高中英语第二阶段检测卷人教版选修6.pdfVIP

第二阶段检测卷 ( 测试时间： 120 分钟 评价分值： 120 分 ) 第一部分 阅读理解 ( 共两节，满分 40 分 ) 第一节 ( 共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分 ) 阅读下列短文，从小每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When four - year - old Finlay suffered a stroke as a baby and developed cerebral palsy ，a disease usually caused by brain damage ，doctors said hed have to stay in a wheelchair in his entire life.But amazingly ， he has managed to prove them all wrong with the help of a young duck. Finlays breakthrough came when his mother Becci ，29 ，took in a tiny yellow duck named Ming- Ming ，after a farmer friend told her it was going to be killed because of its injured leg. “When Ming - Ming lay down or sat down ，his leg was right up near his head and he was unable to walk ，” Becci explains. “I was trying to find a vet who knew about ducks.At first I didnt think hed make it — I felt very sorry. ”After an extensive search ， Becci found a suitable vet ，who fitted the young duck with a tiny splint( 夹 板 ) ．It began to move around the house as its leg strengthened. As the little duck made an amazing recovery ，something else like a miracle occurred.Young Finlay —whose condition affected his brains ability to send signals to his body －was so impressed by his new pets progress that he began copying his steps ，saying ，“I walk like the duck ，Mummy.” Becci was so overjoyed that she couldnt believe her eyes. “Finlay has been having physical therapy his whole life but he never really responded until we got the duckling ，”she says. “As soon as Ming - Ming began walking ，so did Finlay.I was full of pride. ” Now Finlay can walk five meters at a time wi