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In Kenya, blind students and those with poor eyesight were still using Braille(布萊葉盲文)books for their studies until recently. But Kenyan schools for the blind are now beginning to use technology that provides material in an audible(聽得見的)form. This has expanded possibilities for the students and taught them new ways to interact with technology.
Seventeen-year-old Lucas Mwanzia is visually impaired. For the past two years, he has been attending computer classes at the Thika School for the Blind. Lucas Mwanzia is in eighth grade. He started school at a later age because of his poor eyesight. But using the new technology, he can search the Internet for biology class. He says the technology has opened doors that once were closed. He says that Braille books are costly and you have to spend a lot of money to buy one. With computers, he says, the books are available at little or no cost. “So we download the books to read and when are done we just close the program,” he says.
Zachary Muasya was born blind. He is now one of the school’s teachers. He has been teaching the students how to use the technology for about two years now. He says the technology opens up possibilities that can level the playing field for his students. “Assistive technology equips the learners with many skills that really make them independent in life,” says Muasya. “They can read materials like books, magazines, newspapers by themselves. And apart from that – assistive(輔助的)technology equips them with employable skills.”
A non-governmental organization called InAble has provided the assistive technology to the school at no cost. Peter Okeyo, the program manager at InAble, says blind students using the technology may still face difficulties when they move to higher education. He says students who have used the technology up through high school might not have it at the university they attend. Those students might have difficulties if they have to go back to Braille, he adds.
Four out of Kenya’s 11 schools for the blind are using the technology. Inable says it will provide the financing for the remaining schools to join the effort.
28. The passage mainly talks about______.
A. the situation of the blind children in Kenya
B. the teaches working for the blind children in Kenya
C. the new tools provided for the blind children in Kenya
D. the great invention made for the blind children worldwide
29. Some example of students are used in the passage to_____
A. emphasize the bad situation B. highlight the assistive technology
C. show the students’ hard work D. indicate the drawbacks of Braille
30. The underlined phrase “level the playing field” in the 5th paragraph probably means_____.
A. to bring more fair chances B. to open more sports fields
C. to raise their living standards D. to improve their learning levels
31. It can be inferred that the assistive technology will_____.
A. spread widely in African countries
B. benefit the blind students in job hunting
C. solve all the reading problems for the blind
D. help those blind students go to better universities
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