October 15, 1970 was declared International White Cane Safety Day (IWCSD) for the first time by the President of the International Federation of the Blind (IFB). This date was adopted at the first convention of the IFB, held in Colombo on October 4, 1969. The object of the exercise is to enable the general public to have a better understanding of blindness and visual handicap, and to make people more aware of the white cane as a mobility aid.
Peguilly d’Herbemont was born on 25th June 1888 into an old French noble family of the same name. In her youth she led the conventional and protected existence, lack of great activity, of a girl from a “good family”, an existence reminding of the life of the aristocracy(貴族) before the French Revolution. She never visited a public school, but was educated by German and English governesses and nuns. Her movements were restricted and were mainly confined to the family positions in Paris and Belgium, but she spent most of her time at the castle of Charmois not far from Verdun.
In the process of helping individual blind people across the road, Peguilly d’Herbemont was made aware by narrow scrapes(刮擦) which almost led to accidents, of the dangerous situation of the visually impaired brought about by the steadily increasing traffic on the roads. She first spoke about measures to protect the blind against street hazards to her mother in 1930, but she was of the opinion that it was unfit for a lady of good society to create a public outcry and advised her to stick to the transcription of books, a popular pastime of ladies of rank at the time.
But the idea did not leave her. The urgent wish to encourage the integration(成為一體) of the blind into society by providing them with a means of moving about more freely without endangering others, and at the same time attracting the attention of passers-by ready to offer assistance, caused her to take the unusual step of writing to the editor of the Paris daily Echo de Paris in which she suggested issuing the blind of the Paris region with white sticks similar to those used by the traffic police.
The editor took up the idea, published it in November 1930 and saw to it that the relevant authorities acted with atypical speed. Thus it was that the white cane received official backing, and on 7th February 1931.
【小題1】The underlined words “the exercise” here refer to _____.

A．the founding of the IFB B．the declaration of IWCSD
C．the convention of the IFB D．the first convention of the IFB
【小題2】 Which of the following is true about Peguilly d’Herbemont?
A．She led a typical aristocrat life when she was young.
B．Though she could travel around Europe, she spent most time at Charmois.
C．She was taught German and English at a public school.
D．She worried about possible street hazards for the blind, witnessing many traffic accidents.
【小題3】_____ gave her the white cane idea.
A．Her concern about the dangerous situation for the blind caused by the increasing traffic
B．The accident she had when helping blind people across the road
C．The scrapes she got when crossing the road
D．Her urgent wish to integrate into society together with the blind
【小題4】According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Peguilly d’Herbemont’s mother didn’t want her to draw the public’s attention.
B．It was common for people to write to newspapers to voice their opinion at the time.
C．Peguilly’s strong desire to help the blind made her not a looker-on but an advocate.
D．The editor contributed a lot to the declaration of International White Cane Safety Day.
【小題5】This passage mainly wants to tell us _____.
A．Peguilly d’Herbemont’s achievements
B．how to care for the blind
C．the function of the white cane
D．how International White Cane Safety Day came into being


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：本文主要就是介紹IWCSD這一天是如何形成的同時(shí)也介紹了IWCSD的創(chuàng)始人Peguilly d’Herbemont創(chuàng)造IWCSD的過程。
【小題1】B 推理題。根據(jù)本句The object of the exercise is to enable the general public to have a better understanding of blindness and visual handicap可知這里的the exercise就是指上一句October 15, 1970 was declared International White Cane Safety Day (IWCSD) for the first time1970年10月15日被宣布為IWCSD的事情。故B正確。
【小題2】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第2段2，3,4行In her youth she led the conventional and protected existence, lack of great activity, of a girl from a “good family”, an existence reminding of the life of the aristocracy(貴族) before the French Revolution. She never visited a public school, but was educated by German and English governesses and nuns.可知她在年輕的時(shí)候，一直都過著貴族的生活。故A正確。
【小題3】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段前3行In the process of helping individual blind people across the road, Peguilly d’Herbemont was made aware by narrow scrapes(刮擦) which almost led to accidents, of the dangerous situation of the visually impaired brought about by the steadily increasing traffic on the roads.可知A項(xiàng)中對(duì)于交通事故中茫然可能會(huì)遇見的危險(xiǎn)的擔(dān)憂促使她又了這樣的想法。故A正確。
【小題4】B 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段后3行caused her to take the unusual step of writing to the editor of the Paris daily Echo de Paris in which she suggested issuing the blind of the Paris region with white sticks similar to those used by the traffic police.可知寫信給報(bào)紙的主編是在當(dāng)時(shí)一種不同尋常的做法。故B正確。
【小題5】D 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段October 15, 1970 was declared International White Cane Safety Day (IWCSD) for the first time by the President of the International Federation of the Blind (IFB). This date was adopted at the first convention of the IFB, held in Colombo on October 4, 1969.可知本文主要就是介紹IWCSD這一天是如何形成的。在接下來的幾段中介紹了IWCSD的創(chuàng)始人Peguilly d’Herbemont創(chuàng)造IWCSD的過程。故D正確。
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