阅读理解热点话题综合练习03-备战2023年中考英语阅读理解热点话题分类训练（中考真题+名校最新模拟题）

阅读理解热点话题综合练习03 （2023·广东中山·统考一模）In 2014, a 23-year-old young man named Zhou Wei drew a lot of attention across China with his excellent performance in arithmetic (算术) on the Chinese game show The Brain. The game show aims to find the smartest person in China. Zhou Wei was able to exactly calculate the fourteenth root of a 16-digit (数位) number within one minute on his own during the show. Even an ordinary calculator could not get the result of such difficult maths. Zhou Wei shocked the audience not only because he has special calculating skill, but also because he was cerebral palsy (脑瘫) when he was six months old. People are now calling him the “Chinese Rain Man”. However, some people didn’t believe him. They believed that Zhou Wei had already memorized the answer to the math problem before the show aired. As the doubts and admiration for Zhou Wei spread around China, people paid more attention to his family and his disability. According to Zhou’s mom, like most disabled children in rural areas in China, Zhou Wei had a difficult childhood because of his disease. Schools refused him. Zhou’s family is running a small supermarket now. Zhou can get the sum of money for the goods their customers buy. Right now, as the most famous person in his hometown, the local government decides to help his family and him after hearing about Zhou’s talent. 1．Zhou Wei was born in ________ according to the passage. A．1991 B．1992 C．2000 D．2001 2．The aim of The Brain is to find ________. A．some disabled children B．the most famous people C．the smartest person D．people with math talents 3．The underlined word “admiration” means “________” in Chinese. A．憎恶 B．羡慕 C．理解 D．嫉妒 4．From the passage we know that ________. A．Zhou Wei got a good education B．Zhou Wei didn’t like school C．Zhou Wei had a rich family D．Zhou Wei had a talent for math 5．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A．Zhou Wei became cerebral palsy when he was born. B．Zhou Wei can easily get the result of a diff