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(2019·广东七校联合体高三第一次联考)“You’ll be blind by the time you’re twentyfive，” a doctor at Children’s Hospital predicted. “Your blood sugar is much too high．” It consumed me. No matter where I was or what I was doing, it was overhead like a dark cloud, just waiting for the right opportunity to destroy my world.
I liked painting. Losing myself in painting filled me with peace. Painting provided me with the only place where I could escape from those threatening words.
When I was twentyone, my right eye went blind. Precisely three months after my twentyfifth birthday, I had a massive hemorrhage(大出血) in my left eye because of an accident．For the next twenty years, vision came and went. I went through many eye operations in an attempt to keep my vision. But after one final operation, I lost the battle and all remaining vision. And I buried all dreams of painting.
Desperate, I enrolled in(注册) a sixteenweek program for the blind and visually impaired(受损的). I learned personal adjustment and the use of a computer with adaptive software. A whole new world opened up to me through this program.
“JAWS and WindowEyes are leading software for the blind，” my instructor told me. “You can use the Internet, email and Microsoft with all its tools and features．” It’s amazing! Hope went up for the first time in years．“By learning how to use hot keys to control the mouse, you can use Microsoft Access, Excel and Powerpoint，” my instructor added.
For the next several years, I learned that when one door closes, another door opens. There are plenty of choices available for the blind and visually impaired through the gift of technology. Not only do I have a speaking computer, but I have a speaking watch, alarm clock and calculator.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者因高血糖双目失明， 从此放弃了酷爱的绘画。但是， 他通过一个项目学习到适用于盲人和视力受损人员的电脑信息技术， 从而再次燃起了希望。
1．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A．The right opportunity.
B．Losing my sight in the future.
．Consuming too much sugar.
D．The Children’s Hospital.
B 解析：代词指代题。根据第一段第一句“‘You’ll be blind by the time you’re twentyfive，’ a doctor at Children’s Hospital predicted．”可知， 医生预测作者会在二十五岁时失明；结合第四句 “No matter where I was or what I was doing, it was overhead like a dark cloud, just waiting for the right opportunity to destroy my world．”可知， 无论作者身在何处， 无论他在做什么， 它就像乌云一样在头顶盘旋， 仅仅等待着一个合适的机会来打破他的世界。据此可知， it指代“医生预测我会在二十五岁时失明”这件事， 故B项正确。A项意为“合适的机会”； C项意为“吃太多的糖”；D项意为“儿童医院”， 都与文意不符。
2．What happened when the author was about 25 years old?
A．He gave up painting.
B．He went blind completely.
C．He injured one of his eyes.
D．He picked up a new hobby.
C 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“Precisely three months after my twentyfifth birthday, I had a massive hemorrhage(大出血) in my left eye because of an accident．”可知， 在作者二十五岁零三个月时， 左眼因事故而大出血， 故C项正确。
3．What brought a turning point to the author?
A．A special course.
B．A meaningful event.
C．An inspiring speech.
D．An important interview.
A 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Desperate, I enrolled in(注册) a sixteenweek program for the blind and visually impaired(受损的)．”和最后一句“A whole new world opened up to me through this program．”可知， 作者参加了为盲人和视力受损的人服务的为期十六周的课程， 学会了使用电脑信息技术， 从此一个全新的世界展现在作者面前， 故A项正确。B项意为“一件有意义的事情”； C项意为“一场鼓舞人心的演讲”；D项意为“一次重要的采访”，均不符合文意。
4．What does the author intend to tell us?
A．No pain, no gain.
B．Every man has his price.
C．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
D．Be optimistic in the face of life’s difficulties.
D 解析：写作意图题。通读全文可知， 文章讲述了作者因高血糖双目失明， 从此放弃了酷爱的绘画。但是， 他通过学习专为盲人和视力受损的人设计的电脑信息技术， 又重新燃起了希望。据此可以判断， 本文旨在告诉读者， 面对生活中的困难， 我们应当乐观积极， 故D项正确。A项意为“不劳无获”；B项意为“天生我材必有用”；C项意为“心之所愿， 无事不成”。
