Question

    Young children often “read” picture books. They’re attracted by the colorful scenery and the realistic characters that contribute to fascinating plots.

Unfortunately, some children can’t use these resources, even if they do know how to read. Take three-year-old Elodie Bateson for example. Elodie was born with under-developed eyes and has retinal detachments (视网膜脱落), making her visually impaired.

It is because of people like Elodie that Tom Yeh, head of the Tactile Picture Books Project, has started printing 3D books, so they can feel the illustrations in picture books.

The first book Tom Yeh printed was Goodnight Moon, a popular children’s book about a rabbit going to sleep and wishing good night to his surroundings. In the 3D version of this book, children can feel each thing that the rabbit says good night to, whether it is a cow jumping over the moon, a balloon, or a dollhouse.

Generally, when children grow older, they read by using Braille, a language that was invented by Louis Braille in 1824. It uses different patterns of raised dots representing different letters. Readers can then feel the dots and mentally translate the patterns they feel into words. The only problem is that many blind children do not start learning Braille until they are about six years old.

Another reason why 3D printed books are such a valuable resource is that children don’t have to know how to read to understand them. However, without these, visually impaired kids are losing six developmental years vital to their growth since they can’t take advantage of picture books.

When 3D picture books are printed, plastic is layered (分层放置) repeatedly over a single shape: the shape of the illustration. These raised pictures created through layered plastic serve as substitutes (替代品) for the Braille letters that little children have no knowledge of.

1.What does the underlined word “impaired” in paragraph 2 mean？

A.Damaged. B.Disappeared. C.Defeated. D.Unmatched.

2.What can we know about Braille from paragraph 5？

A.Most people can translate Braille into words.

B.The blind at any age can read by using Braille.

C.Blind kids begin learning Braille at six years old or so.

D.Braille uses similar patterns of raised dots to stand for different letters.

3.We can know that the illustrations in 3D books are raised ______ .

A.pictures B.letters C.dots D.codes

4.What is the aim of the Tactile Picture Books Project？

A.To encourage kids to read books. B.To teach the blind children Braille.

C.To cure visually impaired children. D.To help the blind children read picture books.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了Tactile Picture Books项目利用3D打印书籍，来帮助盲童阅读图画书。它使用不同的凸起点图案来代表不同的字母，读者可以感受到这些点，并在心里把他们转化为文字。如果没有这些，视障儿童将失去对他们成长至关重要的6年发育时间，因为他们不能利用图画书。

1.

词义猜测题。根据上文Elodie was born with under-developed eyes and has retinal detachments可知Elodie出生时眼睛发育不全，视网膜脱落，这让她的视力受损了。由此可知，划线单词意思为“被损坏的”。A. Damaged. 被损坏的B. Disappeared.消失的；C. Defeated.被击败的；D. Unmatched.无与伦比的。故选A。

2.

细节理解题。根据第五段中The only problem is that many blind children do not start learning Braille until they are about six years old.可知唯一的问题是，许多盲童直到六岁左右才开始学习布莱叶盲文。由此可知，盲人孩子从六岁左右开始学习布莱叶盲文。故选C。

3.

细节理解题。根据最后一段中These raised pictures created through layered plastic serve as substitutes (替代品) for the Braille letters that little children have no knowledge of.可知这些通过分层塑料制作的凸起图画，可以替代小孩子不认识的盲文字母。由此可知，3D书籍中的插图是凸起的图片。故选A。

4.

推理判断题。根据第三段It is because of people like Elodie that Tom Yeh, head of the Tactile Picture Books Project, has started printing 3D books, so they can feel the illustrations in picture books.可知正是因为有了像Elodie这样的人，Tactile Picture Books项目的负责人Tom Yeh开始打印3D书籍，这样他们就可以感受到图画书中的插图。由此可推知，Tactile Picture Books项目的目的是帮助盲童阅读图画书。故选D。