The education of thousands of children with reading and sight trouble is being held back because of a lack of awareness of their legal rights, say campaigners.
They are calling for greater efforts to increase awareness of the rights of such children to have text books in design other than standard (標(biāo)準(zhǔn)) print. The campaign is being supported by five times Olympic gold medalist, Sir Steve Redgrave, who has reading trouble.
Pupils have the right to receive text in another way, and parents can take action under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) if they feel their children are being treated in a different way through a lack of support. But new research suggests 89 per cent of print disabled pupils and their parents are unaware of software which changes standard print into other substitutes like combined text and audio files (音頻) which can be read or listened to.
Sir Steve has teamed up with software company Dolphin Computer Access to raise awareness of software turning tools. He said: "I recognize that schools have competing priorities (優(yōu)先權(quán)) for their resources (資源), but I would like to see a much greater effort on the part of the government and schools to raise awareness among parents that these additional solutions exist and that their children have a right to use them."
Mike Foster, Dolphin's local MP in Worcester, is backing the campaign. "There is clearly an issue to solve concerning software for special needs. I'll be asking ministers what steps can be taken to improve the situation", he said.
小題1:What is the best title of this text?
A．Awareness of legal rights among parentsB．Campaign started for disabled children
C．Problems of disabled childrenD．Steve — Olympic gold medalist
小題2:Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “backing” in Paragraph 5?
A．holding backB．objecting toC．supportingD．controlling
小題3:Most print disabled pupils and their parents ________.
A．don’t know anything about such software
B．must cooperate with the software company
C．prefer combined text and audio files more
D．must take action to receive text in another way
小題4:Sir Steve Redgrave suggests that ________.
A．government and schools raise awareness of disabled children’s legal rights
B．parents take greater efforts to ask the government and schools for help
C．parents should take action to raise awareness of software turning tools
D．software company work with him to make the products
小題5:What Mike Foster said in Paragraph 5 means ________.
A．the ministers should be responsible for improving the situation
B．the software for special needs has got well along
C．the problem about software for special needs is to be dealt with
D．how to use the software is a big problem

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A
小題5:C

試題分析：本文是關(guān)于為那些有閱讀障礙的殘疾人而進(jìn)行的爭(zhēng)取權(quán)利的活動(dòng)的描述。
小題1:B 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段The education of thousands of children with reading and sight trouble is being held back because of a lack of awareness of their legal rights, say campaigners.可知本文是關(guān)于為那些有閱讀障礙的殘疾人而進(jìn)行的爭(zhēng)取權(quán)利的活動(dòng)。故B正確。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Mike Foster, Dolphin's local MP in Worcester, is backing the campaign. "There is clearly an issue to solve concerning software for special needs. I'll be asking ministers what steps can be taken to improve the situation", he said.可知Mike Foster對(duì)于這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)是持支持的態(tài)度的，故該詞是指C項(xiàng)。
小題3:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段最后3行But new research suggests 89 per cent of print disabled pupils and their parents are unaware of software which changes standard print into other substitutes like combined text and audio files (音頻) which can be read or listened to.可知大部分人都知道這種軟件。故A正確。
小題4:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段Sir Steve has teamed up with software company Dolphin Computer Access to raise awareness of software turning tools. He said: "I recognize that schools have competing priorities (優(yōu)先權(quán)) for their resources (資源), but I would like to see a much greater effort on the part of the government and schools to raise awareness among parents that these additional solutions exist and that their children have a right to use them."可知他們的目的就是為了殘疾人這方面的意識(shí)。故A正確。
小題5:C 推理題。根據(jù)最后一段"There is clearly an issue to solve concerning software for special needs. I'll be asking ministers what steps can be taken to improve the situation"可知這個(gè)問(wèn)題已經(jīng)引起了人們的關(guān)注，所以很可能會(huì)被處理。故C正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文是關(guān)于為那些有閱讀障礙的殘疾人而進(jìn)行的爭(zhēng)取權(quán)利的活動(dòng)的描述。本文以細(xì)節(jié)題的考查為主，細(xì)節(jié)題是針對(duì)文中某個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)、某句話或某部分具體內(nèi)容設(shè)置問(wèn)題，正確答案的根據(jù)一定可以在原文中找到，即原文的改寫往往成為正確選項(xiàng)。通常細(xì)節(jié)題的正確選項(xiàng)有以下特征：對(duì)原文句子中的關(guān)鍵詞進(jìn)行替換。把原文中的一些詞換成意義相近的詞，成為正確選項(xiàng)。詞性或者語(yǔ)態(tài)的變化。把原文中的一些詞變換一下詞性，或者改變?cè)木渥拥恼Z(yǔ)態(tài)，給考生制造障礙。語(yǔ)言簡(jiǎn)化。把原文中的復(fù)雜語(yǔ)言現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行簡(jiǎn)化，成為正確答案。正話反說(shuō)。把原文中的意思反過(guò)來(lái)表達(dá)而成為正確選項(xiàng)(適用于尋找錯(cuò)誤選項(xiàng)的題目)。
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小題1:The passage is mainly about __________.
A．how aggressive pedestrians cause traffic accidents
B．why so many Americans were killed on roads last year
C．what the traffic rules of the road about pedestrians were
D．who are to blame for pedestrian deaths, drunk drivers or the aggressive pedestrians
小題2:What is the pedestrians’ selfish reason for traffic jams?
A．They know all drivers are skilled and with great care.
B．They believe individuals are always first.
C．They think traffic rules have nothing to do with them.
D．They guess all vehicles will slow down at crossroads.
小題3:What was NOT the basic cause of pedestrian deaths in the US a decade ago?
A．Disregard for traffic signalsB．Paying no attention to surroundings.
C．Crossing roads drunk.D．Overspeeding driving.
小題4:As one of all the road users, what should we students do on busy roads?
A．Obey traffic signals at crossroads.
B．Run as fast as possible at crossroads.
C．Talk on your cell phone if necessary.
D．Always watch out for big trucks.
小題5:What word can best describe the author’s attitude to the traffic accidents caused by pedestrians?
A．Excited.B．Cold.C．ConcernedD．Inconnected.

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