Closeyoureyesforaminuteandimaginewhatlifewouldbelikeifyoucouldn’tsee.Imaginehavingtoreadthispagenotwithyoureyesbutwithyourfingers.Howdoyoufeel,then?
Withmedicalknowledgeandskillstoday,two-thirdsoftheworld’s42millionblindpeopleshouldnothavetosuffer(受苦)•Unluckily,richcountrieshavethisknowledgebutdevelopingcountriesdonot.
ORBISisaninternationalcharitableorganization.Itsgoalistohelpfightblindnessallovertheworld.InsideaDC-8airplanethereisateachinghospitalwithtelevisionroomandclassroom.Doctorsaretaughtthelatesttechnologyofhelpingtheblindgetsightagainhere.ORBISisalwaystryingtokeepacloserrelationamongcountries.
ORBIShelpsthosedevelopingcountriesbyprovidingsight-savingtraining.Ithastaughtover35000doctorsandnurses.Theycontinuetotreatthousandsofblindpeopleeveryyear.Theyhavetraveledaroundtheearth3timesvisited76countriesandtreatedover20000blindpeople.Theyneedyourhelptocontinuetheirworkandfreepeoplefromblindness.
Forjust$38youcanhelponepersonsee;for$380youcanbringsightto10people;$1,300helpstrainadoctornewskills;andfor$13000youcanprovideatrainingprogramforagroupofdoctorswhocanmakethousandsofblindpeopleseeagain.Yourlovecanhelpthemopentheireyestotheworld.
( )41.Howmanyblindpeopleshouldnothavetosufferwithmedicalknowledgeand
skillstoday?
A.14million.
B.28million.
C.42million.
D.20000million.
( )42. Alotofblindpeopleintheworldhavetosufferbecause_.
A.ORBISdidn’tdoitsbesttoofferhelp
B.thereisnogoodmedicalknowledgeandskills
C.developingcountriesdon’tpaymuchattentiontotheblind
D.somecountriescan’taffordmedicalknowledgeandskills
( )43. AccordingtothispassageORBIShelpsfightblindness by doingthefollowing
EXCEPT_.
A.tryingtokeepacloserrelationamongcountries
B.providingsight-savingtraining
C.treatingthousandsofblindpeopleeveryyear
D.writingthiskindofarticlestoaskforhelp
( )44.