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Module 5 Ethnic Culture 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。 A Abdul, who was a tailor （ 裁缝 ） in a village in southern India, managed to earn enough to keep himself, his wife and his children. Tailoring is a trade that depends on having a sharp eye. When Abdul was 50, his eyes began to cloud over with cataracts （白内障 ）. A year later he was almost completely blind. With no social security （保障 ） to fall back on, his wife and children had to somehow earn the money to support the family. However, Abdul sluck changed when he was seen by a mobile eye team supported by Sight Savers. They performed a cataract removal operati on which restored 恢复）his sight. Abdul is very special to us, because he was the two millionth person whose sight we restored. That was back in 1987. In 1991, Taj Eibi, a mother of two sons, became the three millionth person to receive the gift of sight from Sight Savers at a mobile eye hospital in Pakistan. Now she s running the family home again, working in the fields with her sons and helping at the local primary school. How much did it cost to bring about this miracle （ 奇迹）? Just 8.4magine, 8 ￡ will give the priceless gift of sight to a bli nd pers on. And 16 will restore the sight of two blind people. You can help by sparing a few minutes to send us your donation to: Sight Savers, FREEPOST, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 3ZA According to the text, Abdul . suffered from an eye disease was popular as a tailor was rich in his village lived all alone Thanks to Sight Savers, Taj Eibi . got a well-paid job was able to live an active life got to know Abdul sent her sons to a local school The text is most probably take n from a storybook B. a research paper C. a biography D. a charity magaz ine B B s Day.Hawaiians are among the most generous people in the world and gift giving is widely practiced throughout the year at all of life major ceremonies: births and birthdays, wedd in gs, deaths, and gradua