Zoe Wood recently hit her first homerun(全垒打) not once but twice in the same game. This girl can catch, hit, and play the field. She’s so good, and people don’t even notice the things that make her different from her other teammates.

For one thing, Zoe is the only girl on her team. Another fact that sets her apart is her limb(肢) difference. She was born without all of the fingers on her left hand.

Zoe started playing baseball at a very young age, and her hand never caused any problems. She learned to accommodate her difference early on, holding the glove in a way that gives her control of the ball even without the use of fingers.

“We just treated her like everyone else. We never let her difference get in her way at all. Zoe has accommodated to baseball playing,” said her father, Jeff.

Zoe says she runs into kids who are curious about her hand, but she simply tells them she was born with the difference. Once they see what she can do on the field, they quickly see her as the strong, talented player. In fact, it’s her gender(性别) that surprises people more than her limb difference.

“I think they’re surprised that I’m playing,” she said. “No one else is really playing as a girl.”

Zoe tells us there’s nothing we can’t do, even if the equipment(装备) we were born with doesn’t look exactly like everyone else’s. We can’t wait to support her when she achieves her dream of being the first woman to play for the major leagues!

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1.What made Zoe different in her team?

A Her two hands.

B Her young age.

C Her being sick.

D Her being a girl.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据首两段可知，她的性别和她的肢体差异让她与众不同，因为她是队里唯一的女生，并且她左手没有手指。故选D。

2.What does the underlined word “accommodate” mean?

A Pay attention to.

B Take notice of.

C Make clear.

D Deal with.

解析：选D。D词义猜测题。根据划线部分下文“holding the glove in a way that gives her control of the ball even without the use of fingers”可知她在练习不用手指就可以控制球，由此可知她很早就在学着处理/适应她的不同。故选D。

3.What can we infer from Jeff’s words?

A He was proud of Zoe.

B He was sick of Zoe.

C He gave up sadly.

D He supported Zoe.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第四段“We just treated her like everyone else. We never let her difference get in her way at all.”可知，Zoe的父亲像对待其他人一样对待他的女儿，从来没有让她的不同影响到她。由此可知他是很支持她的。故选D。

4.What’s Zoe’s dream?

A To make a lot of money.

B To encourage girls to play baseball.

C To play for the major leagues.

D To write a book about baseball.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据文章最后一句中“We can’t wait to support her when she achieves her dream of being the first woman to play for the major leagues!”可知，她的梦想是成为第一位进入职业总会的女性。故选C。

5.What can be learned from the passage?

A Where there is a will, there is a way.

B It is never too old to learn.

C A wise head makes a close mouth.

D No one is born wise or learned.

解析：选A。A主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知，Zoe克服天生左手没有手指的肢体缺陷，像正常人一样打棒球；另外，根据最后一段第三句中的“there’s nothing we can’t do, even if the equipment we were born with doesn’t look exactly like everyone else’s.”可知，没有什么能够阻挡我们实现梦想，只要有梦想并且肯为此付出努力，没有什么实现不了的，因此“有志者，事竟成”最符合。故选A。