第一部分 选修七 Unit 1
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2017·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 strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss 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 hadn't been able to do 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 assurance 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 me and I was hurt. “I can't 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 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 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。
1．We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ________.
A．the author lost his sight because of a car crash
B．the author wouldn't love life if the calamity didn't happen
C．the calamity made the author appreciate what he had
D．the calamity strengthened the author's 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。
2．What's the most difficult thing for the author?
A．How to adjust himself to reality.
B．Building up assurance that he can find his place in life.
C．Learning to manage his life alone.
D．To 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。
3．For the author, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man ________.
A．hurt the author's feeling
B．made the author puzzled
C．directly led to the change of the author's career
D．inspired 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。
4．According to the passage, the author ________.
A．set goals for himself but only invited failure most of the time
B．thought that nothing was impossible for him
C．was discouraged from trying something out of reach for fear of failure
D．suggested not trying something beyond one's 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
(2017·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__ 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 chair 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) __11__.
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 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。
1．A．curious aboutB．interested in
C．aware of
D．careful with
答案：C curious 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。
2．A．cure
B．prevent
C．adopt
D．analyze
答案：C cure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。
3．A．instead
B．strangely
C．as usual
D．like me
答案：D some...others...一些人……；另一些人……。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。
4．A．learning
B．working
C．satisfying
D．relaxing
答案：A learning 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。
5．A．convenient
B．awkward
C．boring
D．exciting
答案：B convenient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。
6A．height
B．force
C．skill
D．weight
答案：D height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。
7A．locked
B．repaired
C．powered
D．grasped
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。
8．A．hands
B．feet
C．keys
D．handles
答案：B 由后面的footrest可知，此处表示我不知道把脚放在哪里。
9A．place
B．action
C．play
D．effect
答案：A get...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。
10．A．operation
B．communication
C．transportation
D．production
答案：C operation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。
11．A．exploration
B．education
C．experiment
D．entertainment
答案：C exploration探测，勘探，探险；education教育；教育学；experiment实验，试验；尝试； entertainment娱乐，消遣。句意：对残疾人来说，坐轮椅不是临时的尝试。
12．A．flexible
B．safe
C．starting
D．comfortable
答案：D flexible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。
13．A．yet
B．just
C．still
D．even
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。
14．A．shown
B．pushed
C．driven
D．guided
答案：B 坐在轮椅里，让人推着，故B项正确。
15．A．realized
B．suggested
C．agreed
D．admitted
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。
16．A．lifted
B．turned
C．pressed
D．seized
答案：B lift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。
17．A．path
B．position
C．direction
D．way
答案：C 控制轮椅方向也不是一件容易事，故C项正确。
18．A．easy
B．heavy
C．major
D．extra
答案：A 与17解析一样。
19．A．forgotten
B．repeated
C．conducted
D．finished
答案：D 几个小时的坐轮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。
20．A．weaknesses
B．challenges
C．anxieties
D．illnesses
答案：B weaknesses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
(2017·贵州省4月适应性考试)
I was in the line at McDonald's. I was going to walk to order my food
__1__
I noticed a young man，who was not having 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 didn't seem to have enough for anything.So，he turned around and walked out.I picked up my coffee and followed__3__out. He__4__(go) maybe five paces when I shouted，“ Hey! Do you want a pizza？” A little
__5__(embarrass), he said“I don't 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 anything __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：
1．when be going to do...when...“正要……就在这时(突然)……”。
2．belongings belongings“财产”。
3．him 我端起咖啡跟了出去。此处him指代the man。
4．had 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。
5．embarrassed 修饰人用过去分词形式的形容词。
6．to come tell sb. to do sth.“告诉某人做某事”。
7．whispered 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。
8．else/more Do you want anything else/more？“你还要点什么？”。
9．compared compared to“与……相比”。
10．made 根据全文时态，用一般过去时。