课时作业(15) 选择性必修第一册 Unit 3 The art of painting（Word练习）-【优化指导】2024高考英语一轮复习高中总复习·第1轮（译林版 新教材 新高考）

课时作业(十五)　Unit 3　The art of painting 一、阅读理解 (2022·华中师范大学第一附属中学高考考前测试卷)24 years ago Jim Ritter was a typical, active high school student. At age sixteen his life changed forever, when Jim was working at his father’s logging business in the small town of Montesano, Washington. One Friday, his dad woke him at 4：30 am to work. Having finished the morning work, Jim crawled into the grapple(吊车) for an after­lunch nap. It was then that Jim’s father started the engines, not realizing that his son lay inside, asleep. “Oh！” Jim’s father cried out. “I broke his neck！” Immediately, Jim’s dad called for help on the C．B radio. A logging company helicopter heard the call for help and picked Jim up, taking him to the hospital in Olympia, sixty­five miles away. It was truly a miracle! His father’s logging business was in the middle of nowhere, and helicopters hardly ever flew around there. After surgery, Jim was left paralyzed from the neck down. Nine weeks later, he was moved to an orthopedic (矫形的) hospital in Seattle where he became an inspiration to the nurses and other patients with his optimism and good sense of humor. One day a volunteer came by Jim’s room and asked if he would like to try painting pictures. “I can’t，” Jim told her. “I’m paralyzed.” However, having been shown a video in which a paralyzed girl was drawing by holding a pen between her teeth, Jim decided to give it a try: If that girl could do it, so could he! It was awkward and difficult at first. Jim practiced day after day, and gradually his drawings turned from amateur sketches into beautiful scenes. Prior to the accident, Jim had never drawn. Today, Jim lets nothing stand in his way. He is able to support himself by holding art shows throughout the country. How easy it is to justify giving up on our dreams with a ready excuse. “It’s too difficult.” “I’m not that smart.” “I don’t have time.” Jim Ritter is living proof that no excuse is good enough. 1．What do we know about Jim on that particular Friday when h