【題目】Every once in a while someone sends us a story that's so beautiful we are forever changed by it. This is one of those stories.

It started in Winchester, Massachusetts, 43 years ago, when Rick Hoyt was born. Somehow his umbilical cord became wrapped around his neck, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs (四肢) .

The doctors told Rick's parents that he would be a vegetable for the rest of his life. But Nick Hoyt, Rick's father, didn't believe it. He noticed the way Rick's eyes followed him around the room.

When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. "No way,' Nick says he was told. "There's nothing going on in his brain.'

"Tell him a joke,' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed.

Turns out a lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? "Go Bruins!'

And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the school organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, "Dad, I want to do that.'

Yeah, right. How was Nick, a self-described "porker' who never ran more than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he tried. "Then it was me who was handicapped,' Nick says. "I was sore for two weeks.'

That day changed Rick's life. "Dad,' he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'

And that sentence changed Nick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon.

"No way,' Rick was told by a race official. The Hoyt's weren't quite a single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. So, for the first few years, Rick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway.

Later, they would find a way to get into the race officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the qualifying time for Boston the following year.

Then somebody said, "Hey, Rick, why not a triathlon?'

How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon?

Still, Rick tried.

Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironman Competitions in Hawaii.

This year, at ages 65 and 43, Nick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992 - only 35 minutes off the world record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the time.

【1】Where was Rick Hoyt born?

_____________________________________________________

【2】Who said that Rick would be a vegetable for the rest of his life?

_____________________________________________________

【3】How did Rick communicate with others?

______________________________________________________

【4】What sentence changed Nick’s life?

______________________________________________________

【5】What is Nick Hoyt like?

_____________________________________________________

【答案】

【1】 In Winchester, Massachusetts

【2】 The doctors.

【3】 Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head.

【4】 “Dad, when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!”

【5】 He is a great father who never gives up，though he is in trouble. (答案多樣，供參考)

【解析】

短文大意：這篇記敘文講述了一位偉大的父親——尼克·霍伊特，雖然兒子里克天生殘疾無法與人交流，但是尼克從不放棄，他不斷地訓(xùn)練兒子，不僅使兒子能夠與人交流，而且還參加了諸多體育賽事甚至是鐵人三項(xiàng)，生動(dòng)地詮釋了愛可以改變一切。

【1】題意：里克·霍伊特出生在哪里?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It started in Winchester, Massachusetts, 43 years ago, when Rick Hoyt was born.，可知填In Winchester, Massachusetts。

【2】題意：誰說瑞克一輩子都是植物人?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The doctors told Rick's parents that he would be a vegetable for the rest of his life.，可知填The doctors.。

【3】題意：瑞克是如何與他人溝通的?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Turns out a lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate.，可知填Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his head.。

【4】題意：什么話改變了尼克的生活?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)That day changed Rick's life. "Dad,' he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!'，可知填“Dad, when we were running, it felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!”。

【5】題意：尼克·霍伊特是什么樣的人?考查綜合歸納題。根據(jù)尼克在文中的表現(xiàn)，可知他從沒有放棄殘疾的兒子，是一位偉大的父親，故填He is a great father who never gives up，though he is in trouble.。

閱讀短文回答問題。即根據(jù)文章的表層意思進(jìn)行深層次的推理判斷，組織并提煉語言回答問題。首先要粗讀文章了解大意，其次通過細(xì)讀，理解全文。在粗讀的基礎(chǔ)上，仔細(xì)閱讀題后所給的題目，根據(jù)題目要求，再有重點(diǎn)地返回來仔細(xì)閱讀。在閱讀時(shí)要注意辨認(rèn)和記憶具體事實(shí)和重要情節(jié)，包括事物的起因、過程、結(jié)果及發(fā)生的地點(diǎn)、時(shí)間等，這對題目的判斷至關(guān)重要，需要考生綜合所有的細(xì)節(jié)來理解把握。

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