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Passage 3
In Italy, scientists discovered a blind girl who could see with the tip of her nose and the lobe of her left ear. In 1956 a blind schoolboy in Scotland was taught to tell the difference between colored lights and learned to pick out bright objects several feet away. In 1960 a medical board examined a girl in Virginia and found that, even with thick bandages over her eyes, she was able to distinguish different colors and read short sections of large print. A young woman, Rosa Kuleshova, attracted more attentions.
Rosa could see with her fingers. She was no blind, but because she grew up in a family of blind people, she learned to read Braille (盲文) to help them and then went on to teach herself to do other things with her hands. In 1962, she was brought to Moscow, where she was examined by a group of scientists. When her eyes were securely covered, she was able to identify the color and shape of patches of light projected on to her palm or on to a screen. In rigidly controlled tests, with her eyes covered and a piece of card around her neck so wide that she could not see round it, Rosa read the small print in a newspaper with her elbow. And, in the most convincing demonstration of all, she repeated these things with someone standing behind her pressing hard on her eyeballs. When Rosa was asked how she did that, she could not explain. And scientists could not explain that either.
61. Which of the following would be the title of the passage?
62. According to the passage, scientists in Italy found a blind girl who could ________.
63. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage about blind people’s special talents?
64. Why did Rosa learn to read Braille?
65. Which of the following conclusions can be inferred from Rosa’s case?

问题1选项
A.A Research on the Blind
B.Blind People’s Talents
C.Seeing without Eyes
D.A Scientific Discovery
问题2选项
A.pick out bright objects from a distance
B.tell the difference between colored lights
C.see things with her nose and her left ear
D.tell things with her nose and her left ear
问题3选项
A.They can make out things by touching them.
B.They have a better sense of touch than normal people do.
C.They have an unusual sense about everything.
D.They can have other organs trained for the loss of sight.
问题4选项
A.She wanted to help her blind relatives.
B.She wanted to see things with her fingers.
C.She liked to know the world of the blind.
D.She could not see with her eyes.
问题5选项
A.When one lives among the blind, his eyesight can be affected, too.
B.If one is brought up by the blind, he will behave like a blind, too.
C.People can be trained to see things with other parts of the body.
D.With special training everyone can read newspapers with his elbow.
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