高二英语Unit 17 Disability
Ⅰ．听力理解（共30分）
第一节（共5小题，每小题3分；满分15分）
听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。
1．Where are the two speakers now？
A．In the United States．
B．In Canada．
C．In France．
2．What does this talk suggest？
A．Mary will stay at home this Sunday．
B．Paul will stay at home this Sunday．
C．Both Mary and Paul will go to the People's Park this Sunday．
3．Which of the following is true according to this talk？
A．Fric wants to turn on the radio．
B．Betty wants to turn down the radio．
C．Betty agrees with Fric．
4．What does the woman seem to be？
A．Someone who works at the West Lake．
B．A visitor to the city．
C．Someone who likes rainy weather very much．
5．What's the woman doing？
A．She is making a phone call．
B．She is out．
C．She is speaking to Jim．
第二节（共5小题，每小题3分；满分15分）
听下面对话或独白，选出最佳选项。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6．How long did Mary have to stay in bed？
A．One day． B．Two days． C．Three days．
7．How's Mary's friend Ann？
A．She is having a bad cold．
B．She has had a bad cold since last week．
C．She had a bad cold last week，but now she is all right．
8．Why does everybody seem to have a cold？
A．Because one day is hot．
B．Because everybody doesn't wear his thick coat．
C．Because the weather changes suddenly．
听第7段材料，回答第9、10题。
9．Why was Betty paid much？
A．Because Mr．Clarke liked her very much．
B．Because she was kind to everybody．
C．Because she looked after the old woman well．
10．What did Mr．Clarke go to the police station to do？
A．To apologize to Betty．
B．To apologize to the officer．
C．To tell the officer what he knew about the necklace．
Ⅱ．单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分；满分15分）
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
11．Some people have the wrong attitude ____ people disabilities．
A．to；of B．towards；in
C．towards；withD．on；with
12．Lin Tao has succeeded in the entrance examination and his dream ____ becoming a university student will sure ____ ．
A．about；be trueB．of；come true
C．in；become a fact D．from；turn into practice
13．The accident ____ to be very terrible．
A．turned up B．turned down
C．turned outD．turned in
14．Mr．Brown said that he was looking forward ____ the city and ____ the people there once more．
A．to visiting；seeing B．to visit；see
C．visiting；to seeD．to visit；seeing
15．The boy decided to climb the mountains ____ he knew he would face many difficulties．
A．as thoughB．even though C．unlessD．even
16．I've never dreamt of ____ to the club．
A．admittingB．to be admitted
C．being admitted D．to admit
17．Near the southern end of the village ____ ．
A．a garden was B．was a garden
C．a garden was there D．there a garden was
18．John's birthday did not seem ____ without his father then．
A．entire B．completeC．totalD．whole
19．The birthday party started ____ the song of “Happy Birthday to You”，and ended up ____ the singing of “Auld Lang Syne．”
A．with；withB．as；asC．from；toD．in；in
20．Not until I began to work ____ how much time I had wasted．
A．didn't I realize B．did I realize
C．I didn't realizeD．I realize
21．—Your shirt needs，Jack．
—Yes，it does．I'm going to have it ____ tomorrow．
A．washing；to be washed B．to wash；washed
C．washing；washed D．washing；wash
22．Mother was worried because little Alice was ill，_____ as Father was away in France．
A．especially B．speciallyC．even D．at times
23．He disagreed with you，he？
A．did B．didn't C．does D．doesn't
24．—Can I carry the box for you？
—No，thanks．I can ____ it myself．
A．tryB．manage C．liftedD．have
25．We've worked out the plan，and now we must put it into ________．
A．factB．practiceC．realityD．deed
Ⅲ．完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分；满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C和D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Some people cannot learn in ordinary schools．Physical or 26 handicap（残疾）prevents a child from learning．Today new 27 are being used in special schools to help the disabled learn．
A school is being 28 in New Jersey，USA．It is called Bancroft．Here the disabled will be trained to support themselves and to get along in the world around them．
Bancroft is not surrounded by 29 of any kind．Its director insists that it be 30 so that students may gradually develop normal relations with the rest of the world． Bancroft students will 31 in apartments，cooking their own meals，and learning to perform other 32．As they become relatively 33，they will buy their own furniture，paying for it out of their own earnings．They will pay for their food，too．They will learn to expect 34 bills for the calls they make every month．
As a step toward the goal of becoming 35，each disabled person will decide what kind of work he or she wants to be 36 to do．While some of the training will be 37 out within Bancroft itself，most of the students will receive 38 training in nearby towns．They will be trained by the townspeople．
After the training has been 39 completed，the students will work 40 their assistants and will begin to earn money．After that they will leave Bancroft，41 the school will continue to give them help if they 42 it．
How long will it take the students to 43 their training under this new system？The director says，“For some a year will be 44．For others it might take ten years．” For all，however，this method offers new ideas．Many will learn to be 45 and independent to some extent，supporting themselves in the world．
26．A．spiritB．mentalC．thought D．body
27．A．plans B．decisions C．tools D．methods
28．A．turned up B．set upC．searched forD．longed for
29．A．trainersB．studentsC．trees D．walls
30．A．freeB．openC．quiet D．different
31．A．liveB．study C．hideD．cook
32．A．operationsB．tasks C．plays D．acts
33．A．strongB．healthy C．ableD．happy
34．A．telephone B．education C．housing D．food
35．A．brave B．cleverC．learned D．independent
36．A．asked B．sentC．trained D．made
37．A．taken B．calledC．tried D．carried
38．A．lifeB．job C．bodyD．mind
39．A．successfullyB．gradually C．quickly D．hardly
40．A．withB．for C．likeD．as
41．A．and B．but C．soD．or
42．A．needB．ask C．get D．offer
43．A．receive B．get C．finishD．stop
44．A．short B．enoughC．goodD．long
45．A．helpful B．careful C．skillfulD．cheerful
Ⅳ．阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中选出最佳选项。
Eddie is a handicapped child．He was functionally（功能性地）deaf in one ear．
In spite of his inborn disability，Eddie seems to have a good sense of music．His mother finds that and bought him a toy piano as his Christmas gift．
At church that day，Eddie listened silently while the rest of the family sang the hymn（圣歌）along with the music．As soon as he returned home，he flung（冲向）himself at the little piano．He seemed angry atit as he produced only noise，so his family moved it into their closet（盥洗室）．Two weeks later，returning from a church service once more，Eddie uttered（发出）his first words，“Mommy，piano，piano．” This time he unbelieveably started to play the music he had heard in church．How magic it was！All his family members looked at each other in surprise．“Look！Eddie plays the piano） they cried excitedly．
Since then Eddie has been taught by a young university teacher to read music and play the piano．Now he can perform classic music by Mozart（莫扎特）and Schumann（舒曼）．He also plays jazz，pop and background music he hears on television shows．“The boy has a bright future，”his teacher says with admiration．
46．“A handicapped child” is a child who ____ ．
A．has no hands B．has a disability
C．is blind in one eye D．is deaf in one ear
47．The toy piano was given to him ____ ．
A．as a birthday present B．as a Christmas present
C．by his fatherD．at the church
48．At church that day Eddie ____ ．
A．sang with his family
B．ran about playing
C．listened silently to the music
D．danced with his family
49．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？
A．After returning from the church when he first visited it，Eddie at once rushed to the piano and played it very well．
B．When Eddie got home，he got angry because he heard nothing at church．
C．After returning home，Eddie shouted and made a lot of noise．
D．Eddie could play the music when he returned from the church the second time．
50．According to his teacher，Eddie ____ ．
A．will not play better in the future
B．will be greatly successful in his music career in the future
C．must go to college to study further
D．must be given a real piano as a present
B
Louis Braille studied different ways of making dots and dashes on paper．At last he arrived at a system in which he used six holes within a small space．Soon after with these six holes in different positions for a letter or a short word，later called “Braille System”，Louis wrote a book，which was popular with people，especially the blind．
At first，however，people did not believe that the system of Louis Braille was possible or practical．
One day a girl who was born blind played the piano beautifully at a concert．Everyone was pleased．Then the girl got up and said that the people should not thank her for playing so well．They should thank Louis Braille，who had made it possible for her to learn music and to play the piano．
Some of Louis' friends went to his home to see him．He was sick in bed．They told him what had happened．The hot tears welled into his eyes．He said，“This is the third time in my life that I have been moved so much．First，when I became blind．Second，when I heard about‘night writing’，and now it is because I know that my life has not been a failure．” A few days later Louis died．That year he was only 43 years old．
51．Louis wrote a book using Braille System ____ ．
A．not long after he arrived at the system
B．as soon as he arrived at the system
C．long after he arrived at the system
D．because people didn't believe his system
52．Braille System is made up of ____ ．
A．dots B．dashesC．holesD．letters
53．People began to believe that Braille System was possible and practical because they ____ ．
A．saw the blind girl play the piano beautifully
B．were asked to thank Louis Braille by the blind girl
C．were quite pleased with the blind girl
D．were told that the blind girl couldn't have succeeded without Braille System
54．For the third time Braille was moved so much because he knew ____ ．
A．some of his friends had come to see him
B．he was sick in bed
C．he had succeeded in his life
D．he would die in a few days
55．From the story we can conclude that ____ ．
A．blind people must play the piano in order to learn Braille System
B．without the girl people would never have believed Braille System
C．it takes time for people to understand a truth
D．people would accept Braille System only when they heard Braille ill in bed
C
Charles Stratton stopped growing when he was only five．His mother took him to see the famous showman（马戏团的主持人），P.T．Barnum．Mr．Barnum thought a dwarf（侏儒）would be the perfect addition to his show．He hired Charles'parents along with him，and they traveled the world together．
He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a new name，General Tom Thumb，after a tiny knight from a legend（传说）．He taught Tom how to sing，dance，and tell jokes，etc．When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage，he made up ads（广告）．To stir up（引起）great interest，he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England．
During the show，Tom fought fake（假的）battles with tall people．He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall．
Tom's act was very popular and brought in a lot of money．By the time Tom was an adult（成人）he had grown very rich．He had become a billionaire（亿万富翁）at the age of twenty-five．
Fortunately for Tom，Mr．Barnum added more little people to his show，and Tom became lucky in love as well． One of the little people was Lavinia Warren，a school teacher．Tom was able to win her love，and they married．
The ceremony（婚礼）and reception（宴会）were the talk of the town．They were attended by about two thousand guests，including many rich and famous people．Crowds filled the streets of New York City to catch a glimpse（看一眼）of their tiny wedding carriage．The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln during their honeymoon（蜜月），just before going to live in Tom's house in Connecticut．
Their wedding，which took place during the Civil War，provided a welcome escape from the gloomy problems of war．Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade，communities throughout the country sponsored（主办）“Tom Thumb Weddings”．In these weddings，small dress-up boys and girls went through marriage ceremony for fun．
56．“Talk of the town” means ____ ．
A．it was in the newspaper
B．people spread rumors（流言蜚语）about it
C．it was the most popular thing that happened
D．it was discussed in a city meeting
57．What does the writer think about Tom Thumb's Wedding？
A．People gave it too much of their attention．
B．It helped cheer up people in a dark time．
C．It was funny and ridiculous（荒谬可笑的）．
D．Tom and Lavinia were stupid．
58．Which of the following can best prove that Tom was smart？
A．He became a billionaire at twenty-five．
B．He learned how to sing，dance，and act at a very young age．
C．He met with President Lincoln during his honeymoon．
D．He married a school teacher．
59．Tom would dance on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because ____ ．
A．the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom were tap dancing
B．it made Tom feel taller
C．the eight-foot-tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted（信任）
D．the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller and more attractive to the andience
60．What is the main idea of the last paragraph？
A．Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine．
B．People are always gloomy during wartime．
C．Entertainment can serve an important purpose．
D．People should be married when they are small．
D
Nowadays the disabled can live happily like those sound in mind and body．They can even go to universities and have jobs．Some of them have made great contributions to the world．The famous physics expert Stephen Hawking is one of such examples who have achieved great success．
He was born in 1942．He did research at Cambridge University in England and took his doctor's degree in physics．Unfortunately he fell ill when he wasonly twenty-one years old．As a result，he could no longer stand up，nor could he speak or write．But he was strong-willed and determined not to give up his work．His book “On History of Time” became a best seller in 1988．
One day，he gave a talk about the beginning of space，matter，and time in a lecture hall of a university．His voice sounded a little strange，because he had to speak with the help of a computer and a voice box．It took him about two minutes to answer each question．Not only did he have to type out the answer on a computer，but he also had to get the computer to translate it into sounds．His wonderful talk made a deep impression on the audience．It was the indomitable（不屈不挠的）spirit that led him to his great success．
61．According to the passage，______ at present．
A．the disabled people can go to school，but they can't go to college
B．the disabled people can't do anything
C．the disabled people can't live as happily as healthy people
D．some of the disabled people have made success in some fields
62．When Stephen Hawking made a speech，he usually _______．
A．used a computer and a voice box
B．spent about two minutes to answer a question
C．had to type out the speech on a computer，then got the computer to translate it into sounds
D．All of the above
E
The MTV of Zhang Haidi has won high praise from judges in the national MTV competition sponsored by CCTV． The MTV filmmaker is Wang Guoping，a young director of Entertainment section of STV（Shanghai Television Station）．
Wang Guoping is a restless man with various creative ideas in mind．MTV is a new art which combines music with TV，and adds the thick shots which make the pictures more beautiful and the music sounder．When Wang happened to hear the moving song written by Zhang Haidi herself“A Dream from the Wheelchair”，he decided to turn it into a MTV film．Soon Zhang Haidi flew to Shanghai，going to the film studio especially ready for her．
In order to depict（描述）Zhang's willpower struggling against her handicap，Wang had a huge rock drawn on the ground，and asked Zhang Haidi to sit on the wheelchair moving around it slowly，symbolizing（象征）that life makes a stand against time．With Wang's creative making，Zhang Haidi's pictures in MTV are so beautiful and vivid（生动的）that they won high praise from all the judges．But Wang Guoping appeared regretful．If it had been warmer，he could have taken some really wonderful pictures for Zhang Haidi on the seaside．
63．This passage is mainly about ____ ．
A．how MTV films are made
B．what MTV films are
C．the MTV of a handicapped girl named Zhang Haidi
D．how a director named Wang Guoping makes MTV films
64．From the passage we can see that ____ ．
A．Zhang Haidi wrote the words and the music of the song“A Dream from the Wheelchair” herself
B．Zhang Haidi is a famous singer and often sings on TV
C．Zhang Haidi's work is to write words and music for other singers
D．Zhang Haidi is also a film director like WangGuoping
65．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？
A．Wang Guoping is a hard-working man．
B．Wang Guoping has many creative ideas．
C．Wang Guoping is quite satisfied with the MTV mentioned in the passage．
D．The judges thought well of the MTV．
Ⅴ．短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分）
In the city there Lincoln once lived，the American66．_______
blacks almost always ride in the back of buses．The front67．_______
parts of the buses were usual kept for the whites．A black68．_______
woman was put in the prison one day because she had sat 69．_______
in a front seat．Martin，that worked in the city，visited the 70．_______
woman in prison．They talked for a long time．Martin71．_______
didn’t think right for the American blacks to be forced72．_______
to ride in the back of any other bus．73．_______
Martin discussed the matter with other leaders of
the city．They decided to ride in the buses．At the end of74．_______
the year，the law was changed．Now the black can seat in75．_______
the back or in the front of the bus．
Ⅵ．书面表达（满分25分）
请根据下面提示用英语写一篇100字左右的短文。
王明是一个中国的残疾青年。八岁时，在一场严重的事故中失去了双手。起初他生活很难自理。然而他自强不息并取得了成功。他盼望着能像其他正常的孩子一样上学。在父母和老师的帮助下，他的愿望实现了。在学校，他各门功课成绩优秀，是全校最好的学生之一。现在他决心更加努力地学习，渴望将来成为一名自然科学方面的专家。
参考答案：
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21—25 CABBB26—30 BDBDB 31—35 ABCAD 36—40 CDBAD
41—45 BACBA46—50 BBCDB 51—55 ACDCC 56—60 CBBDC
61—65 DDCAC
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69．去掉the 70．that→who 71．√ 72．think后加it
73．去掉other 74．decide后加not 75．seat→sit
One possible version：
Wang Ming is a Chinese disabled young man．At the age of eight，Little Wang lost both of his hands in a terrible accident．During the first days following the accident，he had great difficulty in looking after himself．However，he struggled hard to learn to do this and got a great success．He looked forward to going to school like other normal children．With the help of his parents and teachers，his dream of becoming a student came true．At school，he did well in all his subjects and was one of the most excellent among his schoolmates．Now he is determined to work harder and dreams of becoming an expert in natural science in the future．