Question

At thirteen, I was diagnosed(诊断) with a kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.

In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.” She glanced down at me through her glasses, “You are no different from your classmates, young man.”

I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.

In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots(点), which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?

I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs.Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day—with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: “See what you can do when you keep trying?”

1.The author didn’t finish the reading in class because ________.

A. he wanted to take the task home

B. he was new to the class

C. he had an attention disorder

D. he was tired of literature

2.What was Mrs. Smith’s attitude to the author at the end of the story?

A. Angry.B. Impatient.C. Sympathetic.D. Encouraging.

3.The underlined phrase spilled out in Paragraph 5 probably means ________.

A. put inB. crowded inC. cheated inD. broke in

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. A teacher can open up a new world to students.

B. One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.

C. The disabled should be treated with respect.

D. Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述作者有注意力紊乱症，不想努力，但在一位老师的激励下，终于克服困难的故事。

1.细节细节题。根据第一段At thirteen, I was diagnosed with a kind of attention disorder.可知，作者被诊断出注意力紊乱，所以课上不能完成阅读。故选C。

2.根据最后一段提到so it was a surprise when it came back to me the next day—with an “A”（当我看到作业上的A时，非常的吃惊），说明史密斯小姐对我的态度是鼓励的，故选D。

3.spill out“溢出，涌出”，与B项同义，故选B。

4. 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述作者有注意力紊乱症，不想努力，但在一位老师的激励下，终于克服困难的故事，故选B。

考点：考查人物故事类短文阅读。

【名师点睛】

主旨大意题的解题思路与应试技巧

做这类题时常用略读法。快速阅读文章找出各个段落的主题句。把各个段落的主题句联系起来着眼于全文结构安排，了解文章的重心，就能概括出文章的中心。文章的标题是中心思想最精炼的表达形式，选择的标题意义范围要能涵盖全文，不能太大也不能太小。命题者在出这类题时，常常利用生活常识编造干扰项，把文中的细节当主旨，利用局部信息编造干扰项，编制超出文章范围的标题或不能涵盖文章中心意义的标题来考查考生的理解程度，考生要特别留意。

概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段开头再看全文找主题句，若无明显主题句，就通过关键词句来概括(如议论文中寻找表达作者观点态度的词句，记叙文寻找概括情节和中心的动词或反映人物特点的形容词。) 。文中出现两种或两种以上的不同观点时，务必牢记作者的观点才是体现全文中心的。此时，要注意一些转折词，如but, yet, however, although, in spite of, by contrast, on the contrary等。当文章中表示相反的观点时，往往用到这些词。答题时要弄清哪个是作者的观点，排除迷惑性信息，准确归纳主旨大意。