Question

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer(癌症). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.

Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假腿). With the plastic artificial leg Jeff can ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.

Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America.

When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff, but for the American Cancer Society.

Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He is studying to be a lawyer(律师). Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”

1. Jeff’s right leg was cut off because he had_______.

A．TB（肺结核）	B．an accident
C．cancer	D．a serious injury

2. From the passage we know that Boston is _______.

A．in the west	B．half between the east and west
C．near Los Angeles	D．in the east

3. It took Jeff _______ to run from Boston to Los Angeles.

A．about four and a half months

B．over two hundred days

C．almost twenty-five weeks

D．less than half a year

4. The underlined word “disabled” means _______.

A．优秀的	B．劳累的
C．残疾的	D．无能为力的

5. The fifth passage tells us that _______.

A．people should give him more money

B．people can do anything they want to do

C．some disabled men will become lawyers

D．disabled people also can run

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】

1.细节理解题，根据文中语句“When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer(癌症). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.”理解可知，Jeff因得癌症，而被锯掉一条腿，故选C。

2.细节理解题，根据文中语句“When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston.”理解可知，Boston在美国的东部，故选D。

3.细节理解题，根据文中语句“He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles.”理解可知，Jeff从美国东部跑到西部用了7个月的时间，故选B。

4.细节理解题，根据文中语句“Jeff Keith has only one leg.和Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things.”理解可知，单词disabled是残疾的意思，故选C。

5.细节理解题，根据文中语句“Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.””理解可知。每个人只要想做一件事情没有做不到的。故选B。