Question

Helen Keller

For the first nineteen months of her life, Helen Keller was like other pretty happy babies. Then a sudden illness destroyed her sight and hearing. Because she could not hear what other people were saying, the child could not learn to speak. For the next seven years, she lived in a world of darkness, without sounds or words.

The person who changed Helen’s world was her teacher, Anne Sullivan, who entered her life on March 3, 1887. Miss Sullivan had accepted a job, which seemed impossible. She agreed to teach a blind child who had never leaned to act like a human being, because no one had over been able to guide her in any way. No one could control Helen. She acted like a young animal, rushing widely around, throwing things, and hitting anyone whom she could reach. Who could believe that such a child could be taught?

But Anne Sullivan was a very special kind of teacher. She had been blind during part of her own childhood and had learned to read Braille, a system of writing that uses raised dots which can be felt by the fingers of a blind person. She had learned to see again after seven operations, but she had never forgotten the experience of being blind.

Miss Sullivan understood Helen. She loved her and believed she could teach her.

1.Helen Keller was born            .

A. blind and deaf         B. natural              C. very weak        D. very pretty and happy

2.Before Miss Sullivan came, Helen was            .

A. very wild                 B. very sad    C. well mannered  D. like a school girl

3.Braille is            .

A. the language of Belgium                B. the language used by deaf people

C. the language for the blind                     D. a kind of sign language

4.Anne Sullivan was the person who            .

A. changed Helen’s life                            B. operated on Helen

C. made Helen feel happy                     D. accepted a job as Helen’s playmate

5.Anne became a good teacher because            .

A. she was very patient                            B. she was very kind

C. she knew how to read Braille              D. she knew and shared Helen’s suffering

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.D