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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 (转译者) 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 (校对) 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岁了。但是她从事志愿者活动已经有40年了。她的工作是把故事和知识传播给盲人读者通过吧文学作品翻译成布莱叶盲文。有时还要读录成磁带。三年前她又从事校对工作。这个工作很辛苦，但是她喜欢。
（1）考查细节归纳。根据第一段中的“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现在90岁仍然在CNIB从事帮助把文学作品翻译成布莱叶盲文的工作。所以回答 She helps transform literature into Braille (for blind readers/ the blind)。
（2）考查细节归纳。根据三段可知，因为她的妈妈喜欢阅读，但是她的视力变差了，而她也听到了一则鼓励人们学习布莱叶盲文的广告。所以回答(Because) her mother's eyes began to fail and she heard an/ the advertisement.
（3）考查词义猜测。第四段开头，破折号是对画线的词strenuous 的解释，都做到最后了，因为一个错误就必须从新做。所以strenuous的同义词是Difficult/Hard/tiring/tough.（很累、很难。）
（4）考查细节归纳。第五段介绍了 Low 对CNIB的贡献：把很多书翻译成了布莱叶盲文、校对了数百本书籍还读书录成磁带。所以回答She has brailled and proofread hundreds of books, and read books into onto tape.
（5）考查细节归纳。Low是一个善良的人，她帮助盲人读书。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.