20.After a serious accident ended his snowboarding career,Kevin Pearce is starting over and looking to a new future.
Kevin Pearce has no memory of the crash that brought his snowboarding career to a sudden stop.On December 31,2009,he was training for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Park City,Utah,when he fell and hit his head on the edge of the halfpipe.(U型管).
Luckily,he was wearing a helmet.Doctors say it saved his life.But he suffered a brain injury that affected his vision,balance and memory.He spent four months recovering in hospitals.He still can't recall several weeks of his life after the accident.What he does remember is watching the Olympics on TV and seeing Shaun White win the gold."It was hard lying there in the shape I was in,watching those guys do amazing tricks,"admits Pearce.
Today,Pearce's focus is getting his health back to 100%.So far,he's made great progress in his physical therapy (治疗).A year ago,he couldn't walk straight.Now,not only can he walk,he can drive again too.
Pearce says his speedy recovery is the result of his fans,his friends and mostly,his family.His mother,Pia,says her youngest son's attitude helped too."I knew Kevin was going to find a way to be okay."
These days,Pearce is back on the snowboarding circuit.(环道)Instead of performing tricks,though,he's commenting on them from the broadcasting booth.(小房间)He still longs for competition.But he understands the danger of another fall.
28.The main purpose of the text is toC.
A.advise people to live a healthy life
B.explain the meaning of fair competition
C.stress the importance of a strong will
D.introduce one popular winter sport.
29.Kevin Pearce can say nothing about the accident because heD.
A.doesn't want to recall the terrible experience
B.wasn't allowed to say anything about it
C.lost the power of speech in the accident
D.has no memory of the accident
30.What can be inferred from the underlined sentence by Pearce's mother in Paragraph 5?B
A.She has confidence in her son's recovery.
B.She is very worried about her son's health.
C.She is thankful to her friends and relatives.
D.She regrets she can't help her son recovery.
31.We can learn from the text that these days PearceA.
A.can teach others to snowboard
B.is still involved with snowboarding
C.is still lying in bed and watching TV
D.is learning new tricks from other players.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了皮埃尔在发生事故后失去记忆重伤,在他的坚强意志下痊愈.
解答 28.C.推理判断题.根据文章These days,Pearce is back on the snowboarding circuit.(环道)Instead of performing tricks,though,he's commenting on them from the broadcasting booth可知本文的主要目的是强调了坚强意志的重要性;故选C.
29.D.细节理解题.根据第三段Doctors say it saved his life.But he suffered a brain injury that affected his vision,balance and memory可知Kevin Pearce对这次事故没什么可说的,因为他并没有发生事故时的记忆;故选D.
30.A.推理判断题.根据文章His mother,Pia,says her youngest son's attitude helped too."I knew Kevin was going to find a way to be okay可知皮尔斯的母亲对儿子的康复有信心;故选A.
31.B.推理判断题.根据文章These days,Pearce is back on the snowboarding circuit.(环道)Instead of performing tricks,though,he's commenting on them from the broadcasting booth可知他仍然从事滑雪;故选B.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.