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阅读理解 　　In October, 1961, at Crowley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, an old, deaf gentleman named William E．Hoy stood up to throw out the first ball of the World Series．Most people at Crowley Field on that day probably did not remember Hoy because he had retired(退休)from professional baseball 58 years earlier．However, he had been an outstanding player and the deaf community still talks about him and his years in baseball．William E．Hoy was born in Houckstown, Ohio, on May 23, 1862．He became deaf when he was two years old．He attended the Columbus Ohio School for the Deaf．After graduation, he started playing semi-pro baseball while working as a shoemaker． 　　Hoy began playing professional baseball in 1886 for Oshkosh(Wisconsin)of the Northwestern League．In 1888, he started as an outfielder with the old Washington Senators．His small stature and speed made him an outstanding base runner．He was very good at stealing bases during his career．In the 1888 major league season, he stole 82 bases．He was also the Senators’ leading hitter in 1888．Hoy threw right-handed and tatted left-handed．On June 19, 1889, he threw out three batters at the plate from his outfield position． 　　The arm signals used by umpires(裁判)today to show balls and strikes, and his left arm to signal that it was a ball． 　　For many years, people talked about Hoy’s last ball game．He was playing for Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast Winter League．It was a memorable game because Hoy made an unusual play which won the game．It was a very foggy night and, therefore, very hard to see the ball．In the ninth inning, with two men out, Hoy managed to catch a fly ball to make the third out．Los Angeles defeated their opposition and won the pennant(锦旗)for the year． 　　Hoy married Anna Marie Lowery．The Hoys had many fiends．Since they could not hear a doorbell or a knock on the door, Hoy put a baseball in a groove(槽)by the door bell．The pulling of the bell knocked the ball onto the floor．The vibrations announced the visitor． 　　After he retired, Hoy stayed busy．He ran a dairy farm near Cincinnati for 20 years．He also became a public speaker and traveled giving speeches．Until a few years before his death, he took 4 and 10 mile walks several mornings a week．On December 15, 1961, William Hoy died at the age of 99． (1) It can be inferred from the text that _______． [　　] A． Hoy’s wife was also deaf B． Hoy did badly in the 1888 major league season． C． Hoy had very bad eyesight D． Hoy stopped taking exercises shortly before he died (2) The underlined word “vibrations” in Para．5 probably refers to _______． [　　] A． postman B． men servants C． door bells D． shaking movements of the ball (3) The passage mainly tells us about _______． [　　] A． the rest of the life of a deaf baseball player B． the development of the umpire’s hand signal C． the great effect on baseball by a deaf player D． the greatest American sport played by nearly everyone

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．D;3．C;
解析：

(1)	推断题。倒数第二段：他娶了妻子，朋友来时他们听不见门铃或敲门声。所以推断出他妻子也是听不见的。B与文中事实正好相反，C、D文中未提及。
(2)	该题是一个推测词义题，主要考查学生根据上下文猜测词义的能力。
(3)	主旨大意题。要求学生围绕整篇短文进行归纳概括。C概括最为完整，提到一个聋子运动员、棒球以及他对棒球产生的巨大影响——the umpire’s hand signals。A、B只是文章的一部分。本文所要讲的是一个人，不是D中的一项运动。