山西太原五中2016届10月月考英语试题及答案(3)

This equipment usually costs thousands of dollars, but Smart Vision Labs says it has made a device with the same functions that clips onto an iphone. It can estimate vision problems by taking a handful of pictures of a person’s eye and using software to analyze them. The company plans to sell it as part of a low-cost kit for people in developing countries.
Earlier this year, Smart Vision Labs sent prototypes (原型) to Haiti and Guatemala through non-profit organization, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity. Optometrists tested the device on a few dozen patients in each country, asking them to look into it and focus on a small red dot for several seconds. People who used the device in the field were impressed with it. “It was very helpful to have the technology available to us in Haiti,” says Elizabeth Groetken, an optometrist from Le Mars, Iowa. “I can see the benefit of this tool in countries that do not have eye care readily available.”
24. People in developing countries have vision problems mainly because of ____________.
A. poor purchasing capacity
B. overworking on computers
C. neglecting eyesight problems
D. poor healthcare and costly diagnostic equipment
25. What is Groetken’s attitude towards the Smart Vision Labs device?
A. Doubtful.         B. Positive.         C. Indifferent.     D. Tolerant.
26. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?  
A. Smart Vision Labs is always doing charity activities.
B. People in Haiti have more serious eyesight problems.
C. The new device will be popular in developing countries.
D. Eyesight problems will be easily solved thanks to the device.
27. The purpose of the passage is to ___________.
A. advertise a new product for Smart Vision Labs
B. call on people to pay attention to eyesight problems
C. persuade people to donate vision-testing equipment to poor areas
D. tell people about a convenient vision-testing device on an iphone
C
A few weeks ago, I had a chat with my son Chase’s teacher. We talked about teaching children and what a sacred trust and responsibility it is. She and I agreed that subjects like maths and reading are not the most important things that are learned in a classroom. We talked about shaping little hearts to become contributors to a large community and our mutual dream that those communities might be made up of individuals who are kind and brave above all.
   And then she told me this.
   A few times a year, she asks her students to write on a piece of paper the names of four children with whom they’d like to be teamed up the following semester. Every Friday, she also asks the students to nominate one student who they believe has been an exceptional classroom citizen that week. All ballots (不记名票) are privately submitted to her. And after each ballot, when the students go home, she takes out those slips of paper, places them in front of her and studies them.
   Who is not getting requested by anyone else?
   Who never gets noticed enough to be nominated?
   Who had a million friends last week and none this week?
   You see, Chase’s teacher is not really looking for exceptional classroom citizens — he is looking for lonely children — children who are struggling to connect with their classmates. “How long have you been using this system?” I asked.