高中英语真题-2013-2014学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题_6

高中英语真题:2013-2014学年高二英语下学期
期末考试试题
本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

第I卷
第一部分听力 30分（省略）
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
It was Mother’s Day morning last year and I was doing my shop ping at our local supermarket with my five-year-
old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minut es earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, bu t there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrasse d and clearly in shock.Walking towards the scene, Tenyson bec ame very upset about what had happened to the couple. He sai d to me, “Mum,it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone .”
At the front of the supermarket a charity(慈
善) group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flow ers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we should buy the l ady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was amaze d that he’d come up with such a sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the l ady to cheer her up. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”
By now paramedics（救援人员）
had arrived, and were attending the injured woman. As we walk ed up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and m edical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to he r.
Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him,“ My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her t his flower to make her feel better.”
At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so muc h, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling he r who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady l ooked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.
21. What dose the author intend to tell us?
A. One can never be too careful.
B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. Love begins with a little smile.
D. A small act of kindness brings a great joy.
22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson.
B. Tenyson’s idea of buying a flower gained his father’s support .
C. Tenyson’s care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower sell er.
D. The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson’s gestur e.
23. The underlined word “intimidated” in the fourth paragraph pr obably means “___________”.
A. astonished
B. struck
C. frightened
D. excited
24. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Flower Power
B. Mother’s Day
C. An Accidental Injury
D. An Embarrassing Moment
Ｂ
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25. The text is meant to ______ .
A. leave a note
B. send an invitation
C. present a document
D. carry an advertis ement
26What docs the underlined part mean?
A. You'll make others' lives more meaningful with this job.
B. You'll arrive home just in time from this job.
C. You'll earn a good salary from this job.
D. You'll succeed in getting this job.
27. The volunteers' primary responsibility is to help people with l earning disabilities ______ .
A. to get some financial support
B. to properly prote ct themselves
C. to learn some new living skills
D. to realize their o wn importance
28. Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?
A. The one who can drive a car.
B. The one who has done similar work before.
C. The one who has patience to listen to others.
D. The one who can use English to communicate.
C
Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough Africa n elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窝)-
either recorded or real-
may even prevent elephants from damaging farmer's crops.
In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from ea ting crops. But before she asked farmer to go to the trouble of s etting up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the b ees would scare elephants away.
Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burs t into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry b ees had calmed down. Next，
Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reser ve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in close to each family. From a distance, Lucy switched on the pre-
recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only o ne group ignored the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported th at all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hi de under them. When Lucy Played the sound of a waterfall inst ead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, th e animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of th
e groups stayed in one place.
Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avo id the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She h asn't tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial (最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers. She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elep hants are frightened away.
29. We know from the passage that elephants may be frightene
d of .
A. loud noises
B. some crops
C. video cameras
D. angry bees
30. As mentioned in the passage, Lucy_________.
A. works by herself in Africa
B. needs to test more elephant groups
C. has stopped elephants eating crops
D. has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms
31. Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?
A. To record the sound of bees.
B. To make a video of elephants.
C. To see if elephants would run away.
D. To find out more about the behavior of bees.
32. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Young elephants ignore African honeybees.
B. Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.
C. Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.
D. Farmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.
D
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With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-
thirds of the world’s 42 million blind should not have to suffer. U nfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, whil e developing countries do not.
ORBIS is an international non-
profit organization which operates the world’s only flying teachin g eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide . Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-
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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 conti nue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year. ORBI S has conducted 17 plane programs in so far. For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for the m. At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-
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33.The first paragraph is intended to ______.
introduce a new way of reading
advise the public to lead a simple life
direct the public’s attention to the blind
encourage the public to use imagination
34.What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skil ls in the world?
They are adequate B.They have not been update d.
C. They have benefited most of the blind
D. They are not e qually distributed
35.What can be the best title for the passage?
ORRIS in B.Fighting Blindness
D.Sight-saving Techniques
第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分１0分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Eyesight plays a very important role in our daily life. Every waki ng moment, the eyes are working to see the world around us. O ver forty percent of Americans worry about losing eyesight, but i t’s easy to include steps into our daily life to ensure healthy eye s. Here are five suggestions for a lifetime of healthy eyesight:•
Schedule yearly exams. 36 Experts advise parents to bring b abies 6 to 12 months of age to the doctor for a careful check. T he good news is that millions of children now can have yearly e
ye exams and following treatment, including eyeglasses.•Protect against UV rays(紫外线). Long-
term stay in the sun creates risk to your
eyes. No matter what the season is, it’s extremely important to wear sunglasses. 37
•Give your eyes a break. Two-
thirds of Americans spend up to seven hours a day using comp uters or other digital products. 38 Experts recommend that pe ople practice the 20/20/20 rule: every 20 minutes, take a 20-second break and look at something 20 feet away.
• 39 As part of a healthy diet, eat more fruits and vegetab les each day. Vitamins(维生
素) C and E help protect eyesight and promote eye health.•Practice safe wear and care of contact lenses（隐形眼镜）. Many Americans use contact lenses to improve their eyes ight. While some follow the medical guidance for wearing conta ct lenses, many are breaking the rules and putting their eyesigh t at risk. 40 Otherwise, you may have problems such as red e yes, pain in the eyes, or a more serious condition.
A. Eat your greens.
B. Eye care should begin early in life.
C. They can properly protect your eyes.
D. Stay in good shape by taking more vitamins.
E. Parents usually don’t care about their own eyesight.
F. Always follow the doctor’s advice for appropriate wear.
G.
This frequent eye activity increases the risk for eye tiredness.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was already half past seven and I was running late again for t he dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had 41 to me et at the restaurant at seven o’clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my 42 I had a good excuse: A business meeting had 43 and I’d wasted no time getting to the dinner.
When I arrived at the 44 I apologized and told Eleanor I didn’t m ean to be late. She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I 45 t ell she was angry. “I’m sorry but it was not 46 .” I said. Then I to ld her about the business meeting . 47 my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive 48 mad as well. Several weeks later, when I 49 the situation to my friend Ken H
ardy, he smiled, “You 50 a classic mistake. You’re stuck 51 yo ur own way of thinking. You didn’t 52 to be late. But that’s not th e point. What is 53 in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.” He pointed out that I focused on the intention 54 Eleanor focused on the result. Thus, 55 of us felt misunders tood and crazy.
Thinking more about Ken’s words, I 56 recognized the root cau se of such disagreement. It’s the result of the action that really 57 I should have started the conversation by expressing 58 my actions affected Eleanor and 59 the discussions about my inten tion for later, much later and even never.
Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really 60 her experience of the results of my lateness, I’ve managed to be on time a lot mo re frequently.
41.
A. started
B. agreed
C. continued
D. managed
42. A. relief B. surprise C. regret D. sorrow
43.
A. broken out
B. closed down
C. faded away
D. run over
44.
A. house
B. room C restaurant D. supermarket
45. A. could B. must C. will D. might
46.
A. movable
B. comfortable
C. acceptable
D. avoidable
47.
A. However
B. Therefore
C. Morever
D. Otherwise
48. A. her B .him C. me D. them
49.
A. spread
B. wrote
C. translated
D. described
50. A. knew B. made C. found D. took
51. A. in B. beyond C. for D. against
52. A. need B. prove C. pretend D. intend
53. A. funny B. important C. possible D. simple
54. A. while B. after C. until D. unless
55. A. all B. none C. both D. neither
56. A. usually B. merely C. hardly D. gradually
57. A. inspires B. matters C. improves D. challenges
58. A. how B. why C. when D. what
59. A. compared B. reported C. finished D. saved
60.
A. showing
B. satisfying
C. understanding
D. destroying
第II卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上。

写在本试卷上无效。

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（不多于3个单词），并将答案填写在答题卡标号为61-70的相应位置上。

Last year, my brother and I went to for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said_61_____ was a wonderf ul holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for mon ths. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months__62___ （early）, but the man at the fro nt desk said there had been a mistake. We 63_____（tell）
that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week,64_____ for t he week after. I didn’t understand 65____ this would happen. W hat’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wo ndering what to do, the manager came out. She was 66_____（surprise）
helpful. She apologized 67____the mistake and gave us a spar e VIP room on 68_____ top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach 69____ we w atched some people play volleyball. We got a little 70_____
（sunburn），
but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌系的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线（），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My father took me out camping for the first time when I was seven. He wanted teach me about animals, insects and trees. My uncles all come along with bows and arrows for hunting.
One evening at sunset, we sat by the fire, have our barbecu e. Just then a bird was flying over us. My uncles immediate jum ped up and shot their arrows on the bird. Neither of the arrows hit the target. Suddenly the arrows was flying down at us from t he sky — they were looked like rain! We ran to escape but fortu
nately no one was injured.
That day I didn’t learn much about animals, insects or trees, but I learnt a impressive lesson about gravity!
第二节书面表达（满分 25分）
假定你是星光中学的高中毕业生李华，母校将为高一新生举办主题为“What to learn in senior high school?”的英语沙龙活动，特邀请你结合自身经历谈谈自己的体会。

请根据以下提示准备一份英语发言稿。

1.学会学习：方法，习惯等；
2.学会做人：真诚，友善；
3.学会其他：考生自拟。

注意：1.词数120左右；
2.发言稿开头和结尾已给出，不须抄在答题卡上，不计入总次数。

Good morning, everyone! It is my honor to be here to share wit h you my opinions on what to learn in senior high school.
________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________
Thank you!
改错：
1.【答案】wanted后面加to
2. 【答案】come改为came
3. 【答案】have改为having
4. 【答案】immediate改为immediately
5. 【答案】on改为at
6. 【答案】Neither改为none
7. 【答案】was改为were 8 【答案】去掉were或者looked 9. 【答案】but改为and 10. 【答案】a改为an
高考英语高考作文评分标准
1. 本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。

2. 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言,以及卷面初步确定其所属
档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。

3. 词数少于80和多于120的，从总分中减去2分。

4. 评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。

5. 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。

英、美拼写汉词汇用法均可接受。

6. 如书写较差，以至影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。

7. 内容要点可用不同方式表达，对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。

【各档次的给分范围和要求】
第五档(很好)；(21-25分)
1. 完全完成了试题规定的任务。

2. 覆盖所有内容要点。

3. 应用了较多的语法结构和词汇。

4. 语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误，但为尽力使用较复杂结构或较高级词汇所致；具备较强的语言运用能力。

5. 有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。

6. 完全达到了预期的写作目的。

第四档(好)：(16-20分)
1. 完全完成了试题规定的任务。

2. 虽漏掉1、2个次重点，但覆盖所有主要内容。

3. 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。

4. 语法结构或词汇方面应用基本准确，些许错误主要是因尝试较复杂语法结构或词汇所致。

5. 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。

6. 达到了预期的写作目的。

第三档(适当)：(11-15分)
1. 基本完成了试题规定的任务。

2. 虽漏掉一些内容，但覆盖所有主要内容。

3. 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。

4. 有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，但不影响理解。

5. 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文内容连贯。

6. 整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。

第二档(较差)：(6-10分)
1. 未恰当完成试题规定的任务。

2. 漏掉或未描述清楚一些主要内容，写了一些无关内容。

3. 语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。

4. 有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。

5. 较少使用语句间的连接成分，内容缺少连贯性。

6. 信息未能清楚地传达给读者。

第一档(差)：(1-5分)
1. 未完成试题规定的任务。

2. 明显遗漏主要内容，写了一些无关内容，原因可能是未理解试题要求。

3. 语法结构单调、词汇项目有限。

4. 较多语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响对写作内容的理解。

5. 缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容不连贯。

6. 信息未能传达给读者。

不得分：（0分）
未能传达给读者仟何信息：内容太少，无法评判；写的内容均与所要求内容无关或所写内容无法看清。

2013-2014学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题
本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

第I卷
第一部分听力 30分（省略）
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
It was Mother’s Day morning last year and I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket wi th my five-year-
old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, bu t there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.Walking to wards the scene, Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple. He said to me, “Mum,it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”
At the front of the supermarket a charity(慈
善) group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds. Tenyson sugg ested that we should buy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was amazed t hat he’d come up with such a sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your m oney for such a wonderful gesture.”
By now paramedics（救援人员）
had arrived, and were attending the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became int imidated by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her .
Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him, “ My son was very upset for you r wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”
At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son. Ha ppy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little s mile.
21. What dose the author intend to tell us?
A. One can never be too careful.
B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. Love begins with a little smile.
D. A small act of kindness brings a great joy.
22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson.
B. Tenyson’s idea of buying a flower gained his father’s support.
C. Tenyson’s care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower seller.
D. The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson’s gesture.
23. The underlined word “intimidated” in the fourth paragraph probably means “___________”.
A. astonished
B. struck
C. frightened
D. excited
24. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Flower Power
B. Mother’s Day
C. An Accidental Injury
D. An Embarrassing Moment
Ｂ
Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone's life ? If yes. don't care about sex or age! Come and join us, then you'll make it!
Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant
(No Pay with Free Meals)
Place:
Hours: Part Time
We are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left. Don't miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!
Role:
You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your p rimary concern is to let them know they are valued.
Skills and Experience Required:
You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since yo u'll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous care-
related experience will be a great advantage for you.
25. The text is meant to ______ .
A. leave a note
B. send an invitation
C. present a document
D. carry an advertisement
26What docs the underlined part mean?
A. You'll make others' lives more meaningful with this job.
B. You'll arrive home just in time from this job.
C. You'll earn a good salary from this job.
D. You'll succeed in getting this job.
27. The volunteers' primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities ______ .
A. to get some financial support
B. to properly protect themselves
C. to learn some new living skills
D. to realize their own importance
28. Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?
A. The one who can drive a car.
B. The one who has done similar work before.
C. The one who has patience to listen to others.
D. The one who can use English to communicate.
C
Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窝)-either recorded or real-
may even prevent elephants from damaging farmer's crops.
In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees livi ng in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from ea ting crops. But before she asked farmer to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farm s, she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants away.
Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern and set up a recorder. Then she threw a sto ne into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry b ees had calmed down. Next，
Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in close to each family.
From a distance, Lucy switched on the pre-
recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video cam era. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only o ne group ignored the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported that all the young elephants imme diately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy Played the sound of a waterfall inste ad of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Eve n after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.
Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial (最初
的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers. She has now begun placing spe akers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.
29. We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of .
A. loud noises
B. some crops
C. video cameras
D. angry bees
30. As mentioned in the passage, Lucy_________.
A. works by herself in Africa
B. needs to test more elephant groups
C. has stopped elephants eating crops
D. has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms
31. Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?
A. To record the sound of bees.
B. To make a video of elephants.
C. To see if elephants would run away.
D. To find out more about the behavior of bees.
32. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Young elephants ignore African honeybees.
B. Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.
C. Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.
D. Farmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.
D
Close your eyes for a minutes and imagine what life would be like of you had a hundred dolla rs less. Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with you eyes closed. Im agine 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 poss es 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 t o 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 te
chniques 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 o f blind people every year. ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs in so far. For the seven to t en million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them. At the moment an ORBIS is wo rking on a long-
term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province.ORBI S 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; $1,30 0 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training programme for a g roup 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 fortunat
e than ourselves.
33.The first paragraph is intended to ______.
introduce a new way of reading
advise the public to lead a simple life
direct the public’s attention to the blind
encourage the public to use imagination
34.What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?
They are adequate B.They have not been updated.
C. They have benefited most of the blind
D. They are not equally distributed
35.What can be the best title for the passage?
ORRIS in B.Fighting Blindness
D.Sight-saving Techniques
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Eyesight plays a very important role in our daily life. Every waking moment, the eyes are workin g to see the world around us. Over forty percent of Americans worry about losing eyesight, but it ’s easy to include steps into our daily life to ensure healthy eyes. Here are five suggestions for a lifetime of healthy eyesight:。