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In 2005, Calvin Echevarria was on top of his game. He had two jobs, bought a house and was raising a 3-year-old daughter with his wife. But suddenly, it felt like it was all being taken away. He could no longer work as a FedEx driver because he was going blind.He was diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy (糖尿病视网膜病变). "I lost my sight and the job, but I don't care about that. All I care is about my wife and my daughter," he told CBS News. "How am I going to see my daughter grow?"Echevarria at first worked on developing independent living skills like walking with a cane (手杖). But he wanted to learn more-like skills that would be useful for a job. That's when he found Lighthouse Works in Orlando, a company that creates jobs for the blind."Seven out of 10 Americans who are blind are not in the workforce," said Kyle Johnson, the president and CEO of Lighthouse Works. "And we knew that people who are blind are the most highly educated disability group on the planet. And so, very capable people, who want to work and contribute. So, we created Lighthouse Works to help them do that."At Lighthouse Works, nearly half of the employees are blind. Echevarria works in the call center. In his work, Echevarria uses a system called JAWS to "hear" the computer. The system reads the computer screen to him in one ear a she listens to a customer call in his other ear. Now he has gotten good at it and can listen to JAWS on a dramatic speed. ""It gives me a purpose. It makes me feel better because I can provide for my family." he said.His original worry was not being able to be there for his daughter. Now, he is her mentor (导师), because she's an employee at Lighthouse Works as well. He said, "Little kids come to their parents, and all of a sudden when they become teenagers, they go away. Now, we're going back again to those days that my daughter used to come to me all the time. And I still feel needed." （1） What did Echevarria wish to do most after he went blind? A . Make efforts to buy a new house. B . Collect money to treat his disease. C . Find a job to provide for his family. D . Develop independent living skills. （2） Why did Kyle Johnson create Lighthouse Works? A . To found an on-profit charity. B . To help the blind learn living skills. C . To train advanced computer talents. D . To get the blind to enter the workforce. （3） What can be inferred about Echevarria from paragraph 5? A . He is the most capable employee in the company. B . He has better listening ability than others. C . He had no trouble in adapting to the new life. D . He is happy to have a new career now. （4） What does the author intend to show in the last paragraph? A . A father's love to his daughter. B . A new employee's achievement. C . A daughter's promise to her father. D . A company's contributions to the blind. 答案： C D D A

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