Itisestimated预算thatthereareover450milliondisabled(残废的)peopleintheworld.ThenumberofdisabledpeopleinIndiaaloneisprobablymorethandouble两倍thetotalpopulationofCanada.
Disabilityisnotjustsomethingthathappenstootherpeople.Aswegetolder,manyofuswillbecomelessmobile,hardofhearingorhavefailingeyesight.
Disablementcantakemanyforms形式andoccur存在atanytimeoflife.Somepeoplearebornwithdisabilities.Manyothersbecomedisabledastheygetolder.Therearemanyprogressivedisablingdiseases逐渐使免疫丧失的.Thelongertimegoeson,随着时间的推移theworsetheybecome情况变得越来越糟.Somepeoplearedisabledinaccidents.Manyothersmayhaveaperiodofdisabilityintheformofamentalillness.另一些人则可能有一段功能障碍形式的精神病.
Disabledpeoplefacemanyphysical身体上的barriers(障碍)wejustcan’timagine.Howwouldyoumanage管理ifyoucouldnotgetup站起来steps从台阶上,orontobusesandtrains?Howwouldyoucope应付ifyoucouldnotseewhereyouweregoingorcouldnothearthetraffic?Butthereareotherbarriers障碍whicharehardertobreakdown.Theyareprejudice(偏见)andignorance.不懂的Itisalmostimpossible几乎不可能的fortheable-bodied健全的tofullyunderstand充分理解whatthedisabledgothrough经历,soitisimportanttodrawattentiontothesebarriers.
题64.Fromthefirstparagraphwecanseethat_________.（得分：2分）
A.thenumberofdisabledpeopleinCanadaissmall
B.thetotalpopulationofCanadaisquitesmall
C.therearemanydisabledpeopleintheworld
D.thenumberofdisabledpeopleinIndiaisthegreatest