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Dirctions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
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Asakawa’s experience and her effort to read code printouts B. Accessibility _____ a serious issue C. IBM’s first Home Page Reader D. Asakawa’s Further research on directions by touching E. Asakawa’s contribution to the blind F. Asakawa’s strong desire to help the sighted |
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Asakawa, 45, has spent the past eight years making the Internet a friendly place for people who can’t see. In 1997 her research group at IBM Japan put out one of the world’s first browsers specifically made to read aloud the contents of Web pages. And last July, her team released software that helps Web designers figure out how to make their home pages accessible to people with poor or no eyesight.
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Accessibility is a serious issue. The Internet is becoming an increasingly important source of information and services. For people who are blind, the Internet lets them do things on their own for which they previously needed a lot of help, like going shopping.
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At age 11, Asakawa accidentally hit her head into the side of a pool while swimming, damaging her optic(视觉的) nerves. Three years later, she was completely blinD．At a vocational school for the blind, Asakawa learned to program in various computer languages. To read code printouts she used a device that translated the code into raised letters sensed with the fingers. It was a struggle, she recalls, “But it was possible.”
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In the mid-1990s, she began surfing the Internet, using a combination of software that read out what was on the screen. But there were problems: The system only read English. On-screen fill-out forms stumped the reader, and tables with vertical columns came out as gibberish(无意义的声音). Asakawa decided to develop software specifically designed to handle the coding used for Web pages. She inserted aural cues to help browsing, like using a man’s voice for text and a woman’s for links. In 1997 she put out IBM’s first Home Page Reader in Japanese, then in English followed by nine other languages.
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Asakawa is now doing basic research on using the sense of touch to direct the attention of the blind, as colors do for the sighteD．She hopes this kind of research will also be useful for people with normal vision. “Sighted people don’t use the sense of touch very much,” she laughs. “What a waste.”
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·Indulge in gourmet dishes at the Gombak Inn where all the dishes are prepared by chefs from Italy, France and Turkey. ·For the young at heart, there is the Gombak Fire Disco where you can dance to your heart’s content for free! So Come Join Us Now! Go to your nearest Singa Tour Agency and sign up for one of the following tour packages: Individual Package: $600 (3 days and 2 nights, inclusive of ferry trip to the island, 1 buffet dinner meal at the Gombak Inn and a one-time rental of scuba-diving equipment) Family Package (for 4 or less members): $1,000 (4 days and 3 nights, inclusive of ferry trip to the island, 1 breakfast meal at the Gombak Inn and 1 half-hour guided nature walk in the forest) For a short promotional period only, we are giving the 5,000th person who signs up with us before 13th November $50,000 in cash! So Hurry! |
69．People can enjoy the holiday by doing various things on the island except _____.
A．swimming in the naturally occurring lagoons
B．walking through the dense forest
C．exploring the coral beneath the clear waters
D．cooking fresh seafood on the beach
70． How much does the Individual Package cost?
A．$600． B．$500． C．$250． D．$1,000.
71． How can one win the $50,000 cash prize?
A．Sign up with Singa Tour Agency immediately.
B．One must sign either for the Individual Package or the Family Package.
C．If one is the 5,000th person to sign up with Singa Tour Agency before 13th November.
D．If one wants to spend a relaxing holiday at Pulau Gombak.