The number one thing people think you miss out on if you don’t have arms is a hug. At least, that’s what Jessica Cox says.
The world’s first 1 pilot gets the same question over and over again from 2 : “How do you hug? ”
Last week, a 3-year-old girl named Ruth Evelyn(RE) Pranke 3 that question for her. The girl, who also didn’t get the 4 from God, embraced(拥抱) the 32-year-old in a 5 not many had seen before.
“You can 6 give someone a hug without arms, ” the motivational speaker Cox told CBS News. “It encourages people to believe that anything is 7 . ”
RE’s mother, Karlyn Pranke, hoped her daughter would also be 8 .
When Pranke was 20 weeks pregnant, she 9 RE would be born without arms. “I started googling ‘without arms’, ”Pranke 10 . “That’s when Jessica’s 11 popped up(突然出现). I wanted one day my daughter to be able to 12 her. ”
Two months ago, her dream came true: they came across Cox. And RE 13 if she could see the airplane Cox flies with her feet. With a big smile, Cox led the way.
Cox said, “I wanted to 14 her there’s someone else who doesn’t have arms who is happy. ” 15 there’s one thing RE focuses on, Pranke hopes it’s her “ 16 ”, not her “disability”.
She thinks her daughter is now beginning to 17 that she can do things like everyone else—it just might be 18 .
“She’s 19 3-year-old, so looking out to the 20 is not something in her thinking, ”Cox said. “But I want her to know she can do anything. ”
【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文。母亲为了鼓励自己无臂的女儿, 便带着她去见了Jessica Cox——世界上第一位无臂飞行员。
1. A. legless B. armless
C. footless D. hairless
【解析】选B。根据上文中的“don’t have arms”和下文中的“gets the same question”“without arms”可知, 此处说的应是Jessica Cox是世界上第一位无臂飞行员。
2. A. colleagues B. relatives
C. strangers D. acquaintances
【解析】选C。一遍又一遍地被问及同样的问题, 发问者应该是陌生人(strangers)。
3. A. prepared B. raised
C. provided D. answered
【解析】选D。根据后文中的“embraced the 32-year-old”可知此处用answer“回应, 答复”。
4. A. gift B. protection
C. message D. forgiveness
【解析】选A。根据语境可知, 此处用RE也没有得到上帝的礼物(gift)来表示她也没有双臂。
5. A. case B. manner
C. hurry D. sense
【解析】选B。根据语境可知, 此处指这个女孩以许多人没有见过的方式(manner)拥抱了32岁的Cox。
6. A. hardly B. carefully
C. absolutely D. eventually
【解析】选C。此处指没有手臂, 你也绝对(absolutely)能够拥抱别人。
7. A. interesting B. rewarding
C. challenging D. possible
【解析】选D。根据上文讲述的是两个没有双臂的人把看似不可能的事情(拥抱)变成了可能的事情可知, 此处指这鼓舞着人们相信任何事情都是有可能的。
8. A. interviewed B. admired
C. inspired D. impressed
【解析】选C。根据上文中的“It encourages people to believe that. . . ”以及本句中的“also”可知答案应为C项, 指RE的母亲希望自己的女儿也能受到鼓舞。inspire“启发, 鼓励, 鼓舞”。
9. A. worked out B. found out
C. gave out D. called out
【解析】选B。当Pranke怀孕20周时, 她发现RE天生没有手臂。work out“算出, 锻炼”; find out“发现, 查明”; give out“分发”; call out“命令……出动, 请求……出动”。
10. A. explained B. decided
C. interrupted D. responded
【解析】选A。根据上下文可知, 此处指Pranke解释道(explained), 当她发现RE天生没有手臂后, 她开始用谷歌搜索“无臂”。
11. A. friend B. address
C. name D. idea
【解析】选C。此处指Pranke开始用谷歌搜索“无臂”时出现了Jessica的名字。
12. A. meet B. resemble
C. phone D. follow
【解析】选A。根据下文中的“her dream came true: they came across Cox”可知此处应用meet, 指Pranke希望RE有一天能见到Jessica Cox。
13. A. suspected B. demanded
C. considered D. wondered
【解析】选D。根据语境可知, 此处指的应是RE想知道(wondered)自己是否可以看看Cox用脚驾驶的飞机。
14. A. teach B. show
C. promise D. warn
【解析】选B。此处指Cox想向RE表明(show)有些人没有手臂也很快乐。
15. A. If B. While
C. Since D. Unless
【解析】选A。如果RE要专注于一件事, Pranke希望那是她的能力(ability)而不是她的残疾。根据语境可知, 此处应用if引导条件状语从句。
16. A. dream B. ability
C. ambition D. goal
【解析】选B。后面的not her “disability”亦是提示。
17. A. admit B. doubt
C. expect D. realize
【解析】选D。根据语境可知, 此处指她认为她的女儿开始意识到(realize)她能够像其他人一样做事情, 只是可能有点与众不同(different)。
18. A. different B. difficult
C. strange D. funny
【解析】选A。根据语境可知选A。
19. A. obviously B. merely
C. mainly D. completely
【解析】选B。她仅仅(merely)是个3岁的孩子, 所以展望未来(future)并不是她能想到的事儿。
20. A. life B. view
C. future D. success
【解析】选C。参见上题解析。
