2019年11月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试真题及答案.docx

2 2 北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试 2019.11.9真* 2019.11.9 真* Part I Reading Coiuprehension (30%) Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A. B. C and D. You should decide on tlie best choice and blacken tlie corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based oil the following passage: (76)For more than 60 years. Lego 高)bncks haw sparked childrens imaginatKrns. Now, a new version of these toys is in the works Theyre Lego Braille Bucks, and they are being tested around the world. Lego Braille Bricks are designed to help people leani Braille That s a system of writing in which letters are represented by raised dots People who are blind or Usually impaired(弱视R勺)use their fingertips to read. According to the Wbrld Health Organization. 36 million people worldwide are blind In the United States, its estimated tliat only 10% of blind children learn Braille Lego Braille Bricks can help change tliat The small knobs on the bricks are arranged as Braille letters. Blind children can use these knobs to leani Braille Lego plans to launch Braille Bricks next year. (77) For some schools and mstimtions, they will be free. Each set will contain about 250 bncks. Along with the alphabet the bricks will feature numbers and matli symbols. The Danish Association of the Blind was the first orgaiiization to come up with the idea of using Lego bricks to leach Braille. Tliorkild Olesen is the president of the group. Olesen is blind He says many teachers dont have rhe tools and skills to help kids learn Braille. So they teach with audio(声音的)tools, such as audio books. Like any other people, we need to express ourselves in writing Audio can never【eplace Braille. Braille is the single most important tool for us to learn to spell correctly and write sighted people/ This is particularly critical when we know that Braille users often are more independent, ha