卷04阅读理解+完形填空+语法填空1-【小题素养卷】冲刺2023年高考英语小题限时集训

小题素养卷——培素养，稳实力 【小题素养卷】冲刺2023年江苏高考英语小题限时集训 卷04阅读理解+完形填空+语法填空1（4） 难度：★★★★☆ 建议用时： 35分钟 正确率 ： /11 得分 ： 错题分析： I. 阅读理解（每小题2.5分，共20分） A 【江苏省南京市第三高级中学2022-2023学年高三上期期末英语达标训练】 Tod Morgan was born blind, mentally challenged, and autistic. So he couldn't see, he could not learn like other children, and he didn't interact with people very much. He did not seem to have much of a chance. Then, when he was two years old, he began to play little songs on his tiny toy piano. He could play perfectly some of the children's tunes he had heard. Today, Tod works as a professional pianist. He plays jazz, Broadway songs, and classical pieces. After hearing a tune, he can imitate it almost perfectly the first time he plays it. He doesn't only imitate; Tod is creative too. He can change a classical piece to a jazz, a jazz to a polka, and a polka to a waltz. In addition to the p1ano, Tod plays 13 other instruments and also sings. Tod's list of musical heroes includes Louis Armstrong, Mozart, and Beethoven. How can this be? How can such a severely challenged person be so musically talented? Tod has what is called “savant syndrome'' — a condition in which a mentally challenged person has a tightly developed talent of a specific kind. Savant syndrome is a mystery to medical researchers. One person who is studying savant syndrome is Dr. David Brighton. He says that he has never seen a musical savant like Tod. Most musical savants are limited to simply repeating tunes they hear. Dr. Brighton points out that Tod's ability to come up with his own tunes is a giant step beyond memorization. As for Tod, after studying jazz piano at the Music School at Rivers in Massachusetts, he attended and graduated from the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston. Tod is encouraged by his parents as he performs all over the world, appearing on TV and radio shows. 1．What does the author mean by saying that Tod “did not seem to have much of a chance"? A．Tod was not l