The poor boy（）blind at the age of three.

Ray Charles, a black singer and pianist of the USA. He had won 12 Grammy Awards (格莱美奖) and performed at 10,000 concerts around the world. Many musicians called him simply “the Genius”(天才).Ray Charles was born into a poor family, without a father. When he was 5 years old, his younger brother died, and around the same time, Charles started to lose his sight. By the age of 7 he was completely blind. He had already been learning the piano for a year, and when he went blind, his mother knew this would be the only way he would make any money in the future. All his life, Charles remembered her saying: “Do it right, or don’t do it at all.”

Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children. There the teachers also encouraged him to study music. Sadly, while he was still at school, his mother died. He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players. He sang, played the piano and wrote music.

He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles. In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made. The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx. The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles. After they had been playing together for two hours, Charles, then aged 73, jumped up and said: “He’s the one ... he can do it.” A year later Charles died aged 74. The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles’ music will live on.

(1)What can we learn from Ray’s childhood story？

A、His father died when he was 5 years old.

B、He started to go blind at the age of 7.

C、He was born in a rich musician family.

D、He started to learn the piano at the age of 6.

(2)Ray Charles’ mother encouraged him to play music because ().

A、his father was a musician as well

B、because it would help him get used to being blind

C、it was a good way for a blind person to get money

D、his teacher thought he was a genius

(3) Ray Charles went to a school for ().

A、normal children

B、deaf and blind children

C、talented children only

D、children without parents

(4)Ray Charles thought that Jamie Foxx ().

A、was the right person to play him in the film

B、was a good film maker

C、was the wrong person to play him in the film

D、was a good director

(5) What is the main idea of the last paragraph？

A、Becoming a musician.

B、Childhood story.

C、The film of Ray’s life.

D、Master of many styles.

by the University of Michigan School of Public Health revealed particulars that seem to hold true for the general population. Infants are the most cold-ridden group, averaging more than six colds in their first year. Boys have more colds than girls up to age three. After the age of three, girls are more susceptible than boys, and teenage girls average three colds a year to boys' two.

The general incidence of colds continues to decline into maturity. Elderly people who are in good health have as few as one or two colds annually. One exception is found among people in their twenties, especially women, who show a rise in cold infections, because people in this age group are most likely to have young children. Adults who delay having children until their thirties and forties experience the same sudden increase in cold infections.

The study also found that economics plays an important role. As income increases, the frequency at which colds are reported in the family decreases. Families with the lowest income suffer about a third more colds than families at the upper end. Lower income generally forces people to live in more cramped quarters than those typically occupied by wealthier people, and crowding increases the opportunities for the cold virus to travel from person to person. Low income may also adversely influence diet. The degree to which poor nutrition affects susceptibility to colds is not yet clearly established, but an inadequate diet is suspected of lowering resistance generally.

The paragraph before this passage most probably deals with ______ .

A．minor diseases other than colds

B．the recommended treatment of colds

C．a factor that affects susceptibility to colds

D．methods of preventing colds among elderly people

re easy to recognize. Klein also likes an interesting story without too many changes in time and place.A large amount of dialogues between the characters is better than long silences or noisy action scenes.

Of course, visually impaired people can enjoy many films when a friend explains the parts that can only be seen.But that means that blind people cannot go to the movies independently. To solve these problems, some movie theaters have begun to offer recorded audio descriptions of the movements, scenery, and special effects that other audience members can see on the screen.Blind moviegoers receive a wireless headset to wear during the movie. This allows them to listen to the narration while still hearing a movie's music and other sounds that surround them in the theater.

Another blind movie reviewer, Jay Forry, writes movie reviews that are published on his website. He also writes for newspapers and is a guest on radio shows. Forry gives movies one of five ratings, including, "So good, blind people will like it" and "I'm glad I couldn't see it." Forry became a writer after going blind at the age of 20 and he decided to go to college. His first articles appeared in the college newspaper, and Forry's writing skills and sense of humor are what keep people reading his reviews or listening to them on the radio.After "watching" The Sixth Sense, Forry commented that he thought the movie was excellent, but that he envied the boy who was the main character: "He had six senses, and I only have four."

1、What is the best title for the passage？ ______

A、Movies for the Visually Impaired People

B、Filmmakers Who Makes Films Interesting

C、Movies that are Rated from One to Ten

D、The Story of Jay Forry, a Blind Writer

2、"Visually impaired people" refers to those who _____.

A、are completely deaf

B、can't see anything

C、cripples when walking

D、don't trust in others

3、According to Marty Klein, a movie ____is most suitable for visually impaired people.

A、receiving the lowest rating

B、filled with many characters

C、without too many dialogues

D、being not too complicated

4、What do theaters do concerning with visually impaired people？ ______

A、They assign staff to explain some parts of the movie

B、They arrange movies especially for these people

C、They offer recorded audio description of the movie

D、They persuade these people not to go to the theater

5、We can infer from the last paragraph that Jay Forry_____.

A、is very upset about his misfortune

B、is good at writing reviews of films

C、became a writer before he's blind

D、doesn't like the film the Sixth Sense

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A.recorded Stevie" s musical performance that won him instant fame

B.was a record that turned out to be a great success

C.carried the message that the blind could work miracles with their fingertips

D.all of the above

A.turn out

B.turn on

C.turned up

D.turn over

A.shame

B.ashamed

C.shameful

Is ______ three hours ______ the boy ______ family is poor to come to school on foot？

A) it; that; whose B) it; that it takes; whose

C) it for; that it takes; whose D) it; when; that

The poor little boy lost his way, and he sat in the woods _____.

A. to weep

B. weep

C. weeped

D. weeping

A. reluctantly

B. disappointedly

C. fortunately

D. undoubtedly

A.Michelle Lavaughn Obama is an African American

B.The scholarships of universities are designed specially for the poor people

C.This library is designed specially for the blind

D.she was my Chemical teacher. Plain looking but very nice

A.out

B.down

C.over

D.away