摘要： 阅读表达.阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Before she was crowned (加冕) Miss Amazing National in Chicago? US, Vanessa Cleary had never thought of herself a
这是一篇说明文。本文讲述了残疾女孩Vanessa Cleary赢得选美桂冠，自信演讲在比赛中大放异彩，她成功的原因是能够参与和受到支持的机会。
【56题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段第一句Before she was crowned Miss Amazing National in Chicago, US, Vanessa Cleary had never thought of herself as a beauty pageant competitor.可知在美国芝加哥被加冕为“神奇小姐”之前，Vanessa Cleary从未想过自己会是选美比赛的竞争者。及第二段第一句Yet the way in which Vanessa told the story of her birth mother's struggle to help her with her disabilities and the positive impact her adoption had on her life helped her win over the judges last month.可知然而，Vanessa讲述生母如何努力帮助她克服残疾，以及收养对她的生活产生的积极影响的方式，帮助她在上个月赢得了评委的支持。由此可知，Vanessa Cleary是一名残疾女孩，曾在美国芝加哥被授予“全美杰出小姐”称号。故答案为She is a disabled girl who was crowned Miss amazing National in Chicago, US.
【57题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句The pageant is designed to help the girls who participate to build sisterhoods, develop life skills, and so on.可知选美比赛的目的是帮助参加选美的女孩建立姐妹情谊，发展生活技能等等。由此可知这个选美目的是满足有残疾的女孩组建姐妹关系，发展生活技能等等。故答案为To help the girls who participate to build sisterhoods, develop life skills, and so on.
【58题详解】
词义猜测题。根据后文and she has a disability that makes reading difficult for her可知而且她有一种使她阅读困难的残疾。由此可知，上文是指Vanessa的听力受损，impaired在句中的意思是"受损的，有缺陷的"，故答案为Damaged. /Weak.
【59题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中When Vanessa’s mother first heard about Miss Amazing, she thought the pageant would be a great opportunity for Vanessa to showcase her skill for public speaking.可知当Vanessa的母亲第一次听说“神奇小姐”时，她认为这个选美大赛将是Vanessa展示她演讲能力的好机会。由此可知，Vanessa的才艺是演讲，故答案为Public speaking.
【60题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一句It was about the opportunity for her to participate and feel supported.可知她成功的原因是能够参与和受到支持的机会，故答案为The opportunity for her to participate and feel supported.
