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Last December, Doris Low turned 90. Once a week she still drives to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) in Toronto, where she helps transform literature into Braille(盲文) to bring the power of story and knowledge to the hears and minds of blind readers. She has been volunteering her time and talents to such enterprises foe more than 40 years.
After working in the business world for a while, Low got fed up. So she turned to teaching at a technical school and later moved into the library.
Low's mother liked reading. As her eyes began to fail, low read to her. Then “ hearing an advertisement encouraging people to learn Braille, I decided to give it a try.” In 1973, she was certified as a braille transcriber (轉(zhuǎn)譯者) and began transcribing books as a volunteer for the CNIB library.
The job was strenuous ---she could get to the end of a page, make a mistake on the last line, and have to do the whole thing again. For a number of years, low also worked in the CNIB sound studio reading books onto tape. Three years ago, she took up proofreading (校對) at the CNIB's word factory.
In April, during Volunteer Week, the CNIB recognized Low for her great contributions. Thanks to volunteers like Low, the CNIB library has got more than 80,000 accessible materials for people unable to read traditional print. “ I can't imagine how many readers of all ages have benefited from
Doris's contribution as a skilled volunteer through her rich voice and her high degree of accuracy in the hundreds of books she has brailled and proofread over the years--- and she is still doing so,” said a CNIB official.
“For me,” said Low, “the CNIB is more than just a place to volunteer. Three thins matter most in my life: a little play, a little work, a little love. I've found them all here.”
（1）What does Low still do at the age of 90 at the CNIB? ( no more than 10 words)
（2）Why did Low learn Braille? ( no more than 15 words)
（3）what does the underlined word “strenuous” most probably mean?(1 word)
（4）What are Low's contributions to the CNIB? ( no more than 10 words)
（5）What do you think of Low? Give your reasons. ( no more than 20 words)

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【答案】
（1）She helps transform literature into Braille (for blind readers/ the blind)
（2）(Because) her mother's eyes began to fail and she heard an/ the advertisement.
（3）Difficult/Hard/tiring/tough
（4）She has brailled and proofread hundreds of books, and read books into onto tape
（5）Low is kind and helpful because she has devoted much time to transcribing books into Braille as a volunteer.

Or: Low is kind-hearted lady with a positive attitude toward life because she takes delight in helping others.

【解析】Doris Low 到去年12月份就90歲了。但是她從事志愿者活動已經(jīng)有40年了。她的工作是把故事和知識傳播給盲人讀者通過吧文學(xué)作品翻譯成布萊葉盲文。有時還要讀錄成磁帶。三年前她又從事校對工作。這個工作很辛苦，但是她喜歡。
（1）考查細節(jié)歸納。根據(jù)第一段中的“Once a week she still drives to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) in Toronto, where she helps transform literature into Braille(盲文) to bring the power of story and knowledge to the hears and minds of blind readers. She has been volunteering her time and talents to such enterprises foe more than 40 years.”可知，Low現(xiàn)在90歲仍然在CNIB從事幫助把文學(xué)作品翻譯成布萊葉盲文的工作。所以回答 She helps transform literature into Braille (for blind readers/ the blind)。
（2）考查細節(jié)歸納。根據(jù)三段可知，因為她的媽媽喜歡閱讀，但是她的視力變差了，而她也聽到了一則鼓勵人們學(xué)習(xí)布萊葉盲文的廣告。所以回答(Because) her mother's eyes began to fail and she heard an/ the advertisement.
（3）考查詞義猜測。第四段開頭，破折號是對畫線的詞strenuous 的解釋，都做到最后了，因為一個錯誤就必須從新做。所以strenuous的同義詞是Difficult/Hard/tiring/tough.（很累、很難。）
（4）考查細節(jié)歸納。第五段介紹了 Low 對CNIB的貢獻：把很多書翻譯成了布萊葉盲文、校對了數(shù)百本書籍還讀書錄成磁帶。所以回答She has brailled and proofread hundreds of books, and read books into onto tape.
（5）考查細節(jié)歸納。Low是一個善良的人，她幫助盲人讀書。所以回答Low is kind and helpful because she has devoted much time to transcribing books into Braille as a volunteer.Or: Low is kind-hearted lady with a positive attitude toward life because she takes delight in helping others.