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  • 1. (2018高一上·佛山期末) 阅读理解

        Maybe you've heard about the saying, “A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high. I'm sure that T. J. Ware was made to feel this way almost every day in school.

        By high school, T. J. was the most famous troublemaker in his town. He got into lots of fights. He failed almost every exam but was passed on each year to a higher grade level. Teachers didn't want to have him again the following year.

        When I showed up to lead the first training for a leadership retreat, a program designed to have students become more involved in their communities, the community leaders told me about T. J. Ware, the boy with the longest arrest record in the history of town. Somehow, I knew that I wasn't the first to hear about T. J.'s darker side as the first words of introduction.

        At the start of the retreat, T. J, didn't readily join the discussion groups and didn't seem to have much to say. But when his group started a discussion about positive and negative things that had happened at school that year, he joined in and had clear thoughts on those situations, and the other students in his group welcomed his comments. Suddenly, T. J. felt like a part of the group, anti soon he was treated like a leader. He was saying things that made a lot of sense, and everyone was listening. By the end of the retreat he had joined the Homeless Project team. He knew something about poverty, hunger and hopelessness. The other students on the team were impressed (打动) with his ideas and love for the homeless. They elected T. J. vice-chairman of the team.

        Two weeks later, the Homeless Project team organized a communitywide service project—a giant food drive. Seventy students led by T. J. collected a school record: 2,854 cans of food in just two hours, enough to take care of poor families in the area for 75 days. The local newspaper covered the event with a full-page article the next day. T. J.'s picture was up there for doing something great.

        T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. But once it has healed, it can fly higher than the rest.

    1. (1) Which is the best title for the passage?
      A . Love Leads to Success B . Love Changes Everything C . A Bird with Broken Wing. D . A Broken Wing Mended
    2. (2) What can be learned about T. J. before the author met him?
      A . He didn't have a good teacher. B . He was feeling hurt every day. C . He would graduate the next year. D . He was not welcome in the school.
    3. (3) What is the turning point for T.J. Ware's change?
      A . The leadership retreat. B . The group discussion. C . The communitywide service project. D . The school record in the food drive.
    4. (4) T. J. was treated like a leader by the group members because ________.
      A . his words was meaningful B . he was part of the group C . he joined the leadership retreat D . his deeds were famous at school
    5. (5) This article is probably taken from a book about ________.
      A . life on campus B . cultural discoveries C . encouraging stories D . training programs

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