;Ⅰ.阅读理解;Instructions：

◆Selectavisualtextthatyoubelievepresentsanargumenttoitsviewers.

◆Brieflystudythevisualtextyou’veselectedandunderlinethecentralargumentitsdesignersaretryingtomake.

◆Analyzethedesignelementsusedandtheorganizationofthetextinordertodeterminesomeofthedecisionsthedesignerorartisthasmade.

◆Usetheprocessof“observation/inference/evaluation”tocheckyouressayanddeterminethetoolsthedesignerorartistisusingtopersuadeyou.;ScheduleDueDate：

(Allworkisdueatthebeginningofclassonthedateslistedbelow；lateworkwillbedowngraded.)

March1st：Selectthreevisualtextsforassignmentconsideration.

March20th：Berger－typeddraftsdue/peer－editingworkshop.

March22nd：afour－pageessay，freewritewithimageartsshowdue；Classpresentation(25%ofyourgrade).

【语篇解读】本文是应用文。文章介绍学习了JohnBerger的WaysofSeeing一书之后需要完成的四页图像分析文章的要求。;1.Whereisthetextprobablytakenfrom?;2.Whatistheessayexpectedtocenteron?;3.WhatwillhappenifyousubmittheessayafterMarch22nd?;(2024·湖南郴州联考模拟预测)

Eighteen－year－oldDavidAguilarfromAndorrawasbornwithoutarightforearmduetoararegeneticconditionbutthathasneverstoppedhimfromdoinganythinghewantedtodoincludingtypingonacomputerwithhispartialarm.

Likemostkids，DavidwasaLEGOfanandhelovedbuildingcars，boats，planes，andmotorbikes.ButDavidalsoknewthathelookeddifferentandwantedtodosomethingaboutit.“AsachildIwasverynervoustobeinfrontofotherguys，becauseIwasdifferent，butthatdidn’tstopmebelievinginmydreams，”Davidsaid.“Iwantedto...seemyselfinthemirrorlikeIseeotherguys，withtwohands.”;HelovedLEGOsomuchthathewantedtomakethemapartofhimself，soattheageof9，hebuilthisfirstprosthetic(假肢的)armoutofthecolorfulbricks.Butitwasn’tparticularlystrongorfunctional.

Hewaiteduntilhewas18totryagain.UsingLEGOpieces，Davidbuiltaprosthetic