A broad smile spreads across the faces of Martyn Sibley and Srin Madipalli when asked where they were when they decided to launch an online lifestyle magazine for disabled people.“On the beach.”they reply.“We’ve both travelled a lot but we wanted a real adventure,”Sibley says of the California road trip during which Disability Horizons was conceived(設(shè)想).

Sibley,whose professional background is in marketing,has been writing his own blog since 2009“about what I got up to,everyday stuff about living with disability”,he says.He describes how while“wandering on the beach together”Madipalli suggested branching out beyond a oneperson blog.

Why did they want to create a“l(fā)ifestyle”magazine for the disabled people?The pair,both in their 20s,say they wanted to produce something“positive and inspiring”that would tell about the lives of disabled people as they actually were.They were especially eager to produce something that showed young disabled people“what it was possible to do with their lives”,says Sibley.

In less than a year,Disability Horizons has had more than 50 regular contributors and attracted a reader base of more than 20,000 people,more than a third of whom are in the US.

Sibley and Madipalli have a genetic disease that causes progressive muscle wasting and loss of movement.They are wheelchair users and have been good friends since growing up in London and Cambridge.Listening to them joke,it makes perfect sense that their shared optimistic outlook has spilled over into the magazine.The site covers topics ranging from books and travel to clubbing and photography.“It’s definitely a mix.”Madipalli says.

1.What has Sibley been writing about in his own blog?

A.His love for travelling.

B.His attitude toward life.

C.His suffering from a disease.

D.His everyday life with disability.

2.For what purpose was Disability Horizons created?

A.To collect money for the disabled.

B.To help the disabled to make friends.

C.To organize the disabled to travel around.

D.To let people know the real life of the disabled.

3.The fourth paragraph is written to tell us that Disability Horizons__________________.

A.became popular very soon

B.was complex in marketing

C.became a failure in the US

D.was not well received at first

4.Which of the following best describes Sibley and Madipalli?

A.Kind and generous.

B.Creative and humorous.

C.Disabled but optimistic.

D.Adventurous but rude.

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇記敘文,Sibley和 Madipalli是兩個殘疾人,但他們身殘志不殘,積極樂觀向上。他們寫博客描述殘疾人的真實充滿正能量的生活,他們創(chuàng)辦了《殘疾的視野》雜志,該雜志很快就受到人們的歡迎,并鼓舞了很多殘疾人。

1.第二段第一行Sibley,whose professional background is in marketing,has been writing his own blog since 2009“about what I got up to,everyday stuff about living with disability”,he says.可知Sibley在他的博客里寫的是關(guān)于他的作為殘疾人的日常生活,故選D。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段描述可知Martyn Sibley and Srin Madipalli創(chuàng)辦《殘疾的視野》目的是想讓人們了解殘疾人真正的生活。故選D。

3. 判斷推理題。文章第四段說在不到一年的時間,《殘疾的視野》就有50多個定期貢獻者和吸引讀者20000多人,由此可以判斷《殘疾的視野》很快就受到人們的歡迎。故選A。

4.C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段第一二行Sibley and Madipalli have a genetic disease that causes progressive muscle wasting and loss of movement.They are wheelchair users and have been good friends since growing up in London and Cambridge.描述可知Sibley和 Madipalli是殘疾人,根據(jù)第三行Listening to them joke,it makes perfect sense that their shared optimistic outlook has spilled over into the magazine.描述聽他們笑話,意義非凡,他們共同的樂觀前景已經(jīng)波及到該雜志。由此可知Sibley和 Madipalli是積極樂觀的,所以可以用殘疾但很積極樂觀來描述他們,故選C。

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