2017---2018学年高一第一学期期末测试题

高一英语(考试时间100分钟) 命题人：成璇

第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分60分)

第一节(共15小题, 每小题3分,满分45分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上相应位置将该项涂黑。

　　At thirteen, I was diagnosed（诊断）with a kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.

　　In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, "Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it."

　　She glanced down at me through her glasses, "you are not different from your classmates, young man."

　　I tried, but I didn't finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.

　　In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education. But Louis didn't give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots（点）, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

　　Wasn't I the "blind" in my class, being made to learn like the "sighted" students? My thoughts spilled out(溢出) and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was not different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?

　　I didn't expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day--- with an "A" on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words:"See what you can do when you keep trying?"

1. The author didn' t finish the reading in class because________.