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(2023·潮州二模)Sports are important in my family. Both of my sons were high-school __1__. So I shouldn't have been __2__ when Lauren announced she was going out for the girls' basketball team. But I was because she has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症).
My wife and I never told Lauren that she was __3__. We treated her like our other children. We didn't want her to feel disabled.
I discussed Lauren's __4__ with my wife that evening. She thought Lauren would make the team and that she was right. Lauren did __5__ it because not all the girls wanted to play.
The season's first basketball game __6__. It kicked off to a good start, but soon Verden, Lauren's team, was behind. Lauren __7__ followed the movement on the court and reacted to every __8__. Even though Lauren wasn't playing, she looked as if she were having the time of her life. I felt __9__ for my daughter.
Just less than two minutes were left, and Verden was down by seventeen points when Lauren was called in for the game. Lauren __10__ the others fairly well. Then they passed Lauren the ball. She __11__ it. She shot. She scored! A few minutes later, Lauren __12__ us in the stands. “Did you see? I scored! I made a __13__!”
For sixteen years, I'd tried hard to __14__ Lauren from feeling like she was different. But watching Lauren in the game, I saw that she really was different — not physically or emotionally, but __15__.
语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了虽然作者的女儿患有唐氏综合症,但是她仍然参加了女子篮球队,且还取得了不错的成绩。
1.A.athletes B.rescuers
C.reporters D.teachers
解析:选A 根据上文中的“Sports are important in my family”可知,作者的家庭很重视体育运动,家里的两个儿子都是体育运动员(athletes)。
2.A.depressed B.embarrassed
C.disappointed D.surprised
解析:选D 作者的家庭重视体育运动,所以当劳伦宣布她要参加女子篮球队时,作者觉得不应该感到惊讶(surprised)。
3.A.normal B.different
C.ordinary D.typical
解析:选B 根据上文“But I was because she has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症)”可知,她并没有被告诉和别人是不同的(different)。
4.A.arrangement B.preference
C.announcement D.proposal
解析:选C 根据上文“Lauren announced she was going out for the girls' basketball te