北京地区成人本科学士学位英语2019年11月真题.docx

北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试

2019年11月9日真题PartIReadingComprehension(30%)

Directions:Therethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

Passage1

QuestionsIto5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

(76)Formorethan60years,Lego(乐高)brickshavesparkedchildrensimaginations.Nowanewversionofthesetoysisintheworks.TheyreLegoBrailleBricks,andtheyrebeingtestedaroundtheworld.

LegoBrailleBricksaredesignedtohelppeoplelearnBraille.Thatsasystemofwritinginwhichlettersarerepresentedbyraiseddots.Peoplewhoareblindorvisuallyimpaired(弱视的)usetheirfingertipstoread.

AccordingtotheWorldHealthOrganization,36millionpeopleworldwideareblind.IntheUnitedStates,itsestimatedthatonly10%ofblindchildrenlearnBraille.LegoBrailleBrickscanhelpchangethat.ThesmallknobsonthebricksarearrangedasBrailleletters.BlindchildrencanusetheseknobstolearnBraille.

LegoplanstolaunchBrailleBricksnextyear.(77)Forsomeschoolsandinstitutions,theywillbefree.Eachsetwillcontainabout250bricks.Alongwiththealphabet,thebrickswillfeaturenumbersandmathsymbols.

TheDanishAssociationoftheBlindwasthefirstorganizationtocomeupwiththeideaofusingLegobrickstoteachBraille.ThorkildOlesenisthepresidentofthegroup.Olesenisblind.HesaysmanyteachersdonthavethetoolsandskillstohelpkidslearnBraille.Sotheyteachwithaudio(声音的)tools,suchasaudiobooks.Likeanyotherpeople,weneedtoexpressourselvesinwriting.AudiocanneverreplaceBraille.Brailleisthesinglemostimportanttoolforustolearntospellcorrectlyandwritelikesightedpeople.

ThisisparticularlycriticalwhenweknowthatBrailleusersoftenaremoreindependenthaveahigherlevel