课时分层作业(一) Section Ⅰ[高考题型练习提能力]Ⅰ.阅读理解AThe Bike Experience is a charity that teaches and advises motorcyclists who havebeen disabled how they can ride again,through the provision ofan adapted and modified motorcycle,which will allow them to ridein a safe environment using a logical stepbystep process.The Bike Experience was formed in April 2011,as there wasno project in existence that taught disabled motorcyclists how to ride.Over a period of five years,the initial idea has become a registered charity.Over 75 disabled motorcyclists have learned to ride again and the concept has started to influence the motorsport world.In March,2003,Talan SkeelsPiggins,the founder of the charity,was knocked off his motorcycle and thrown under the path of the oncoming traffic.The accident left him paralyzed (瘫痪的) from the chest down and he thought he would never ride a motorcycle again.Eight years later,Talan was back riding a motorbike on UK track days and felt the importance of teaching others how to do the same.Talan says,“When I am riding,I do not feel disabled.I feel free from my wheelchair,and I enjoy the sense of excitement and independence just as I used to.Getting to this point has been a struggle,but it has been worth it.I wanted to help other disabled motorcyclists have the fantastic feeling of being back on a bike,without the falls and setbacks I suffered,so The Bike Experience Charity was established.”In addition to getting riders back on two wheels,The Bike Experience charity aims to:●Help the individuals who take part develop a positive attitude.●Advise participants how to buy their own bike,adapt it and ride independently and safely.●Improve the participant's physical health,balance,coordination,strength and stamina(耐力).●Evolve attitudes in the motorcycling world so that disabled motorcycle riding motorcycles can be considered possible,feasible and acceptable.【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了慈善机构The Bike Experience Charity为残疾人提供特殊的摩托车,以便他们能再次安全地驾驶。
1.The Bike Experience Charity .A.has been raising money for the disabledB.has helped more than 750 disabled peopleC.provides special motorcycles for the disabledD.establishes new rules for the motorsport worldC[细节理解题。
根据第一段中的“The Bike Experience...who have been disabled...through the provision of an adapte d and modified motorcycle”可知,The Bike Experience Charity为残疾人提供特殊的摩托车。
故选C。
]2.As the founder of the charity,Talan .A.has been free from a wheelchairB.was once knocked down by a motorcycleC.spent eight years establishing the charityD.was unable to walk after the accidentD[推理判断题。
根据第四段中的“The accident left him paralyzed from the chest down and he thought he would never ride a motorcycle again”可知,事故后Talan瘫痪,不能走路。
故选D。
]3.The charity's aims suggest the charity .A.constructs the myths of disabilityB.helps disabled people make a livingC.places importance on physical healthD.makes the impossible seem possibleD[推理判断题。
根据最后一段中的“Evolve attitudes in the motorcycling world so that disabled motorcycle riding motorcycles can be considered possible,feasible and acceptable.”可知,这个慈善机构目的表明,它使不可能似乎变成了可能。
故选D。
] 4.What is the purpose of the text?A.To introduce The Bike Experience CharityB.To advise the disabled to ride motorcyclesC.To encourage the disabled to live independentlyD.To tell us a successful story of a disabled personA[目的意图题。
根据第一段中的“The Bike Experience is a charity”,再结合后面的内容可知,本文在向人们介绍慈善机构The Bike Experience Charity。
故选A。
]BA little girl who battled against cancer received a specialgift on her third birthday,thanks to a creative stranger fromIdaho.Jessica Sebastian,owner of Sebastian Design,was contacted by Danielle Munger,whose daughter,Brynn,lost an eye because of cancer.Danielle asked Jessica if she could make a bunny doll with one eye.“I make dolls,which is not a heroic profession by any means.But recently I was asked to make a doll for a little girl who is a true superhero,” Jessica wrote.“A mama contacted me and asked if I would make a bunny doll with one eye for her twoyearold daughter who loves animals and lost her left eye to cancer.The girl had started to notice that she was different and her sweet mama read articles about a doll which looks like a child can be helpful and therapeutic(有益健康).She wanted her daughter to have a doll that looked like her and only had her right eye.Up to now,I don't think I've ever been asked to create something so lender and meaningful.”Brynn received the special gift on March 25 during her family birthday party.“She smiled so big and then she could not open the rest of her presents until we got the bunny out of her box and she could show her off to all her cousins and family,” Danielle said.That evening,Danielle snapped a photo of Brynn in her wonder woman pajamas looking at the bunny doll happily.She recalled her daughter saying,“She matches me!”“My favorite part of this photo is how she is wearing her wonder woman nightgown,” Jessica said.“It perfectly represents the strength and course of this little superhero.”【语篇解读】一个小女孩因为癌症失去了一只眼睛,当这个女孩开始注意到她与别人不同时,她的妈妈希望女儿能有一只像她一样只有一只眼睛的兔娃娃。