This is a story about a famous American woman. Her name is Helen Keller. When she was only nineteen months old, she got an illness. It made her blind(瞎的) and deaf(聋的). She couldn’t see or hear anything. So she couldn’t learn to speak. When she was six, a young teacher came and taught her to read and write. Her name was Ann Sullivan.
Later, when she was ten, Miss Sullivan took her to another teacher, Sarah Fuller. Sarah Fuller taught her to speak. Helen put her fingers(手指) on Miss Fuller’s face and into her mouth. In this way, she learned to speak. She went to school and became famous because she was one of the first blind and deaf persons to learn to speak. She began to write books and to help the blind in many parts of the world. Her hard work and her courage(勇气) made people in all countries love her.
1. How old was she when she was blind and deaf?相似题推荐
【推荐1】Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. His parents came from Japan. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. Often he worked from four o'clock in the morning until midnight. He slept in a room with 100 other men. Later in life, Yamasaki remembered these times and was always good to his workers.
Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work. Once he woke up at three o’clock in the morning. He remembered a building that was in his dream. He got up and started to draw. Yamasaki used a new design(设计) for the buildings. These buildings are now the Century Plaza Hotel, and Tower in Los Angeles, California.
Yamasaki was different from other architects. His buildings give people a feeling of peace（和平） and happiness. Many of his designs have pools of water, flowers, and windows on the roof to let in light. He always designed buildings to please people. He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.
Yamasaki worked for several companies. But his success began when he started his own company. In 1956, he won the Architect’s First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards (奖)over the next five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. It is very famous.
In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸弹爆炸) in the World Trade Center. But the buildings did not fall down because they had a good design.
Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings. They had to be built his way. He refused to change the design of his buildings, even if he lost a job.
Minoru Yamasaki died in 1986. He designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.
The title | A |
Be born | In |
In college | Studied architecture in college |
| Worked in a fish factory to pay for college | |
n a room with 100 other men and often stayed up very late until midnight | |
His design of buildings | Made people feel peaceful and |
| Had strong opinions about his buildings | |
| The World Trade Center didn’t fall down after a bomb explosion | |
Successful career(生涯) | Was not the same as other architects |
| Didn’t begin his successful career | |
| Won | |
Date of death | Died in 1986 |
As the powerful singing voice of 71-year-old Liu Aibang echoes (回荡) across the classroom, students control shadow puppets (皮影木偶) with thin straight pieces of wood, making them step onto the “stage”—a cloth screen provided with light from behind. Those sitting in front of the stage play music on drums, suona and other instruments.
This is a Daoqing Shadow Puppetry class at Longdong University. Besides Liu, the other performers of the show are all college students. Starting in the Han Dynasty, Daoqing Shadow Puppetry has been included in the national intangible cultural heritage list (非物质文化遗产名单) since 2006.
However, with technologies becoming more and more popular, many performers moved on to other jobs. Faced with the choice between protecting this art and making a good living, Liu chose to stay on.
One day in 2020, Liu got a phone call from Zhao Zhixue, the director of the music school at Longdong University. Zhao told him that the school planned to introduce Daoqing Shadow Puppetry into college classrooms. “We want to develop young students’ long-term interest in intangible cultural heritage,” said Zhao.
Excited by the news, Liu became a part-time teacher at the college. He came to school twice a week, teaching a two-hour class each time. Liu hopes to train more young people. “Just as true love is not a one-man show, the inheritance (传承) of cultural heritage needs efforts from both the old and the young,” Liu said.
1. The shadow puppetry’s music performers usually sit2. Daoqing Shadow Puppetry began
3. Many Daoqing Shadow Puppetry artists gave up their performances because
4. Who called and invited Liu to teach Daoging Shadow Puppetry at Longdong University?
5. What can you learn from this story?
【推荐3】Jackie Chan was born on April 7th, 1954, in Hong Kong. His parents left the mainland of China for Hong Kong a short time before he was born. His parents named him “Chang Kongsang”, which means “ born in Hong Kong”. They wanted to celebrate a safe trip to Hong Kong.
At first, Jackie’s family lived in the French Embassy (大使馆). His father was a cook, and his mother was a housekeeper. When Jackie was seven years old, his family moved to Australia. His father got a job in the American Embassy. Later, back in Hong Kong, Jackie’s father sent him to China Drama Academy (中国戏剧学院). Jackie studied and worked 19 hours a day. The students practiced Kungfu (功夫) and learned how to do many stunts (特技表演) there.
When Jackie was 17, he began to do dangerous stunts for films. In the early 1980s, Jackie went to Hollywood (好莱坞), but he wasn’t successful. He went on to make films in Hong Kong and achieved great success. Finally, in 1995, Jackie Chan became famous in the United States. Today, Jackie Chan has both Chinese and American fans (影迷), and his films make millions of dollars.
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。
1. 短文中画线部分的中文意思
2. What did Jackie Chan learn at China Drama Academy?
3. How successful is Jackie Chan now?
4. Jackie studied and worked 19 hours a day. (改为同义句)
It
5. 判断正（T）误（W）
After Jackie went to Hollywood, he was successful soon.
