02 单元检测卷(二) Unit 2 Making a difference (A)-【学习帮】2022-2023学年高中新教材英语必修第三册夺冠金考卷(外研版)

第 14 页 Unit 2 Making a difference (A) (时间:100分钟 满分:120分) 题序 一 二 总分 得分 第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 A Mary Verdi-Fletcher was born with spina bifida(脊柱裂), a disease that causes weakness in the legs and spine. Undiscouraged, she was not about to be told what she could or could not do. She believes that someone who is an artist is an artist from the day he or she was born. She dreamed of dancing and was determined to make her dream a reality. While stil young, Verdi-Fletcher—dancing in her wheelchair—entered a dance competition with a friend. They won first prize. She entered and won more competitions, refusing to listen to people who said to her “You can􀆳t dance if you􀆳re in a wheelchair” or “Dancing in a chair is not realy dancing”. However, Verdi-Fletcher was not satisfied with personal success alone. She wanted to make dance available to others with disabilities. In 1980, she founded a dance company caled “Dancing Wheels”. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Dancing Wheels performs al over the world. In productions like The Snowman, sit-down dancers perform with stand-up dancers. Modern lighting designs, fantastic sets(布 景) and props(道 具), wonderful music,and festive(喜 庆 的) costuming draw audience members into fairy tales and other stories. In one show, a young stand-up dancer named Devin played The Brother Who Cannot See while a young sit-down dancer named Jenny performed the role of The Sister Who Cannot Walk. It was a lovely way to express a theme Verdi-Fletcher has r