Section II Cloze (10 points)
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smaller 31 improved version that will sell for less than half 32 price. Within a few years, the price range Kurzweil 33 will be low enough for every school and library to 34 one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that 35 will be able to buy home 36 of Cyclops for the price of a good television set. Mr. Hingson’s organization purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland, Colorado, Iowa, California, and New York. Blind people have been 37 in those tests, making lots of 38 Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it ifficult to learn that system. They are thereby shut 21 from the world of books and newspapers, having to 22 on friends to read aloud to them. A young cientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer which is a major 23 in providing aid to the 24 . His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that 25 any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like 26 through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons 27 Cyclops’s keyboard, a blind person can “read” any 28 document in English language. This remarkable invention represents a tremendous 29 forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $ 50,000. 30 , Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops. “This is the first time that blind people have ever done individual studies 39 a product was put on the market,” Hingson said. “Most anufacturers believed that having the blind help the blind was like telling 40 people to teach other disabled people. In that sense, the manufacturers have been the blind
ones.”

21. A. up B. down C. in D. off
22. A. dwell B. rely C. press D. urge
23. A. execution B. distinction C. breakthrough D. process
24. A. paralyzed B. uneducated C. invisible
25. A. scans B. enlarges C. sketches
26. A. behavior B. expression C. movement
27. A. on B. at C. in
28. A. visual B. printed C. virtual
C. However
C. orC. whose
D. spoken
29. A. stride B. trail C. haul D. footprint
30. A. Likewise B. Moreover
D. Though
31. A. but B. than
D. then
32. A. which B. that
D. this
33. A. estimates B. considers D. determines
34. A. settle B. own D. retain
35. A. schools B. children D. companies
36. A. models B. modes C. cases D. fashions
37. A. producing C. assuring D. assisting
38. A. true C. authentic D. pleasant
39. A. after C. before D. as
40. A. disabling C. disabled D. being disabling