【題目】A Man of Vision(視覺)

In 1809, Louis Braille was born in a small town in France.When he was three years old, he accidentally hurt one of his eyes.The sickness spread to his other eye. Later, Louiswas unable to see.

Louis’s parents took him out of schooltwo years later. They thought that there was nothing more for him to learn there. He could not read or write.

When he was ten years old, Louis’s parents sent him to a special school inParis. It was one of the first schools for blind people in the world. Louis learned many skills at this school. Oneof them was reading.

Back then, blind people read by feeling raised letters on the paper. But it was difficult. Too many letters felt the same, for they had similar shapes.

Louis wantedto find a better way for blind people to read. He tried to create a touch system for reading and writing. He believed a system of raised dot(小點)could help. Night Writing-a writing system for soldiers was used. But he didn’t think it was good enough. This system did not allow the fingertip(指尖)to cover a whole letter. The readers had to move their fingers to feel theletter.

After years of hard work, he invented a shorter, easier form of this touch system. He used six dots to form each letter. It allowed a personto feel a whole letter without moving. Blind people could read much faster and easier.

Today, we call this form of written language Braillein honour of Louis Braille.

Louis died in 1852. However, his form of communication lives on. Though he became blind at a young age,he insisted a lot. Instead, he overcame the difficulty, and madea big difference.

【1】 When Louis was three years old, he __________.

A. was sent to a special school

B. moved to a town in France

C. was takenout of school

D. hurt one of his eyes

【2】For blind people, feeling raised letters on the paper was difficult because _________.

A. they neededto learn special skills

B. they couldn’tfeel a whole letter

C.they could not see them clearly

D.too many letters felt the same

【3】 With Louis’s system, blind people could read _________.

A. slower B.easier C. harder D. louder

【4】 According to the passage, what can we learn from Louis?

A. Always follow the rules.

B. Be friendly with our friends.

C. Never give up and work hard.

D. Communicate more with others.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

題分析:這篇短文介紹了Louis Braille是一個法國人,他在三歲的時候就看不見了,在10歲的時候,他去了盲人學校。在一個法國士兵發(fā)明了盲寫的基礎上Louis Braille做了改進,變成了更簡短的,更容易的盲文。

【1】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中信息When he was three years old, he accidentally hurt one of his eyes.可知此題應選D。

【2】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中信息But it was difficult. Too many letters felt the same, for they had similar shapes.可知此題應選D。

【3】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中信息It allowed a personto feel a whole letter without moving. Blind people could read much faster and easier.可知此題應選B。

【4】C推理判斷題。從Louis Braille我們應該學到永不放棄和努力工作的精神,故選C。

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