高一上学期英语期末试卷汇编：阅读理解.docx

PAGE 17 浙江省嘉兴市 2019-2022三年高一上学期英语期末试卷汇编 阅读理解 浙江省嘉兴市2021-2022学年高一上学期期末检测英语试卷 第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A When our second child was born, Jim and I thought she was perfect, but the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward. “Left uncorrected, it would be a problem,” he told us. We determined to do anything we could to help our baby. When only two weeks old, I brought her back to the doctor, just as he had directed, and the doctor put her tiny feet into casts (矫正器), her precious baby toes just barely visible. Because she was growing, I had to take her back to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast. Finally, the casting was finished and it was time for corrective shoes. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she struggled to walk. Those first, awkward steps made us so proud. By the time she entered preschool, her steps appeared quite normal. Encouraged by her progress, we looked for something else to help strengthen her lower body. When she turned six, we signed her up for skating lessons and soon she was sliding like a swan. We watched in amazement as she skated on the ice. She wasnt a perfect skater and she had to work hard at every new movement, but she loved the ice and her hard work paid off. At fifteen, she competed in both pairs-skating and the ladies singles at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Australia, winning both events! At the senior World Championships in 1991, she won the ladies singles. Then we found ourselves filled with love and admiration in France, at the 1992 Winter Olympics, as our daughter, Kristi Yamaguchi, won the gold medal. We were proud of Kristi, respecting her strength and hard work, and how far she had come on two tiny feet that had once been in heavy casts. In our eyes, Kristi had always walked with the grace of a true champion. 1. What do we know about Kristi before she turned six? A. She still walked awkwardly when she entered preschool. B. She was not like