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(2020·沈阳市教学质量监测一)Since the age of three,Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer.That ambition nearly ended one night in 2010.Hill,then a 17yearold high school senior in Pacific Grove,California,was in a car accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down.For most people,that would have dashed any hope of a dancing career.For Hill,it was the beginning.“I wanted to prove to my community—and to myself—that I was still ‘normal’,” she told Teen Vogue.“Whatever ‘normal’ meant.”
“Normal” for her meant dancing,so Hill did it in her wheelchair right alongside her nondisabled high school dance team.“It definitely took a lot of learning and patience” Hill told Today.
After graduation,Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include women like her.She met people online who had suffered various injuries but shared her determination,and she invited them to dance with her.
Hoping to affect more people in a larger city,Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls Rollettes.“I want to break down the stereotype (模式化观念) of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance,whether you're walking or you're rolling,”she told CBS News.Dancing on wheels,Rollettes discovered,can be just as fastpaced,artful,and fulfilling as the footbased variety.They're having fun,and the fun is touching.
Hill has attained what many of us never will: her childhood dream.But Rollettes have helped her find something else just as fulfilling.Every year she holds a dance camp for wheelchair users of all ages and abilities with an eye to helping them find their inner Ginger Rogers or Julianne Hough.
The dancers aren't the only ones feeling inspired.One woman saw a video of the team competing and commented,“You guys are so awesome!!!! To be in a wheelchair and still be so beautiful makes me know I can be beautiful too! Thank you!”
【语篇解读】 Chelsie Hill从三岁起就梦想着成为一名舞蹈家,不幸的是,17岁那年的一场车祸导致她腰部以下都瘫痪了。但是Chelsie Hill并没有放弃自己的舞蹈梦想,她不仅坚持坐着轮椅练习舞蹈,而且成立了一个名为Rollettes的舞蹈队,以帮助身体残疾的女性继续跳舞。Chelsie Hill的精神不仅鼓舞了舞蹈队的队员而且也鼓舞了看她们参赛视频的人。
1.What can we learn about Chelsie Hill?
A.She was born with disability.
B.She experienced a car accident in 2014.
C.She had dreamed to be a dancer since childhood.
D.Her dancing career stopped when she was 17.
C [细节理解题。根据第一段第一句“Since the age of three,Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer”可知,从三岁起,Chelsie Hill就梦想成为一名舞蹈家,故选C。]
2.How did Chelsie Hill prove herself to be normal?
A.By graduating with honor.
B.By dancing in a wheelchair.
C.By refusing to use a wheelchair.
D.By starting a high school dance team.
B [细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“‘Normal’ for her meant dancing,so Hill did it in her wheelchair right alongside her nondisabled high school dance team”可知,Chelsie Hill想通过坐在轮椅上继续跳舞来证明自己是正常的,故B项正确。]
3.Why did Chelsie Hill start Rollettes?
A.To satisfy her own ambition.
B.To better understand achievements.
C.To achieve both success and fame.
D.To inspire more disabled women to dance.
D [推理判断题。根据第三段第一句中的“Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include women like her”和第四段第一句“Hoping to affect more people...she calls Rollettes”并结合下文内容可推知,Chelsie Hill组建Rollettes是为了激励更多像她一样身患残疾的女性去跳舞,故D项正确。]
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A.Chase Your Dreams—Even in a Wheelchair
B.Form a Dance Team—a Big Bonus
C.Become a Dancer—a Challenging Dream
D.Dance on Wheels—a New Trend
A [标题归纳题。本文讲述了Chelsie Hill从三岁起就梦想成为一名舞蹈家,不幸的是,17岁那年的一场车祸差点终结了她的舞蹈梦;但是Chelsie Hill坐着轮椅仍然勇敢地、坚持不懈地追逐自己的梦想。故A项最适合作本文的标题。]