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I stood outside New York's Madison Square Garden and just stared, almost speechless. I was a farm boy from County Kilkenny, a child who some thought would never walk, let alone go as far as I had in the world.
From the day I was born, there was a problem. The doctors at the Dublin hospital told my parents I had phocomelia, a deformity that affected both legs below the knee, which were outward and shorter than normal and each foot had just three toes.
Life was tough. I couldn't stand, much less walk. I rarely, left the farmhouse---and then only in someone's arms. Mam bundled me up whenever she took me to town, no matter the season.
“The world will see him when he can walk,” she told Dad. “And he will walk.”
Mam devoted herself to helping me. She tried everything to get me on my feet. When I was three, she and Dad took me to a clinic in Dublin.
A few weeks later we returned to Dublin with my artificial limbs (肢). Back home I practiced walking with my new limbs.
“There's nothing anyone can do but you can't,” Mam said. “You and I are going to walk through town.”
The next day Mam dressed me in my finest clothes. She wore a summer dress and fixed her hair and makeup. Dad drove us to the church. We stepped out of the car. Mam took my hand. “Hold your head up high, now, Ronan,” she said.
We walked 300 meters to the post office. It was the farthest I'd walked, and I was sweating from the effort. Then we left the post office and continued down the street, Mam's eyes shining with a mother's pride.
That night, back on our farm, I lay exhausted on my bed. It meant nothing, though, compared to what I'd done on my walk.
Then I began to pursue my dream of singing. And at every step Mam's words came back to me—Ronan, you can do anything anyone else can do—and the faith she had in God, who would help me do it.
I've sung from the grandest stages in Europe, to music played by the world's finest musicians. That night, I stood at the Madison Square Garden, with Mam's words chiming in my ears. Then I began singing. I couldn't feel the pulse of the music in my feet, but I felt it deep in my heart, the same place where Mam's promise lived.
【小題1】What was the problem with the author as a baby?

A．He was expected unable to walk.

B．He was born outward in character.

C．He had a problem with listening.

D．He was shorter than a normal baby.

【小題2】The underlined word “deformity” in the second paragraph most probably means _______.

A．shortcoming

B．disadvantage

C．disability

D．delay

【小題3】Why did Mam dress him and herself in finest clothes?

A．To hide their depressed feeling.

B．To indicate it an unusual day.

C．To show off their clothes.

D．To celebrate his successful operation.

【小題4】From the story we may conclude that his mother was _______.

A．determined

B．stubborn

C．generous

D．distinguished

【小題5】According to the writer, what mattered most in his success?

A．His consistent effort.	B．His talent for music.
C．His countless failures.	D．His mother's promise.

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：文章介紹了一位偉大的母親鼓勵自己殘疾的兒子追求人生夢想的故事。
【小題1】A 細節題。根據第二段第二行a deformity that affected both legs below the knee,說明我出生的時候腿有問題，不能行走，故A正確。
【小題2】C 猜測詞義題。根據下文的a deformity that affected both legs below the knee, which were outward and shorter than normal and each foot had just three toes.說明我出生的時候腿部有殘疾，故C正確。
【小題3】B 推理題。根據第八段  The next day Mam dressed me in my finest clothes. She wore a summer dress and fixed her hair and makeup.爸爸媽媽和我都穿著很正式，說明對我們來說這是特殊的一天，是我人生中第一次靠自己直立行走的一天。故B正確。
【小題4】A 推理題。從文章所述，媽媽一直在鼓勵著我，認為我能夠做到別人做到的任何事情，說明媽媽是一個意志堅定的人，故A正確。
【小題5】D 推理題。通過全文可知在我的成長過程中，始終都有媽媽的鼓勵，要是沒有媽媽的鼓勵就沒有我成功的人生。故D正確。
考點：考查人生百味類短文閱讀
點評：本文講述了一位母親鼓勵自己殘疾的兒子追求人生夢想的故事，有很強的思想性，早此類文章的閱讀中要關注細節，提高推理能力。