:B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段However, Zheng’s path to graduate school was not easy. “I can’t take China’s national entrance exam for graduate school, which doesn’t provide study material（材料）for blind students,” he says.可以得出答案。故B正確。
小題3:D推理判斷題。文章講述了盲人鄭建偉的勵志故事，告訴我們：只要下定決心，沒有什么事不可能的。故D正確。
小題4:D推理判斷題。文章講述了一位30歲盲人放棄按摩師的工作，克服各種困難，通過自己的努力考進英國著名大學(xué)研究生。說明了鄭建偉雖然身殘但志不殘。故D正確。
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小題1:
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小題2:
A．stormyB．lively
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小題3:
A．orderB．formC．gapD．position
小題4:
A．repeatedlyB．normallyC．finallyD．really
小題5:
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小題6:
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小題9:
A．lostB．doneC．goneD．touched
小題10:
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A．ThankfullyB．HopefullyC．UnfortunatelyD．Strangely
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B．A player won’t succeed without a team’s support.
C．A player will succeed sooner or later.
D．A team always decides a player’s success.
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A．worry B．idea C．doubt D．skill
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A．professionB．a(chǎn)dmiration C．explanation D．expression
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A．puzzled B．sure C．worriedD．curious
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A．moreB．even C．yet D．still
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A．discussions B．notesC．compositions D．diaries
小題9:
A．replaced B．frightened C．troubled D．moved
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A．common B．strong C．similarD．strange
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小題13:
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小題14:
A．immediately B．certainly C．simply D．gradually
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A．a(chǎn)dmiration B．questionC．education D．conclusion
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A．difficultB．interestingC．essentialD．general
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A．draw B．find C．search D．offer
小題18:
A．special B．standard C．exact D．serious
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As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.
“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.
“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”
“Oh! What a fantastic man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!”
Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.
Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat every thing actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”
小題1:Why wasn’t Albert angry at his nickname?
A．He could become famous.
B．He liked to have a nickname.
C．It could make his workmates happy.
D．It could advertise for his company for free.
小題2:What is the main idea of this passage?
A．It’s very important to do small things well.
B．Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.
C．You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.
D．You should make more advertisements for your company.
小題3:What would be the best title for this passage?
A．A Clever Way to Make Advertisements.B．Albert and Rockefeller.
C．Four Dollars a Bucket.D．The Second Board Chairman.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Linda Evans was my best friend-like the sister I never had, We did everything together：piano lessons, movies, swimming , horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away, Linda and I kept in touch through letters， and we saw each other on special times- like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown”. I had no idea about how to find Linda.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much, I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren, And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died, There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.
One day, I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman—Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans . ”I thought, but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter, “Mrs, Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother.”Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives, Now the empty place in my heart is filled, And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: we won’t lose each other again!
小題1:The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans    .
A．a(chǎn)t the age of 13B．before she got married
C．before the writer’s family moved awayD．a(chǎn)fter they moved to new homes
小題2:They didn’t often write to each other because they    .
A．got marriedB．had little time to do so
C．didn’t like writing lettersD．could see each other on special times
小題3:There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she    .
A．was in troubleB．didn’t know Linda’s address
C．received the card that she sentD．didn’t have a friend like Linda
小題4:The writer was happy when she    .
A．read the newspaper
B．heard Linda’s voice on the phone
C．met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda
D．wrote to the woman whose last name was Wangman
小題5:They haven’t kept in touch    .
A．for about 40 yearsB．for about 27 years
C．since they got marriedD．since the writer’s family moved away

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