赵媛：禁锢于轮椅 助残“脚步”不停

Zhao Yuan is 50, and she was born in the Jianghua Yao autonomous county in Hunan province. She sells agricultural product on the Internet.

Before suffering from arthritis(关节炎), Zhao was a dance teacher. Arthritis is a condition that causes permanent damage to the joints, especially the fingers, wrists, feet and ankles. Finally she had to give up teaching and started to make a living in business.

She opened a hotel in her hometown and used some of the money she made to help pay for the school and college fees of 13 poor students. In 2017, she set up an offline sales platform called Sanhao Xiansheng which mainly sold goods produced by her disabled friends. Due to COVID-19, however, Sanhao Xiansheng didn’t make money, so Zhao turned to online sales instead. She became a livestream(直播) host on social media platforms, promoting goods like brown sugar, sweet potato flour and honey that her friends made, by telling stories about them.

Zhao said that she always checks the quality of the products herself before promoting them. “Before selling anything, I inspect the products. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to ensure they’re fit to sell,” she said. Although traveling is not convenient for her, Zhao has been all over Hunan checking produce and teaching the producers how they can sell online. In 2020, she sold 50,000 kilograms of oranges and other agricultural produce, with sales topping 2 million yuan.

Zhao said that everything she sells comes from 55 agricultural centers around the province run by the disabled, which employ more than 2,000 people. She has also hired 57 hosts, all of whom are disabled.

With her career flourishing, Zhao has set up the Hunan Sanhao Xiansheng Agricultural Science and Technology Development Co. “We are planning to train another 1,000 hosts,” she said, adding that she hopes that they will also be able to experience their personal and social value through work, just the way she did.

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1.What caused Zhao Yuan to leave her teaching post?

A The need to make money.

B An invitation to sell products.

C The pandemic.

D An illness.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第二段可知，赵媛曾经是一名舞蹈老师。但是她突发严重的关节疾病，关节一个接一个地坏死，身体一天比一天衰弱，她不得不离开教师岗位。故选D。

2.How did Zhao promote goods that her friends made?

A By showing pictures of goods.

B By telling their stories.

C By hiring more people to help.

D By offering a discount.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句的“...promoting goods like brown sugar, sweet potato flour and honey that her friends made, by telling stories about them”可知，由于疫情的影响，赵媛的线下店铺损失很大，她借力直播，推销残疾人朋友的产品，讲述残疾人朋友的故事。故选B。

3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “flourishing” in the last paragraph?

A Developing quickly.

B Moving slowly.

C Declining quietly.

D Changing frequently.

解析：选A。A词义猜测题。根据划线部分后面的“Zhao has set up the Hunan Sanhao Xiansheng Agricultural Science and Technology Development Co.”可知，赵媛成立了公司，因此可推测她的事业发展得很快（developing quickly）。故选A。

4.Which of the following best describes Zhao?

A Careful, shy and determined.

B Generous, interesting and romantic.

C Kind, careful and responsible.

D Interesting, outgoing and confident.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第三段第一句的“help pay for the school and college fees of 13 poor students”可知，她用部分收入帮助贫困学生，因此她很善良；根据第四段第一句的“she always checks the quality of the products herself before promoting them.”可知，她在推销产品之前总是亲自检查产品的质量，因此她是一个仔细的、有责任心的人；根据最后一段最后一句的“hopes that they will also be able to experience their personal and social value through work”可知，她计划再培训一些残疾人主播，她希望他们也能像她那样通过工作实现自己的个人和社会价值，因此她是一个善良的、有责任心的人。故选C。