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Sight Savers, FREEPOST, Haywards Heath,
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语篇解读:本文是应用文。文章旨在呼吁更多的人向Sight Savers这一慈善组织捐款,以此来帮助那些视力有障碍的人。
5.According to the text, Abdul ________.
A.suffered from an eye disease
B.was popular as a tailor
C.was rich in his village
D.lived all alone
解析:选A 细节理解题。由第一段中的"When Abdul was 50, his eyes began to cloud over with cataracts."可知,Abdul曾经患过眼病,故选A项。
6.Thanks to Sight Savers, Taj Eibi ________.
A.got a wellpaid job
B.was able to live an active life
C.got to know Abdul
D.sent her sons to a local school
解析:选B 细节理解题。由第三段中的"In 1991, Taj Eibi, a mother of two sons ... and helping at the local primary school."可知,多亏Sight Savers的帮助,Taj Eibi的视力得以恢复,终于能够积极地应对生活了,故选B项。
7.The text is most probably taken from ________.
A.a storybook B.a research paper
C.a biography D.a charity magazine
解析:选D 推理判断题。由最后一段中的"You can help by sparing a few minutes to send us your donation to" 等信息可知,本文很可能选自一个慈善组织的宣传杂志,故选D项。
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Google, the leading company in selfdriving technology, has completely renewed its development program. Previously, Google had cars built by other companies, but now it will start building its own cars.
For the past four years, Google's technicians had been working on a way to return control to the human driver's steering wheel (方向盘) in a dangerous situation. However, Google now says that the switch from automation to human control will not be possible anytime soon. Google's heads realized that relying on a human that may be reading, working, or sleeping to take over in an emergency wouldn't work. So what's the solution?