A New Set of Eyes|你是我的眼

by Marcus Maurice

Guide dogs can change a blind person's life for the better.

　　Nearly a decade ago, Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog hit theaters and touched people's hearts. The plot was centered _(1)_ Quill, a very cute Labrador puppy that went to school to be a guide dog. After being _(2)_ trained, he was sent to live with a middle-aged blind man who was unhappy about having to be led around by a dog. Of course, the man finally came around and a strong _(3)_ developed between them.

　　Historians believe that guide dogs have been around since ancient Roman times because a wall painting depicting one was found when Pompeii was excavated. Writings and artwork about guide dogs kept _(4)_ afterwards, but it wasn't until the end of World War I that they really became widely used. Dr. Gerhard Stalling got the idea to train dogs en masse when many soldiers returned from battle blinded by poison gas. In 1916, Dr. Stalling opened up the first school to train guide dogs in Germany and ended up training up _(5)_ 600 per year. Over the next 14 years, guide dog schools _(6)_ around the world, and thousands of visually impaired individuals had their lives transformed because they didn't need sighted people to take care of them at all times.

　　For the first 18 months of guide dogs' lives, they are taught _(7)_ obedience. Then, they are sent to schools to be trained in advanced techniques like guiding _(8)_, where they learn to help their owners go right, left, backward, and forward. The most important thing the dogs are taught is avoiding _(9)_ because this can save a person's life. Finally, guide dogs are placed with _(10)_ owners, and they train together for a while to make sure they will be compatible for the rest of their lives.

(A) bond (B) spread (C) around (D) potential (E) to

(F) properly (G) obstacles (H) basic (I) appearing (J) directions

 

你是我的眼

导盲犬可以让视障者的生活变得更好。

　　大约十年前，《再见了，可鲁》一片轰动了影坛，并感动了人们的心。该片的情节环绕在可鲁这只前往学校受训成为导盲犬，且十分可爱的拉布拉多幼犬身上。在经过适当的训练后，可鲁被送往和一位中年的视障男子同住，而这位男子对于必须要由一只狗带着他到处去很不满意。当然，这位男子最后改变了态度，而且人狗之间也培养出相当紧密的关系。

　　历史学家认为导盲犬在古罗马时期就已存在，因为他们在挖掘庞贝城时发现了一幅描绘导盲犬的壁画。之后有关导盲犬的文章及艺术品不断出现，但一直到第一次世界大战结束牠们才被广泛使用。当时许多士兵由战场返家时都因为毒气而导致失明，于是杰拉德．史托林博士想出了将狗狗集中训练的点子。1916 年，史托林博士在德国成立了第一家训练导盲犬的学校，结果每年可以训练高达六百只的导盲犬。在接下来的十四年间，导盲犬学校扩张至全球各地，而且有数千名视障人士的人生为之改变，因为他们不一定要靠明眼人来照顾他们。

　　在导盲犬出生后的前十八个月，牠们会被教导基本的服从。接着，牠们会被送往学校训练诸如指引方向等的进阶技巧，在学校牠们会学习帮助主人左转、右转、后退及前进。狗狗们被教导最重要的事就是要避开障碍物，因为这一点可以拯救一个人的生命。最后，导盲犬会被交给将来可能的主人并一起训练一段时间，以确保人和狗在接下来的人生中可以彼此兼容。

 

答案： 1. C 2. F 3. A 4. I 5. E

6. B 7. H 8. J 9. G 10. D