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2023-2024学年九年级时文阅读周周练—第八周
Monday
Playing music is difficult or even impossible for the disabled. That seems a little bit 1 to those disabled people who like music. Luckily, a man named Zacharias from Spain has 2 the problem by designing(设计) a piece of software.
It all began with one of his friends. The friend got 3 badly in a car accident. When he visited him in the hospital, his friend was worried he'd never be able to play his guitar again. Feeling the worry and 4 of his friend, he made up his mind to do something for those who thought music was forever lost to them.
Zacharias came up with a 5 way to play music. It's a piece of software called EyeHarp. It's the first musical tool that allows the disabled to play music with their eyes or head instead of their hands. Anyone with disabilities who wants to play music can use it. It is 6 what Zacharias wanted.
"Music can bring happiness and Zacharias' software makes it possible for the disabled to play music, which they have never 7 before. He has brought more 8 to their lives like the sun.” said an expert.
Zacharias has made a difference to many people's lives. Now about 650 people are using EyeHarp. But he knows there are 9 millions of people who haven't benefitted(受益)from it yet. Some music teachers have students with disabilities. So now he's training music teachers to use EyeHarp. In this way, EyeHarp can 10 more disabled people. Zacharias' story shows us that nothing is impossible to a willing(积极肯干的)heart!
1.A. unknown B. unfair C. unfortunate
2. A. solved B. created C. pushed
3. A. killed B. put C. hurt
4. A. fear B. danger C. risk
5.A. healthy B. creative C. puzzled
6.A. completely B. heavily C. simply
7. A. collected B. imagined C. changed
8.A. light B. music C. sound
9.A. never B. yet C. still
10. A. find B. reach C. feel
长难句分析
原句:(第三段倒数第二句)Anyone with disabilities who wants to play music can use it.
译文:任何想要演奏音乐的残疾人都可