【春走向高考】高三英语一轮复习Unit1Livingwell练习新人教版选修7Ⅰ.阅读理解(·湖北省八市三月调考)IlostmysightwhenIwasfouryearsoldbyfallingoffaboxcarinagoodsyardinAtlanticCityandlandingonmyhead.NowIcandimlyrememberthebrightnessofsunshineandwhatcolorredis.Itwouldbewonderfultoseeagain,butacalamity(大灾难)candostrangethingstopeople.ItoccurredtometheotherdaythatImightnothavecometolovelifeasIdoifIhadn'tbeenblind.Ibelieveinlifenow.IamnotsosurethatIwouldhavebelievedinitsodeeply,otherwise.Idon'tmeanthatIwouldprefertogowithoutmyeyes.IsimplymeanthatthelossofthemmademeappreciatethemorewhatIhadleft.Life,Ibelieve,asksacontinuousseriesofadjustmentstoreality.Inspiteofthefacttheadjustmentisnevereasy,Ihadmyparentsandteacherstohelp.ThehardestlessonIhadtolearnwastobelieveinmyself.IfIhadn'tbeenabletodothat,Iwouldhavecollapsedandbecomeachairrockeronthefrontporchfortherestofmylife.WhenIsaybeliefinmyselfIamnottalkingaboutsimplythekindofselfconfidencethathelpsmedownanunfamiliarstaircasealone.Thatispartofit.ButImeansomethingbiggerthanthat:anassurancethatIam,despiteimperfections,areal,positiveperson;thatthereisaspecialplacewhereIcanmakemyselffit.Ittookmeyearstodiscoverandstrengthenthisassurance.Ithadtostartwiththemostelementarythings.Onceamangavemeanindoorbaseball.IthoughthewaslaughingatmeandIwashurt.“Ican'tusethis.”Isaid.“Takeitwithyou，”heurgedme,“androllitaround.”Thewordsstuckinmyhead.“Rollitaround！”ByrollingtheballIcouldhearwhereitwent.ThisgavemeanideahowtoachieveagoalIhadthoughtimpossible:playingbaseball.AllmylifeIhavesetaheadofmeaseriesofgoalsandthentriedtoreachthem,oneatatime.Ihadtolearnmylimitations.ItwasnogoodtotryforsomethingthatIknewatthestartwaswildlyoutofreachbecausethatonlyinvitedthebitternessoffailure.IwouldfailsometimesanywaybutontheaverageImadeprogress.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．Wecanlearnfromthebeginningofthepassagethat________.A．theauthorlosthissightbecauseofacarcrashB．theauthorwouldn'tlovelifeifthecalamitydidn'thappenC．thecalamitymadetheauthorappreciatewhathehadD．thecalamitystrengthenedtheauthor'sdesiretosee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(boxcar)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'sthemostdifficultthingfortheauthor?A．Howtoadjusthimselftoreality.B．Buildingupassurancethathecanfindhisplaceinlife.C．Learningtomanagehislifealone.D．Tofindaspecialworkthatsuitshim.答案：B细节理解题。themostdifficultthing是Thehardestlesson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．Fortheauthor,thebaseballandencouragementofferedbytheman________.A．hurttheauthor'sfeelingB．madetheauthorpuzzledC．directlyledtothechangeoftheauthor'scareerD．inspiredtheauthor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．Accordingtothepassage,theauthor________.A．setgoalsforhimselfbutonlyinvitedfailuremostofthetimeB．thoughtthatnothingwasimpossibleforhimC．wasdiscouragedfromtryingsomethingoutofreachforfearoffailureD．suggestednottryingsomethingbeyondone'sabilityatthebeginning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，...
