Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.
Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?
Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙残疾的﹚。I have no arms and only one leg.
Reporter:Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?
Mr Shum:Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet.No,I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.
Reporter:I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disablbed person, but can we talk first about your handicap?
Mr Shum:Well,in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”?
I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped”means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.
Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?
Mr Shum:No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old.After that I became depressed﹙沮丧﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.
小题1:Mr Shum is a painter who has no ____.
A．mouth
B．teeth
C．feet
D．arms小题2:Mr Shum thinks himself first as ____.
A．a person
B．a painter
C．a hit
D．a star小题3:He doesn’t like the word“handicapped”because it suggests ______.
A．he can do anything
B．there are some things he can’t do
C．there are somethings he can do very well
D．he doesn’t want others to look him down小题4:What does the underlined word“firmly”in this passage mean?
A．紧紧地
B．随意地
C．缓缓地
D．轻轻地小题5:What can we learn from Mr Shum’s story?
A．Comfort in living by painting
B．Pleasure of living with a brave mother
C．Help gives people happiness.
D．What really matters is how you face it.
