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公益慈善及安全 一、阅读理解（共20小题；共40分） A Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you couldnt 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, two-thirds of the worlds 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 sight-saving 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 program 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 didnt do its best to offer help B. there is no good medical knowledge and skills C. some countries cant afford medical knowledge and skills D. developing countries dont pay much attention to the blind 3. According to this passage, ORBIS helps fight blindness by doing the following EXCEPT