Passage 8
At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a kind of attention disorder. It make school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.
In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.”
She glanced down at me through he glasses, “You are no different from your classmates, young man.”
I tried, but I didn't finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.
In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education. But Louis didn't give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn't I the “blind” in my class. Being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?
I didn't expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day——with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: “See what you can do when you keep trying?”
The author didn't finish the reading in class because（ ）.
细节题。根据第一段第一句中的“I was diagnosed (诊断) with a kind of attention disorder”及第二段中作者对 Smith 老师所说的“the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.”可知，作者没有按时完成阅读任务是因为他患有注意力障碍。这样 C 项符合。A 项指的是他对于这个班级来说是新人。B 项指的是他很厌倦文学。D 项指的是他想把任务带回家做。因此答案选 C 项。
What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage?（ ）
细节题。根据第五段最后一句“he invented a reading system of raised dots” 可以知道, Louis Braille 发明了凸字阅读法。即盲文，这是一项伟大的发明。所以 B 项符合。 A 项强调的是有好视力。C 项想到的是放弃阅读。D 项强调的是从学校学到了很多。因此答 案选 B 项。
What was Mrs.Smith's attitude to the author at the end of the story?（ ）
推断根据最后一段 Smith 老师给予作者 A 等成绩及对作者所说的“See what you can do when you keep trying?”可以推知，老师对作者的态度是鼓励的。A 项是生气。B 项是不耐心。C 项是同情的。因此选 D 项。
What is the main idea of the passage?（ ）
主旨大意。纵观全文可知，注意障碍给作者的课堂学习带来了困难和压力， 但是他并没有放弃，而是通过自己的努力和思考，最终赢得了好成绩和老师的鼓励。C 项符 合文章大意。A 项指的是残疾人应该被尊重，文段并没有说不尊重的问题。B 项指的是老师 为学生打开了新的视野。D 项指的是每个人在面对挑战的时候需要别人的帮助。根据文段的 大意，ABD 三项均不符题意，因此选 C 项。