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　　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.

　　13.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

　　14.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.

　　15.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

　　16.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.

　　17.What can be the best title for the passage?

　　A.ORBIS in China

　　B.Fighting Blindness

　　C.ORBIS Flying Hospital

　　D.Sight­saving Techniques

　　答案：

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】　本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。主要介紹一個(gè)旨在幫助失明人士的組織——ORBIS。大家行動(dòng)起來(lái)和ORBIS一起，來(lái)幫助那些失明的朋友們。小小的捐助，就可以使他們和我們一樣去感受這個(gè)世界的美好。

　　13.C　解析：考查寫作意圖。綜觀全文，作者希望大眾通過(guò)想象失明人士的生活，以此引起人們對(duì)失明人士的關(guān)注，故選C。

　　14.C　解析：考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段最后一句話可知目前的醫(yī)療知識(shí)和技術(shù)分配不均衡。

　　15.B　解析：考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第三段和第四段首句可知ORBIS通過(guò)培訓(xùn)醫(yī)務(wù)人員來(lái)幫助失明人士。

　　16.A　解析：考查段落大意。由文章最后一段中不同金額的捐款所能產(chǎn)生的積極效果可知，最后作者是號(hào)召大眾捐款幫助提高失明人士的生活質(zhì)量。

　　17.C　解析：考查標(biāo)題判斷。本文關(guān)鍵詞為ORBIS，文章通篇都在介紹ORBIS通過(guò)他們的flying hospital幫助失明人士。