文章大意：本文是记叙文。作者出生时就缺少左胳膊，在父母的照顾下，作者学会用单手做很多事情，但是有一次，公交车上的一个孩子一直盯着作者看，这让作者感到自卑，多年来一直将自己的手藏起来。后来作者加入幸运鳍计划，遇到了一群四肢不同的人，作者意识到自己没必要在躲藏，于是开始学会欣赏这个世界，学会爱自己。
2 . My birth was a little more dramatic than the standard. Within minutes of coming out, I was taken away into another room while doctors gave my parents the difficult news: I was born missing my left hand. I’m sure it was quite shocking for them.
Indeed, that announcement of my limb (肢体) difference might have been a disaster if it hadn’t been for what happened next. I’m told that a nurse wrapped me up, took me back into the room, placed me in my mother’s arms and instructed. “You will take her home. You will raise her like you would any baby girl.”
My parents took that instruction seriously. I played sports, acted in theater, excelled in school, participated in student government and had playdates with friends. As kids do, I quickly learned to adapt, working around the missing hand. One of my earliest memories is my father trying to teach me to tie my shoes. His two-handed method wouldn’t work for me, so I figured out a way to do it with one hand.
However, that fact that I was different hit me hard when was 13, an age of great self-conscious and the need to fit in. I remember getting on the school bus and one of the kids stared just a little too long at my left arm. The staring unnerved me in a way it never had before, and I felt a sudden urge to hide my hand, so I quickly slipped it into my pocket. I told myself that I’d just hide it that one day, while I was trying to make friends. But one day of hiding turned into a week, which turned into a month, which became years.
After a two-decade struggle, I accidentally joined the Lucky Fin Project, where I met a group of people with limb difference. Among them, I felt no need to hide anymore. When I wasn’t so focused on hiding myself, I was able to look around, learning to appreciate the world and love myself.
1. What prevented the author’s limb difference from becoming a disaster?
| A．The life lessons her teachers gave her. |
| B．The determination of the author herself. |
| C．The talents she showed in school activities. |
| D．The nurse’s instruction after her birth in hospital. |
2. Why does the author mention learning to tie shoes in Paragraph 3?
| A．To memorize the love and care from her father. |
| B．To recall a beautiful childhood memory. |
| C．To show her adaptability to daily tasks. |
| D．To introduce an academic success. |
3. What led to the author’s hiding of her hand for years?
| A．The self-consciousness of her disability. |
| B．The stare from a kid on the school bus. |
| C．The experiences of being ignored. |
| D．The desire to please her friends. |
4. What can be a suitable title for this passage?
| A．Time Waits for No One. | B．There’s Nothing to Hide. |
| C．One Hand Equals Two. | D．It’s All About Family. |
