In 1883. John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However, bridge building experts throughout the world thought this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea, but Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.
The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move.
"We told them so." "Crazy men and their crazy dreams.'' "It's foolish to chase wild visions." Evcryone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap, Washington was never discouraged.
One day he was lying on his bed in hospital, seeing the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment with the sunlight streaming through the windows, and a gentle breeze bowing the  flimsy white curtains apart when an idea hit him. He decided to make the best use of the only finger  he could move. Thus, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.
He touched his wife's arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.
For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife's arm until the bridge was finally completed.
小題1:Which of the following is true of Washington and his father?
A．They are hardworking and courageous.
B．They are stubborn and bold.
C．They are creative and persistent.
D．They are curious and modest.
小題2: In the third paragraph, the underlined phrase''wild vision" refers to______.
A．the tragic accidentB．the building of the bridge
C．the brain damageD．the discussion and persuasion
小題3: What can we learn about Washington's wife?
A．She could understand Washington and helped him a lot.
B．She cnuldn't understand him but took good care of him.
C．She didn't like Washington's idea about building the bridge.
D．She took the responsibility to continue building the bridge.
小題4:From the passage, we know that_______when Roebling proposed building the bridge.
A．people all over America supported him
B．a(chǎn)lmost no bridge experts in the world supported him
C．his friends were strongly in favor of his idea
D．many people considered it would be a great fe
小題5: The passage suggests that______.
A．NO pains, no gains.
B．Many hands make light work.
C．A lighted heart is a good medicine.
D．Passion creates wonder.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：文章主要講述了Washington，滿懷激情，子承父志——建一座連接紐約和長島的壯觀的橋，克服嚴重的身體殘疾,實現(xiàn)看似不可能的目標，說明激情可以創(chuàng)造奇跡。
小題1:縱觀全文，Roebling和 Washington堅持看似不可能的建橋的夢想，Roebling甚至為此獻出了生命，而Washington克服嚴重的身體殘疾,最終實現(xiàn)看似不可能的目標，因此說明兩父子具有創(chuàng)造力和堅持的品質(zhì)。
小題2:文章第一段John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island可以看出那個狂野的夢想就是建一座連接紐約和長島的壯觀的橋，故選B
小題3:從文章倒數(shù)第一段和倒數(shù)第二段的描述可以看出Washington的妻子能夠理解他的特殊交流方式并且給了他很大的幫助。
小題4:A 從第一段第2 行bridge building experts throughout the world thought this was an impossible feat可知正確答案為B
小題5:縱觀全文，文章主要講述了Washington，滿懷激情，子承父志，克服嚴重的身體殘疾,實現(xiàn)看似不可能的目標，說明激情可以創(chuàng)造奇跡。故選擇答案D
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