广东省汕尾市梅陇中学2010届高三摸底考试
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内容提要：广东省汕尾市梅陇中学2010届高三摸底考试 Greatness is all around us. It’s easy to be great because great people will help you. What is 21 about all the conventions I go to is that the greatest in the business will come and 22 their ideas with everyone. I have seen the greatest salesmen open up and 23 young salesmen exactly how they did it. They don’t 24 . I have also found it true in the world of 25 .
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Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had-_not legs but stumps（残肢）that could be fitted with a kind of special boots. People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him Ape Man’（猿人）because his arms practically dragged 0n the ground.
Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer He would soon have to use a wheel chair.
Hank felt himself got cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs（假腿）. Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror. For the first time he saw himself as he had always wanted to be———a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.
Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.
When World War II came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. he marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was. legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.
46. Children laughed at Hank and called him‘Ape Man’because .
A. he didn’t talk to them B. he kept away from them
C. his arms touched the ground when he moved D. he couldn’t use his arms
47. It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is .
A. an average height for a fully grown person B. too tall for an average person
C. too short for an average person D. none of the above
48. The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross .
A. was only glad to give him a job B. gave him a job because he was a good soldier
C. gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organization
D. was not willing to give him a job at first
49. When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he .
A. did everything the other soldiers did B. did most of the things the other soldiers did
C. did some of the things the other soldiers did D. took some special training
50. The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi .
A. had no friends B. never saw himself as different from others
C. was very shy D. was too proud to accept help from others