答案：　A

3．The underlined word "distraught" in the text probably means "________"．

A．cold­blooded　　　　　 B．bad­tempered

C．really shy D．extremely upset

解析：　词义猜测题。根据第七段可知，母亲一开始无法接受孩子残疾这个事实，直到四个月大，母亲才开始抱Nick。由此可见，母亲当时非常烦恼。故推测distraught意为"忧心如焚的，心烦意乱的"。

答案：　D

4．Which would be the best title for the passage?

A．How does Nick play sports?

B．Life without arms or legs

C．What to learn from Nick?

D．Nick and his parents

解析：　标题归纳题。B项概括的比较全面，而其他三项都只涉及其中的某一方面，不够全面，故选B项。

答案：　B

When Gina was about two，she hadn't started to speak. Her doctors did tests and decided that Gina had autism (孤独症)．Autism caused Gina to dislike making eye contact with others. She was afraid in public. Gina started therapies (治疗) right away. One was music therapy，which used songs to help her learn words. She began by humming (哼) pieces of music，and in time，she added the words to the songs. Gina's family was on_cloud_nine. Music had helped their daughter find her first words.

When she was about five，Gina had a CD of songs from a singer she really liked. She listened to it over and over. It felt really good to sing，and she got really good at it. One day，Gina saw someone singing at a basketball game on TV. Her mom told her that maybe she could do that one day，too. Gina liked that idea.

So when her mom found out that a major league baseball team was holding tryouts (预赛) for singers to perform at their games，Gina，who was six，decided to go for it. She did feel very nervous about singing in front of a lot of people she didn't know. But her whole family and many of her friends showed up to support her. After the tryout，she wasn't nervous any more.

Then the team picked her to perform at a game. She did it. Since that first game，Gina has given more than 100 public performances at ball games. As a young star，she shows people a few things about autism and how kids who have it can follow their dreams. Gina has just turned nine，and right now her dream is to be a singing teacher. As a singing teacher，she'd help kids who need help-those kids who are different，like her.

语篇解读　患孤独症的女孩Gina在音乐中找到了自己的位置，她也希望将来长大后能帮助像自己一样的孩子们。

5．What do the words "on cloud nine" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Frightened. B．Patient.

C．Very happy. D．Very angry.

解析：　词义猜测题。看到Gina能够唱出一些单词，她的父母应感到非常高兴