C
The moment that Jiang Mengnan received the Touching China Award, she said she wanted to thank her parents most.
Born in 1992 in Hunan Province, Jiang’s world has been silent since she was 6 months old when a fever damaged her hearing. After that, Jiang’s parents began to teach her to lip-read (唇读). Jiang put her hands on the throats (喉咙) of her parents when they talked and felt the vibration (震动) to learn to speak. She also carefully looked at other people’s lips to know how to pronounce. Mastering a single word can take at least 1,000 tries for Jiang.
Through lip-reading and self-study, Jiang was able to keep up with learning and was admitted to Jilin University to study Pharmacy (药学) with a high score. In 2018, she started her PhD study at Tsinghua University.
Jiang’s story is a great victory over difficulties. More importantly, her story
encourages more disabled people to fight for success. Seeing her story, they’ll know they can do as well as, or even better than, people without disabilities. Just as the saying goes, “▲”
() 32. Jiang lost her hearing when she was .
A. born B. 6 months old
C. in primary school D. at university
() 33. What does the underlined word “damaged” probably mean?
A. Treated. B. Hurt. C. Fixed. D. Improved.
() 34. From the passage, we can know that Jiang’s parents .
A. were very patient and always supportive
B. gave up on teaching her to lip-read soon
C. didn’t care much about her education
D. expected her to be a famous scientist
() 35. Which of the following sayings is the most suitable for ▲?
A. A miss is as good as a mile.
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Practice makes perfect.
D. Every cloud has a silver lining.