
My daughter could walk by () (herself, her) when she was about 2 years old.

61 My daughter has walked eight miles today. We never guessed that she could walk__far.
A / B such C that D as
A.Oh, I’m afraid I didn’t do well enough
B.No problem
C.I’m glad I could help
D.It’s not necessary for you to say so
, much less one as severe as hers. To them a disability was physical, something you could see. They knew her as a happy, normal child. That's how it is with a learning disability -you don't see obvious physical symptoms.
But as she grew out of preschool, she would pretend to read-I knew she was pretending because the book was upside down. She withdrew into her own world where she could fantasize about being a ballet dancer, a Broadway actress or a figure skater. In the real world, ballet classes and music lessons led only to confusion, frustration and, ultimately, disappointment.
As for school, there was no way she could be included in a mainstream classroom. I went through every special school in New York, only to be told over and over: "She doesn't belong here." The last blow came a few months after the diagnosis, when I was at a pay phone on 72nd Street, waiting for an answer from the very last school on my list. Finally a cold voice came on-I can still hear it-and said: "I'm sorry, but we feel this isn't the place for her." I hung up and stared at the phone in tears.
I had lived my life as the daughter of Henry Ford II, and for the first time in my life I faced a problem that neither money nor position could solve. I nearly gave up, but I knew I couldn't. Without me, my daughter stood no chance of making it.
21 .According to the first paragraph, Allegra's problem was _ .
A. psychological B. obvious C. physical D. invisible
22. Allegra was disabled in that _.
A. she was unable to learn like a normal child
B. she was always reading with her book upside down
C. she isolated herself from other children in her class
D. she was living in her dreams in conflict with the real world
23 .The expression "a mainstream classroom"(para. 3) refers, to _.
A. the last blow B. the last school
C. special schools D. normal education
24. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.
A. the author would ask Henry Ford II for help
B. the author would continue to help her daughter
C. the author would leave New York for the sake of her daughter
D. the author had to use money or position to deal with the problem
25.The phrase "making it" (para. 4) probably means _.
A. becoming a figure skater B. becoming a ballet dancer
C. becoming successful D. getting proper treatment
I was driving along a high road on my way to my daughter's school. Over my road was another road which was built like a bridge for cars coming to the other way. I was hungry so I put the bag of apples in the seat beside me and started to eat one.
Suddenly l saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. Then my car started to shake! I didn't know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car. I drove a little more slowly and then I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the car in front of me.
I found myself in the dark. I couldn't move. The bottom parts of both of my. legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn't move them. All around me was quiet. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized(记起)what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of apples, so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road. I called out, 'I’m here!" I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to the side of the road near my car. "How about you?" he asked.
"Not too bad, "I said," But my feet and legs feel as if they're broken." "We'll have you out of there just as soon as we can." They didn't get me out until the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours.
When the earthquake took place, the writer was ______.
A.buying apples
B.rested at a shop
C.doing some shopping
D.under a road built like a bridge
I was driving along a high road on my way to my daughter’s school. Over my road was another road which was built like a bridge for cars coming to the other way. I was hungry so I put the bag of apples in the seat beside me and started to eat one.
Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. Then my car started to shake!I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car .I drove a little more slowly and then I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the car in front of me.
I found myself in the dark.I couldn’t move. The bottom parts of both of my legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them. All around me was quiet. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized (记起) what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came.Luckily I could reach the bag of apples,so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road .I called out,“I’m here!” I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to the side of the road near my car.“How are you doing?” he asked.
“Not too bad,” I said,“But my feet and legs feel as if they’re broken.”“We’ll have you out of there just as soon as we can.” They didn’t get me out until the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours.
1.When the earthquake took place,the writer was_____.
A.on his way to the Post Office
B.stopping off at a shop
C.doing some shopping
D.under a road built like a bridge
2.The writer’s car began to move from side to side because________.
A.there was something wrong with his car
B.he ate apples as he drove
C.an earthquake began to happen
D.he drove too fast
3.Which of the following is True according to the passage?
A.When the earthquake happened,the writer was with his daughter together.
B.The writer’s legs and feet were badly wounded in the earthquake.
C.The writer was saved as soon as the stranger climbed up the road.
D.The writer was so frightened that he forgot everything that happened around him.
4.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the writer?
a—A stranger climbed to the side of road near his car and asked how he was going.
b—The writer finished his work.
c—He felt his car shaking on his way to his daughter’s school.
d—He bought some fresh fruit in a shop.
e—He was saved the next morning.
f—The writer found himself in the dark.
g—He went to the Post Office.
A.b,g,d,c,f,a,e
B.b,d,c,g,f,a,e
C.d,b,c,f,g,a,e
D.c,a,f,g,b,d,e
5.From the passage we’re sure that the writer was________.
A.a teacher of a school
B.a manager of a shop
C.a father of a girl
D.a worker of a Post Office
I could not decide why she chose my【C9】______although I realized that nobody【C10】______paid her very much attention. Her situation was very difficult【C11】______ she was straight out of drama school and only nineteen, being required to play a leading part in a company of fairly【C12】______and experienced actors. They (79) her much even if she had been good, and as, from all accounts (按照各种说法), she was not good they【C14】______every opportunity to speak evil against her. I think she thought I was the only person【C15】______who was both unconnected with the theatre and tolerably smart. And【C16】______, although I was irritated by her I did not【C17】______her. There was something attractive in her overflowing enthusiasm and she had【C18】______physical charm that with me she could【C19】______anything. She was nice to have around,【C20】______flowers or a bowl of fruit.
【C1】
A.insulted
B.teased
C.irritated
D.flattered
Businessmen can travel from London to New York in three hours and lots of people exceed the seventy-mile-per-hour speed limit on motorways. A person of 75 is not old these days. A serious illness does not mean certain death because there have been so many advances in medical science. We no longer need to be afraid of contracting diseases like polio or smallpox. I can speak to my son in Australia from my own sitting room here in Manchester, watch athletes running a race on the other side of the world without moving from my own home and I can even do my shopping while I sit here in an armchair. I never need to worry about food going bad in the warm weather and, at the flick of a switch, I can have a hot meal in a couple of minutes. So, it seems, the quality of life has greatly improved since my own childhood.
I'm not convinced, however, that people are happier today than they were 50 years ago. We are certainly materially better off than we were but most people still seem to be weighed down by problems. My daughter and her family are a good illustration. They have a spacious, comfortable home with every labor-saving device you can think of. There's a washing machine, a clothes dryer, a food processor, a vacuum cleaner and all sorts of other household items which are designed to save time but it seems to me that my daughter and her husband just spend all that "saved" time working! They never relax and are always complaining of being tired and "stressed".
What is the passage mainly about?
A.How life has improved.
B.How life has become worse.
C.A comparison of life now and that in the past.
D.Memory of life in the past.
All of 06 seems to make my daughter’s school neither fish nor fowl when 07 comes to the debate over the merits of giving formal grades to kids. At one 08 , the advantages and disadvantages are obvious. A grade system provides a straightforward 09 by which to measure how your child is progressing at school —— and how he or she is getting 10 compared to other children.
But as writer Sue Ferguson notes, “Grades can deceive,” The aim should be "to measure learning, not 11 what a student can recall on a test. ” The two aren’t the same — and if you doubt that as an adult, ask yourself whether you could sit down 12 any preparation and still pass those high-school-level examinations.
If you're old 13 , you've lived through this debate before. At one time, it was considered unfair to put children in direct competition with one another if it could be avoided. The intention 14 that may have been good, but it ignored the fact that competition, and the 15 to come out on top, are essential components of the human condition.
This time around, educators working with a no-grades approach are emphasizing different reasons. The thing is, that approach is much more 16 in the adult workplace than is the traditional pass-fail system we place on our children. Many workplaces 17 regular employee evaluations. There are usually fairly strict limits to what an employer can tell an employee in those evaluations — and even then, negative evaluations can be 18 by the employee. No matter 19 you sit in the debate over the grade system, then, the real question is this: if it's so good for kids, why isn't that also true for 20 ?
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