B

Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less. Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with you eyes closed. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips.

With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world’s 42 million blind should not have to suffer. Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not.

ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world’s only flying teaching eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide. Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there. Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries.

ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs. ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses, who continue to  cure tens of thousands of blind people every year. ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs in China so far. For the seven to ten million blind in China, ORBIS is planning to do more for them. At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province. ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.

For just US$38,you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach 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 money can open their eyes to the world. Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.

25. The first paragraph is intended to ______.

A.introduce a new way of reading           B. advise the public to lead a simple life

C. direct the public’s attention to the blind     D. encourage the public to use imagination

26. What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?

A.They are adequate                        B. They are not equally distributed

C. They have not been updated.               D. They have benefited most of the blind

27. ORRIS aims to help the blind by ______.

A.teaching medical students                  B. training doctors and nurses

C. running flying hospitals globally            D. setting up non-profit organization

28. What can be the best title for the passage?

A. ORRIS in China                         B. Fighting Blindness

C. Sight-seeing Techniques                  D. ORRIS Flying Hospital

C

Jake O' Brien，one of the central characters in Sterling R.Walker's science fiction novel The Orphan Ship，has just received some bad news. The medical school he has been going to is closing down because of financial(财务的)problems;and to make matters worse，the only other medical program in the world also happens to be on another planet. Thus，in order to become a doctor，Jake packs his suitcase and jumps on board the passenger ship Atlanta to go to Mars!

When Jake and his cousin Lorina Murphy journey to Mars Station in search of educational opportunities，they never guess they will turn into life savers. But because of the extreme poverty and child exploitation(剥削)happening on Mars，these two cousins are forced to accept  their true destiny(命运).However，they are not alone in their efforts to save the poor “street kids”.Early in the story these two heroes are joined by the crew(船员)of the Ishmael，which in the course of the story，becomes a rescue ship and a safe place  for over one hundred homeless children.

In this novel，there are different themes. While fighting the cruel people who sell the “street kids” of Mars Station，the colorful characters of The Orphan Ship also manage to fall in love，find wealth，and form lasting friendships.

The real power of the story comes from the characters' expression of fellow feeling—a feeling of understanding others because you have shared similar experiences. The characters in The Orphan Ship have a sense of social duty and spiritual commitment. For example，at one point in the story，shocked by the way the homeless children have been treated，Lorina notices “a pair of black children sitting under a streetlight begging food from pa ssers­by”.Yet “no one gave the children a second look.” Fortunately，however，Lorina and her newfound friends—the crew of the Ishmael，which soon becomes the “ Orphan Ship”—do indeed care for the children of Mars Station，as they join forces to provide them safe passage to earth and also a home. In this way the theme of compassion is the centerpiece of the entire novel.

29. Jake decides to go to Mars because ______.

A. studying medicine is cheaper on Mars than on earth

B. the medical school on Mars is better than that on earth

C. Mars is the only place where he can realize his dream

D. his cousin encourages him to become a doctor on Mars

30. What's Jake and his cousin's destiny?

A. To save other people's lives.

B. To become the crew of the Ishmael.

C. To fail to get an education on Mars.

D. To make friends with homeless children.

31. All the following are themes of the novel EXCEPT ______.

A.friendship               B.spreading knowledge

C.finding wealth     D.love

32. Th e underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to ______.

A.passers­by      B.Lorina's newfound friends

C.homeless children       D.the black

D

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33. W hat should you know about farecard machines?

A. They start selling tickets at 9:30 a.m.           B. They are connected to change machines.

C. They offer special service to the elderly.         D. The y make change for no more than $5.

34. At what time does Metrorail stop service on Saturday?

A. At midnight      B. at 5 a.m.    C. at 3 a.m.         D. at 7 p.m.

35. What is good about a SmarTrip card?    A. It is convenient for old people                 B. It saves money for its users

C. it can be bought at any time                   D. it is sold on the Internet.