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Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like of you had a hundred dollars less. Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with you eyes closed. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips. With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world's 42 million blind should not have to suffer. Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not. ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world's only flying teaching eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide. Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there. Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries. ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs. 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. ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is 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 is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province. ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness. For just $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 programme 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.
单选题32.The first paragraph is intended to______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】推理题。根据第一段前两句Close your eyes for a minute and imagine…not with your eyes but with your finger-tips.闭上眼睛想象一下少了100美元并没有什么,但是想象一下如果我们在余生里都看不见,不是用眼睛看这篇文章,而是用手指来阅读。作者通过第一段是为了把读者的注意力吸引到盲人的身上。故选C。
单选题33.What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】推理题。根据第一段最后两句With existing medical knowledge and skills…while developing countries do not.可知发达国家的技术更先进,能够给盲人带来更多的帮助,但是发展中国家并没有这样的技术,说明技术的分布并不公平。故选C。
单选题34.ORBIS aims to help the blind by______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】细节题。根据文章第三段前两句ORBIS tries to help developing countries by …continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year.得知ORBIS医学培训计划帮助发展中国家培养了很多治疗眼睛疾病的医生,然后这些医生再去帮助那些需要帮助的盲人。故选B。
单选题35.What does the author try to do in the last paragraph?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】推理题。根据最后一段前两句For just US $38,you can help one person see...make thousands of blind people see again.作者在呼吁我们为这个项目捐款,因为捐款可以帮助更多盲人重新看见光明。