15．A new computer program is being praised as a life-changer for blind people．The new program is known as the KNFB Reader app．It can help users listen to an audio（声音的） read-back---the sound of printed material．
The application software program costs 99．It is the product of a long relationship between the National Federation of the Blind and Ray Kurzweil，a computer scientist and an employee of Google．
The KNFB Reader makes use of new pattern recognition and image-processing technology，and new hardware for smartphones．People using the app can adjust，or change the position of the camera and read printed materials out loud．
Mr．Kurzweil started working on what he called"reading machines"in the early 1970s．The idea came after speaking with a blind person who expressed frustrations with the lack of technology to help blind people．His first reading machine was the size of a washing machine．It cost 50，000．The technology has continued to improve over the past 20years．The new smartphone app can recognize and take printed material in one language and change it to another language．But it was not available on a mobile device until now．In the past，it cost more than 1，000to use the software app with a camera and a mobile phone．
Blind people say the app will make life much easier and it will help with everything from reading restaurant menus to studying papers in the classroom．Users say the app has given some people greater independence．One user，named Gordon Luke，reported that he was able to use the app to read his voting card for the recent voter in Scotland．
Bryan Bashin leads the non-profit group Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco．He is also blind．He says the KNFB app shows the positive impact that technology can have and there are times in his life when he wished the KNFB app were available to him．He adds that the ability to gain information quickly with something that fits in your pocket will be，what he calls，"a game changer"．
67．What can the KNFB Reader app be used to do？D
A．Print the stories with the smartphone．
B．Adjust the position of the camera．
C．Find the way for the blind．
D．Read the books out for the blind．
68．What can we learn from the fourth paragraph？B
A．The first reading machine was invented by a blind．
B．Mr．Kurzweil's first reading machine was very expensive．
C．The smartphone app can't be used to translate languages．
D．The reader app was available on a mobile phone 20years ago．
69．What's the users'attitude towards the app？A
A．Positive．
B．Indifferent．
C．Negative．
D．Critical．
70．What can be the best title for the text？C
A．An Essential App for Everyone
B．The History of Reading Machine
C．Smartphone App Gives"Sight"to the Blind
D．The KNFB Reader App Helps the Blind Photograph．
分析 本文介绍了一个新的计算机程序被誉为盲人生活的转变，新的程序被称为knfb阅读器．它可以帮助用户收听音频回读，印刷材料的声音．
解答 67．D 细节理解题．根据句子It can help users listen to an audio（声音的） read-back---the sound of printed material．它可以帮助用户收听音频回读．所以答案选D．
68．B 细节理解题．根据句子His first reading machine was the size of a washing machine．It cost 50，000．他的第一台阅读机相当于一台洗衣机，花了50000英镑．可见Mr．Kurzweil的第一个阅读机器非常昂贵，所以答案选B．
69．A 推理判断题．根据倒数第二段盲人对于这种智能手机的评价make life much easier使生活更容易； help with everything from reading restaurant menus to studying papers 帮助从阅读餐馆菜单到学习论文；has given some people greater independence．给了一些人更大的独立性； He says the KNFB app shows the positive impact 他说，knfb APP显示的积极影响．有这些内容可以推断出使用者对于KNFB 的态度是肯定的"positive"，B．Indifferent不很好的；C．Negative否定的；D．Critical评判的，所以答案选A．
70．C 标题考查题．根据文章第一段第一句A new computer program is being praised as a life-changer for blind people．一个新的计算机程序被誉为盲人生活的转变．本文写了这种阅读器给盲人的生活带来了一些列积极的影响，所以C选项智能手机应用程序给盲人带来了光明，符合本文的主旨，所以答案选C．
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释．考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点．
