Question

    Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you couldn7!see. Imagine having to read this page,not with your eyes but with your fingers. How do you feel,then?

    With medical knowledge and skills today? twothirds of the world s 42 million blind people should not have to suffer. Unluckily,rich countries have this knowledge,but developing countries do not.

   ORBIS is an international charitable (慈善的) organization. Its goal is to help fight blindness all over the world. Inside a DC-8 airplane,there is a teaching hospital with television room and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest technology of helping the blind get sight again here. ORBIS is always trying to keep a closer relation among countries.

   ORBIS helps those developing countries by providing sightsaving training. It has taught over 35 ,000 doctors and nurses. They continue to treat thousands of blind people every year. They have traveled around the earth 3 times,visited 76 countries and treated over 20 ,000 blind people. They need your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.

For just $38,you can help one person see;for $380,10 people can see; $ 1,300 helps train 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 love can help them open their eyes to the world.

() 1. How many blind people should not have to suffer with medical knowledge and skills today?

   A. 14 million. B. 42 million.   C. 28 million. D. 200 million.

() 2. A lot of blind people in the world have to suffer because.

   A. ORBIS didn’t do its best to offer help

   B. there is no good medical knowledge and skills

   C. some countries can t afford medical knowledge and skills  

   D. developing countries don't pay much attention to the blind

() 3. According to this passage,ORBIS helps fight blindness by doing the following EXCEPT.

   A. writing this kind of articles to ask for help

   B. providing sightsaving training

    C. treating thousands of blind people every year  

    D. trying to keep a close relation among countries

() 4. The last paragraph is mainly about .

   A. how much a training programme for a group of doctors costs

   B. why ORBIS needs your help to continue their work 

   C. who can make thousands of blind people see again  

    D. what you can do to help blind people open their eyes

() 5. The writer writes this passage in order to.

   A. introduce an international charitable organization

   B. ask people to give the blind a hand

    C. tell how you feel if you lose your eyes for a minute  

    D. explain why ORBIS helps fight blindness

Answer 1

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