高考英语每日练 | 向日葵挂绳:替「看不见的障碍」说话(阅读+七选五)

In 2016, staff at Gatwick Airport began handing out a bright yellow lanyard printed with sunflowers. The idea was born from a simple observation: not every disability can be seen. A traveller who cannot cope with crowds, loud announcements or sudden changes may look perfectly healthy — and therefore be treated with no patience at all. The sunflower lanyard was designed to change that, quietly.

Conditions such as autism, chronic pain and hearing loss affect millions of people, yet they carry no wheelchair and no white cane. For someone with a hidden disability, a busy airport or a crowded supermarket can be exhausting before the day has even begun. Wearing the lanyard does not buy a place at the front of the queue. It simply tells trained staff, "I may need a little more time and a little more calm," so that help can be offered before it is asked for.

The idea spread quickly. Within a few years, the sunflower had appeared in supermarkets, railway stations, banks and leisure centres across Britain, and the scheme has since been adopted by organisations in other countries. Staff learn to approach wearers differently: speaking slowly, allowing extra time at tills, or guiding them to a quieter space. None of this costs much; most of it is only a change of habit.

The scheme is voluntary, and that choice matters. Some people worry that wearing the lanyard means announcing a private condition to strangers, and they prefer to manage without it. Supporters answer that the right to choose is exactly the point: those who want understanding can signal for it, while nobody is forced to explain anything.

A small strip of yellow cloth has done something larger than it looks. It has started conversations about the people our busy world tends to hurry past — and it proves that kindness often begins with noticing.

1. Why was the sunflower lanyard first introduced at Gatwick Airport?

A. To help staff recognise travellers with visible disabilities.

B. To make passengers with hidden disabilities easier to identify.

C. To reduce the number of travellers at busy terminals.

D. To allow disabled travellers to jump the queue.

2. What do trained staff do for lanyard wearers, according to Paragraph 3?

A. They offer more time and a calmer environment.

B. They take wearers straight to the head office.

C. They check the wearers' medical records.

D. They give wearers free tickets as a reward.

3. What concern about the scheme is mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A. The lanyard is too expensive for ordinary people.

B. Wearing it may force people to reveal private conditions.

C. Staff are unwilling to be trained to use it.

D. Too many people wear it, so it confuses staff.

4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Airports should hand out more free gifts.

B. Small symbols can start big changes in how people are treated.

C. Busy cities make everyone exhausted these days.

D. Kindness always requires spending money.

The Magic of Starting Small

Big dreams are heavy.     36     We plan to run five kilometres every morning, read fifty books a year, and master a new language before summer — and then, one rainy Tuesday later, the plan is quietly dead.

There is a way out, and it is smaller than you expect.     37     Ten push-ups, one page, five minutes of vocabulary. The goal is not to achieve much; the goal is to make starting so easy that refusing feels silly.

Something interesting happens once you have begun.     38     The ten push-ups turn into fifteen, the one page into three, because starting — not continuing — is the hardest part of any task.

Small steps also protect you from bad days.     39     You may be tired, busy or in a terrible mood, yet you can still manage five minutes. The chain of daily effort stays unbroken, and an unbroken chain is worth more than a few heroic days followed by silence.

Best of all, small wins change how you see yourself.     40     Each tiny success is evidence that you are the kind of person who keeps promises. Collect enough of them, and the big dream stops feeling heavy — it starts feeling inevitable.

选项

A. Write your dream on a large piece of paper.

B. That is exactly why so many plans die in the first week.

C. Shrink it until it is almost too small to fail.

D. Motivation often arrives after the first movement, not before it.

E. Each tiny success is evidence that you are the kind of person who keeps promises.

F. A huge goal breaks easily, but a tiny one survives any difficult day.

G. Choose a goal that takes at least an hour every day.

阅读理解

1. B　第一段："not every disability can be seen ... may look perfectly healthy — and therefore be treated with no patience at all. The sunflower lanyard was designed to change that" → 隐形障碍"看不出来"才被怠慢，挂绳就是让"隐形的"变得可识别，选 B。A「识别看得见的障碍」与原文"障碍看不出"相反；C「减少旅客数量」无据；D「插队」第二段明确 "does not buy a place at the front of the queue"。

2. A　第二段："It simply tells trained staff, 'I may need a little more time and a little more calm'" + 第三段 "speaking slowly, allowing extra time at tills, or guiding them to a quieter space" → 给予更多时间与更平静的环境，选 A。B「直接送去总部」无据；C「查病历」文中未提；D「送免费票」无据。

3. B　第四段："Some people worry that wearing the lanyard means announcing a private condition to strangers" → 担心戴挂绳等于向陌生人公开隐私，选 B。A「太贵」文中说挂绳近乎免费（低成本）；C「员工不愿受训」无据；D「戴的人太多造成混乱」文中未提。

4. B　末段："A small strip of yellow cloth has done something larger than it looks ... kindness often begins with noticing." → 小小挂绳引发了关于"看不见的人"的大讨论，即"小符号带来大改变"，选 B。A「机场该发礼物」偏离主旨；C「城市让人疲惫」只是背景细节；D「善良要花钱」与第三段 "None of this costs much" 相反。

七选五

36. B　空前"大梦想很沉重"，空后列举"晨跑五公里、一年读五十本书……然后计划悄悄死掉"。B "That is exactly why so many plans die in the first week."（这正是许多计划在第一周就夭折的原因）中 That 回指"沉重"，并总起后文事例，选 B。A「把梦想写在大纸上」与"计划夭折"话题不接；C「缩小目标」是 37 空的功能。

37. C　空前"出路比你想的小得多"，空后"十个俯卧撑、一页书、五分钟"。C "Shrink it until it is almost too small to fail."（把目标缩小到几乎不可能失败）给出具体做法，与后文"小到不可能失败"的例子严丝合缝，选 C。G「每天至少一小时」与"小步骤"相反；A「写在大纸上」无衔接。

38. D　空前"一旦开始，有趣的事发生了"，空后"十个俯卧撑变成十五个"。D "Motivation often arrives after the first movement, not before it."（动力常在第一步之后才来）解释"为什么开始后会加量"，选 D。A「写在大纸上」、G「每天至少一小时」都与"开始后自动加量"无关。

39. F　空前"小步骤还能保护你的糟糕日子"，空后"再累再烦也能撑过五分钟"。F "A huge goal breaks easily, but a tiny one survives any difficult day."（大目标易碎，小目标能熬过任何艰难的一天）正是本段核心，选 F。C「缩小目标」与 37 重复占位；A「写在纸上」无据。

40. E　空前"小胜利改变你对自己的看法"，空后"每次微小的成功都是证据"。E "Each tiny success is evidence that you are the kind of person who keeps promises."（每次小成功都证明你是个守信的人）正是"证据"本体，承接"改变自我认知"，选 E。B「计划第一周夭折」是 36 空功能；A「写在大纸上」与本段"自我认知"无关。