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陕州区一高2015-2016学年下期高二阶段性考试 英 语 试 卷 第一部分：听力（略） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Twelve years ago，Rachel Miller was lost when it came to her son John．The 7-year-old was seriously disabled because of his autism(自闭症)．Unable to speak，he withdrew from people at school and，worse still，from his family． In March 2003，Miller was introduced to Jeff Hancock，a one-on-one therapist(治疗师)for people with autism．Hancock was hired to be John’s companion．The two would go people-watching at the mall in Stuart，Florida, on the weekends．Hancock chatted throughout their trips，even though John couldn’t talk back． Their relationship developed when Hancock introduced John to the Special Olympics in Martin County．Whenever John was running or being active，he was smiling．When John turned 12，Hancock introduced him to track at the Special Olympics．For the first three years，the pair just observed the sport by watching practices and events．Hancock worked daily with John，showing him everything，including where to sit，stand and walk，so he would understand the flow of the events． In May 2014，John’s training brought him to the Special Olympics State Summer Games in Orlando．The 18-year-old was competing in the 800 meters and the 110-meter hurdles．[来源:学#科#网] As the 800 was setting up，Miller remembered，she pressed her face against the fence，anxiously waiting for John to compete．But as soon as the race started，her fears melted away, and all Miller saw was an athlete，her athlete．“I just wanted to see the best performance．It seemed much more significant than whether he would ever speak or respond to me，”she said． John ended up winning the gold medal for the 800．Sports completely changed John，and Miller said that is because of Hancock．“A person with a disability can feel hopeless and isolated(孤独的)，and I think that can happen to parents，too．Jeff probably saw that with us，”Miller said，thinking back to when Hancock first met their family