填空题 Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system. They are thereby shut __61__ from the world of books and newspapers, having to __62__ on friends to read aloud to them. A young scientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer which is a major __63__ in providing aid to the __64__. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that __65__ any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like __66__ through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons __67__ Cyclops’s keyboard, a blind person can “read” any __68__ document in the English language. This remarkable invention represents a tremendous __69__ forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000. __70__, Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller __71__ improved version that will sell __72__ less than half that price. Within a few years, Kurzweil __73__ the price range will be low enough for every school and library to __74__ one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that __75__ will be able to buy home __76__ of Cyclops for the price of a good television set. Mr. Hingson’s organization purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland, Colorado, Iowa, California, and New York. Blind people have been __77__ in those tests, making lots of __78__ suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops. “This is the first time that blind people have ever done individual studies __79__ a product was put on the market, Hingson said. “Most manufacturers believed that having the blind help the blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. In that __80__, the manufacturers have been the blind ones.” 61. A) up B) down C) in D) off（D） 62. A) dwell B) rely C) press D) urge（B） 63. A) execution B) distinction C) breakthrough D) process（C） 64. A) paralyzed B) uneducated C) invisible D) sightless（D） 65. A) scans B) enlarges C) sketches D) projects（A） 66. A) behavior B) expression C) movement D) voice（D） 67. A) on B) at C) in D) from（A） 68. A) visual B) printed C) virtual D) spoken（B） 69. A) stride B) trail C) haul D) footprint（A） 70. A) Likewise B) Moreover C) However D) Though（C） 71. A) but B) than C) or D) then（A） 72. A) on B) for C) through D) to（B） 73. A) estimates B) considers C) counts D) determines（A） 74. A) settle B) own C) invest D) retain（B） 75. A) schools B) children C) families D) companies（C） 76. A) models B) modes C) cases D) collections（A） 77. A) producing B) researching C) ascertaining D) assisting（D） 78. A) true B) valuable C) authentic D) pleasant（B） 79. A) after B) when C) before D) as（C） 80. A) occasion B) moment C) sense D) event（C）