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【題目】Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less.Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with your eyes closed.Imagine having to read this page，not with your eyes but with your fingertips.

With existing medical knowledge and skills，twothirds of the world's 42 million blind should not have to suffer.Unfortunately，rich countries possess most of this knowledge，while developing countries do not.

ORBIS is an international nonprofit organization which operates the world's only flying teaching eye hospital.ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide.Inside a DC8 aircraft，there is a fullyequipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom.Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people here.Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries.

ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during threeweek medical programs.ORBIS has taught sightsaving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses，who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year.ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs in China so far.For the seven to ten million blind in China，ORBIS is planning to do more for them.At the moment an ORBIS team is working on a longterm plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care services to Shanxi Province.ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.

For just US $38，you can help one person see；for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people；$1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills；and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again.Your money can open their eyes to the world.Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.

【1】The first paragraph is intended to ________.

A. introduce a new way of reading

B. advise the public to lead a simple life

C. direct the public's attention to the blind

D. encourage the public to use imagination

【2】What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?

A. They are adequate.

B. They have not been updated.

C. They are not equally distributed.

D. They have benefited most of the blind.

【3】ORBIS aims to help the blind by ________.

A. teaching medical students

B. training doctors and nurses

C. running flying hospitals globally

D. setting up nonprofit organizations

【4】What does the author try to do in the last paragraph?

A. Appeal for donations.

B. Make an advertisement.

C. Promote training programs.

D. Show sympathy for the blind.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】本文主要介紹了世界盲人多達(dá)4千萬，為了使貧富國家獲得均等的醫(yī)療知識(shí)和技術(shù)，ORBIS組織舉辦flying teaching eye hospital，并且為之做了許多貢獻(xiàn)。要讓這個(gè)教學(xué)機(jī)構(gòu)發(fā)揮更大作用，需要大家的共同努力。

【1】C

寫作意圖題。該段在三句話中連續(xù)用了三個(gè)imagine.。尤其后兩句要讀者想象一下：閉著眼睛度過余生將會(huì)怎樣；用指尖不用眼睛閱讀此文又會(huì)怎樣。作者的意圖顯然要大家體會(huì)一下盲人生活，從而引起讀者閱讀下文話題的興趣。故選C.

【2】C

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第二段Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not.可知，顯然現(xiàn)有的醫(yī)療知識(shí)和技巧的分配是不均勻的。故選C.

【3】B

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段ORBIS has taught sight saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses，who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year.可知，ORBIS是想通過訓(xùn)練醫(yī)生和護(hù)士來幫助盲人恢復(fù)視力。故選B.

【4】A

推理判斷題。作者在最后一段中連續(xù)列舉了US$38/$380/ $1,300分別可以為盲人恢復(fù)視力做些什么。然后在段尾提出協(xié)助ORBIS 組織改善盲人境遇的請求。作者顯然在向讀者呼吁捐款。故選A．