Question

One morning, teachers arrived to find the little country schoolhouse swallowed in flames. They dragged an unconscious little boy, who went to start the fire in the old-fashioned coal stove to heat, out of the flaming building more dead than alive. He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital.
From his bed the dreadfully burned, semi-conscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die — which was for the best, really — for the terrible fire had ruined the lower half of his body.
But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. Somehow, to the amazement of the physician, he did survive. When the deadly danger was past, he again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the    lower part of his body, it would almost    be better if he had died, since he was doomed to be in a wheelchair all lifetime with no use at all of his lower limbs (肢体).
Once more the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a disabled man. He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist   down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, all but lifeless.
Ultimately he was released from the hospital. Every day his mother would massage his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, nothing. Yet his determination that he would walk was as strong as ever.
When he wasn’t in bed, he was confined to a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him.
He worked his way to the white fence bordering their lot. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then he began dragging himself along the fence，resolved that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence. There was nothing he wanted   more than to develop life in those legs.
Ultimately through his  daily massages, his    iron   persistence and    his resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk slowly, then to walk  by himself — and then to run.
He began to walk    to school, then to run  to school, to run for the pure joy of running. Later in college he made the track team.
Still later in  Madison Square Garden this young man, the great athlete, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!
【小题1】Which word can best describe Glenn Cunningham according to the author?

A． Miserable

B．Unfortunate

C．Determined

D．Disabled

【小题2】Glenn got seriously burned _____.

A．when he was playing near the stove

B．when he went to set fire to the schoolhouse

C．when he was probably younger than ten

D．when his teachers were lighting the fire

【小题3】Which cannot be inferred from the passage?

A．Glenn didn’t catch what the doctor told his mother so he didn’t worry about his burns.

B．Glenn decided to survive though his lower part of body had lost the sense of feeling.

C．Glenn struggled to stand up by dragging along the fence and other supportable matters.

D．Glenn never stopped practicing walking and running, even after he ran first in the race.

【小题4】The doctor advised Glenn’s mother to let Glenn die because the doctor was too______.

A．unskillful

B． practical

C． subjective

D． irresponsible

Answer 1

【小题1】C
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】B

解析试题分析：儿童时代的一次烧伤事故让Glenn Cunningham丧失了行走能力，甚至差点要了他的命。但是他求生的欲望是那么强烈，以至于抗拒了医生的“死亡宣判”顽强的活了下来，并凭自己的意志达到了世界上的巅峰速度。
【小题1】主旨大意题。由文章可以看出Glenn Cunningham是一个十分顽强的人，不向命运和死神低头。Miserable  悲惨的；Unfortunate不幸的；Determined 坚决的；Disabled残疾的。故选C。
【小题2】推理判断题。由“One morning, teachers arrived to find the little country schoolhouse swallowed in flames. ”可以看到，当时他还在上小学因此年龄应该很小。故选C。
【小题3】推理判断题。由“But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. ”可知提他并不是没听懂，而是听见了但没有认同医生的话，决心凭借自身的毅力活下去。故选A。
【小题4】推理判断题。医生建议Glenn Cunningham的妈妈让他死掉是因为医生认为他活着可能会一生残疾在床上，即使坐上轮椅也没有事情可以做，生不如死。因此医生的考虑是很实际的。unskillful不熟练的； practical 实际的；  subjective主观的； irresponsible不负责任的。故选B。
考点：人物传记阅读。