Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had—not legs but stumps(殘肢) that could be fitted with a kind of special boots, People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.
Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college(靠做工讀完大學). He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair.
Hank felt himself get cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs(假腿). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror. For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be—a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.
Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room , and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.
When World War II came , he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.
1.Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because ______
A.he didn’t talk to them
B.he kept away from them
C.his arms touched the ground when he moved
D.he couldn’t use his arms
2.It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is ______
A.an average height for a fully grown person
B.too tall for an average person
C.too short for an average person
D.none of the above
3.When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he ______
A.did everything the other soldiers did
B.did nothing the other soldiers did
C.did some of the things the other soldiers did
D.took some special training
4.The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _______
A.had no friends
B.never saw himself as different from others
C.was very shy
D.was too proud to accept help from others
短文翻譯(由鄭老師提供)：
漢克·維斯卡迪生來就沒有腿。他不是沒有腿，而是隻有一雙適合穿特殊靴子的殘肢，人們用殘忍的目光看他，孩子們嘲笑他，稱他為“猿人”，因為他的胳膊幾乎拖在地上。
漢克和其他男孩一樣上學，他的成績很好，他只需要8年就完成學業，而不是通常的12年。從學校畢業後，又看靠做工讀完大學。他在餐館裡掃地，做服務員，或者在大學的辦公室裡工作，在他忙碌的一生中，他一直在用這雙殘肢走動。但有一天，醫生告訴他，即使是殘肢也不會持續太久，他很快就得用輪椅了，聽到這，漢克覺得全身都涼了。不過，醫生說，他能安裝假腿。終於找到了一個造腿的人。這一天實現了，漢克站在鏡子前，第一次看到了他一直想要的自己- --- 一個足足5英尺8英寸高的人，然而這時他已經26歲了。
漢克必須學會使用他的新腿，他一次又一次地走到房間的盡頭，又一次一次地走回來。有幾次他摔倒在地，但他重新起來，又回到了無盡的行進中。他走到街上，他爬樓梯學跳舞，他造了一艘船並學會了駕駛它。
第二次世界大戰爆發時，他說服紅十字會給他一份工作，他接受了常規訓練。他和其他士兵一起行軍和操練，很少有人知道他沒有腿。這是漢克維斯卡迪的真實故事，一個沒有腿的人。
參考答案：CAAB
試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文，敘述了身殘志不殘的Hank的事蹟。身為一名殘疾人的Hank ，憑藉自己的毅力做到了與正常人一樣工作學習和生活，具有很強的教育意義。
1.C 細節理解題。從第一段最後一句話“Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.”可知C為正確選項。“drag”在此意思為“拖在地上”
2.A推理判斷題。從文章可知Hank因為殘疾從小接受到人們好奇的目光和孩子們的嘲笑，所以內心應該是一直渴望像個正常人一樣，而且文章第三段“ For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be—a full five feet eight inches tall.”也證實了這點，所以A為正確答案。
3.A推理判斷題。從文章最後一段“ He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless.”可知他應該是和別人做一樣的事情，所以正確選項是A
4.B推理判斷題。從整篇文章的敘述可知Hank和別人一樣學習工作甚至在部隊行軍操練，從來沒把自己看做一個不同於別人的人，而且其餘三個選項文章中沒有涉及，所以正確選項是B。
考點：考查人物類短文閱讀。
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