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 (標準) 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) 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

  1. 1.

    What is the best title of this text?

    1. A.
      Awareness of legal rights among parents
    2. B.
      Campaign started for disabled children
    3. C.
      Problems of disabled children
    4. D.
      Steve — Olympic gold medalist
  2. 2.

    Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “backing” in Paragraph 5?

    1. A.
      holding back
    2. B.
      objecting to
    3. C.
      supporting
    4. D.
      controlling
  3. 3.

    Most print disabled pupils and their parents ________

    1. A.
      don’t know anything about such software
    2. B.
      must cooperate with the software company
    3. C.
      prefer combined text and audio files more
    4. D.
      must take action to receive text in another way
  4. 4.

    Sir Steve Redgrave suggests that ________

    1. A.
      government and schools raise awareness of disabled children’s legal rights
    2. B.
      parents take greater efforts to ask the government and schools for help
    3. C.
      parents should take action to raise awareness of software turning tools
    4. D.
      software company work with him to make the products
  5. 5.

    What Mike Foster said in Paragraph 5 means ________

    1. A.
      the ministers should be responsible for improving the situation
    2. B.
      the software for special needs has got well along
    3. C.
      the problem about software for special needs is to be dealt with
    4. D.
      how to use the software is a big problem
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試題分析：本文是關于為那些有閱讀障礙的殘疾人而進行的爭取權利的活動的描述。
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.可知本文是關于為那些有閱讀障礙的殘疾人而進行的爭取權利的活動。故B正確。
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對于這項活動是持支持的態(tài)度的，故該詞是指C項。
3.A 細節(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。
4.A 細節(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) 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。故A正確。
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"可知這個問題已經(jīng)引起了人們的關注，所以很可能會被處理。故C正確。
考點：考查社會現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀
點評：本文是關于為那些有閱讀障礙的殘疾人而進行的爭取權利的活動的描述。本文以細節(jié)題的考查為主，細節(jié)題是針對文中某個細節(jié)、某句話或某部分具體內容設置問題，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。通常細節(jié)題的正確選項有以下特征：對原文句子中的關鍵詞進行替換。把原文中的一些詞換成意義相近的詞，成為正確選項。詞性或者語態(tài)的變化。把原文中的一些詞變換一下詞性，或者改變原文句子的語態(tài)，給考生制造障礙。語言簡化。把原文中的復雜語言現(xiàn)象進行簡化，成為正確答案。正話反說。把原文中的意思反過來表達而成為正確選項(適用于尋找錯誤選項的題目)。
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