Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.
Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?
Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙殘疾的﹚。I have no arms and only one leg.
Reporter:Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?
Mr Shum:Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet.No,I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it
firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.
Reporter:I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disablbed person, but can we talk first about your handicap?
Mr Shum:Well,in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”?
I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped”means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.
Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?
Mr Shum:No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old.After that I became depressed﹙沮喪﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.
小題1:Mr Shum is a painter who has no ____.
| A．mouth | B．teeth | C．feet | D．a(chǎn)rms |
小題2:Mr Shum thinks himself first as ____.
| A．a(chǎn) person | B．a(chǎn) painter | C．a(chǎn) hit | D．a(chǎn) star |
小題3:He doesn’t like the word“handicapped”because it suggests ______.
| A．he can do anything |
| B．there are some things he can’t do |
| C．there are somethings he can do very well |
| D．he doesn’t want others to look him down |
小題4:What does the underlined word“firmly”in this passage mean?
小題5:What can we learn from Mr Shum’s story?
| A．Comfort in living by painting |
| B．Pleasure of living with a brave mother |
| C．Help gives people happiness. |
| D．What really matters is how you face it. |
