Question

【题目】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】本文主要介绍了世界盲人多达4千万，为了使贫富国家获得均等的医疗知识和技术，ORBIS组织举办flying teaching eye hospital，并且为之做了许多贡献。要让这个教学机构发挥更大作用，需要大家的共同努力。

【1】C

写作意图题。该段在三句话中连续用了三个imagine.。尤其后两句要读者想象一下：闭着眼睛度过余生将会怎样；用指尖不用眼睛阅读此文又会怎样。作者的意图显然要大家体会一下盲人生活，从而引起读者阅读下文话题的兴趣。故选C.

【2】C

细节理解题。文章第二段Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not.可知，显然现有的医疗知识和技巧的分配是不均匀的。故选C.

【3】B

细节理解题。根据第四段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是想通过训练医生和护士来帮助盲人恢复视力。故选B.

【4】A

推理判断题。作者在最后一段中连续列举了US$38/$380/ $1,300分别可以为盲人恢复视力做些什么。然后在段尾提出协助ORBIS 组织改善盲人境遇的请求。作者显然在向读者呼吁捐款。故选A．