“What do you think of the extraordinary achievements of your life?” Queen Victoria of Britain asked Helen Keller. “You are __1__ and deaf, but how can you make such great achievements?” Ms. Keller's answer was the __2__ for her teacher, “If there were no Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would not be known. ”
When Anne was little, she suffered a great __3__ . A fever made her nearly lose her eyesight in her childhood, and she was diagnosed as a hopeless “l(fā)unatic”(瘋子) by the doctor. She was locked in the basement of a mental hospital in Boston. Sometimes, little Anne __4__ attacked anyone who approached her. She __5__ everyone who appeared in front of her most of the time.
__6__ , an old nurse believed that little Anne had hope and asked to __7__ the task of looking after the girl. She went to see little Anne every day. The child ignored her most of the time, but the old nurse didn't __8__ seeing her every day in the basement. The kindhearted lady left cookies to little Anne and spoke words full of love and __9__ to her. She believed that __10__ she showed love, little Anne would be able to __11__ .
Finally, the doctor __12__ changes in little Anne. Anne, who was always full of anger and hostility, showed __13__ and goodwill she had never had before. They transferred her upstairs and her __14__ continued improving. Then the last day came, and she __15__ the mental hospital.
After she grew up, Anne Sullivan hoped to help __16__ , just as the kind old nurse helped her. She saw great __17__ in Helen Keller. She cared for her, __18__ her strictly, encouraged her, played with her and worked with her. Anne Sullivan __19__ a miracle(奇跡) in the life of Helen Keller. But first it was a kind nurse who had full __20__ in little Anne that turned a silent child into a kind teacher.
1. A. weak B. lame
C. thin D. blind
2. A. prize B. praise
C. courage D. mood
3. A. storm B. accident
C. disaster D. harm
4. A. fiercely B. silently
C. obviously D. exactly
5. A. welcomed B. ignored
C. cheered D. changed
6. A. Besides B. Thus
C. Moreover D. However
7. A. take on B. look on
C. go on D. turn on
8. A. consider B. stop
C. permit D. continue
9. A. disappointment B. appreciation
C. encouragement D. hate
10. A. as soon as B. even though
C. as if D. so long as
11. A. grow B. write
C. recover D. suit
12. A. approved B. noticed
C. proposed D. operated
13. A. mildness B. sympathy
C. calm D. wisdom
14. A. experiment B. belief
C. sight D. condition
15. A. escaped B. finished
C. left D. survived
16. A. the others B. another
C. other D. others
17. A. potential B. status
C. affection D. satisfaction
18. A. committed B. trained
C. controlled D. raised
19. A. created B. found
C. developed D. spread
20. A. curiosity B. promise
C. confidence D. relief
【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 本文主要介紹了Anne Sullivan的成長(zhǎng)經(jīng)歷，以及Helen Keller取得巨大成就的原因。
1.解析：你失明(blind)又失聰，但是你是如何取得那么大的成就的?weak“虛弱的”;lame“跛的”;thin“瘦的”。故D項(xiàng)正確。
答案：D
2.解析：Keller女士的回答是對(duì)她老師的贊美(praise)。prize“獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)”;courage“勇氣”;mood“情緒”。故B項(xiàng)正確。
答案：B
3.解析：在Anne小的時(shí)候，她遭受了一次很大的災(zāi)難(disaster)。storm“暴風(fēng)雨”;accident“(交通)事故”;harm“傷害，損害”。根據(jù)此空后的“A fever made her nearly lose her eyesight in her childhood”可知，C項(xiàng)正確。
答案：C
4.解析：有時(shí)，小Anne猛烈地(fiercely)攻擊靠近她的任何人。silently“默默地”;obviously“明顯地”;exactly“精確地”。故A項(xiàng)正確。
答案：A
5.解析：大多數(shù)時(shí)間，她忽視(ignored)出現(xiàn)在她面前的每一個(gè)人。第三段中的“The child ignored...”也是提示。welcome“歡迎”;cheer“歡呼”;change“改變”。故B項(xiàng)正確。
答案：B
6.解析：然而(However)，一位年長(zhǎng)的護(hù)士認(rèn)為小Anne還有希望并且要求承擔(dān)(take on)照顧這個(gè)女孩的任務(wù)。besides“除……之外(還)”;thus“因此”;moreover“而且”。故D項(xiàng)正確。
答案：D
7.解析：參見上題解析。look on“旁觀”;go on“持續(xù)”;turn on“打開”。故A項(xiàng)正確。
答案：A
8.解析：但是這位年長(zhǎng)的護(hù)士沒有停止(stop)每天到地下室看她。consider“仔細(xì)考慮，認(rèn)為”;permit“允許”;continue“繼續(xù)”。故B項(xiàng)正確。
答案：B
9.解析：這位善良的女士給小Anne留下些小甜餅并給她說些充滿愛意和鼓勵(lì)(encouragement)的話。disappointment“失望”：appreciation“感激”;hate“仇恨，厭惡”。故C項(xiàng)正確。
答案：C
10.解析：她相信只要(so long as)她表現(xiàn)出愛意，小Anne就能夠恢復(fù)(recover)。as soon as“一……就……”;even though“盡管”;as if“好像”。so long as引導(dǎo)條件狀語(yǔ)從句，故D項(xiàng)正確。
答案：D
11.解析：參見上題解析。grow“成長(zhǎng)”;write“寫”;suit“適合”。故C項(xiàng)正確。
答案：C
12.解析：最終，醫(yī)生注意到了(noticed)小Anne的一些變化。approve“同意”;propose“建議”;operate“操作”。故B項(xiàng)正確。
答案：B
13.解析：總是充滿憤怒和敵意的Anne表現(xiàn)出了她以前從未有過的溫和(mildness)和友善。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，前后形成對(duì)比，且所填詞與goodwill含義相近，故A項(xiàng)正確。sympathy“同情”;calm“平靜”;wisdom“智慧”。
答案：A
14.解析：他們把Anne轉(zhuǎn)移到了樓上，她的健康狀況(condition)在不斷地好轉(zhuǎn)。experiment“實(shí)驗(yàn)”;belief“信仰”;sight“視力”。故D項(xiàng)正確。
答案：D
15.解析：她離開(left)了精神病院。escape“逃跑”;finish“完成”;survive“幸存”。故C項(xiàng)正確。
答案：C
16.解析：Anne長(zhǎng)大以后，她希望像那位善良的年長(zhǎng)的護(hù)士幫助她一樣幫助其他人(others)。故D項(xiàng)正確。
答案：D
17.解析：她看到Helen Keller身上巨大的潛能(potential)。status“地位”;affection“喜愛，鐘愛”;satisfaction“滿意”。故A項(xiàng)正確。
答案：A
18.解析：Anne Sullivan照顧她，嚴(yán)格地訓(xùn)練(trained)她。commit“承諾”;control“控制”;raise“提升，征集，提起”。故B項(xiàng)正確。
答案：B
19.解析：Anne Sullivan在Helen Keller的人生里創(chuàng)造(created)了一個(gè)奇跡。find“發(fā)現(xiàn)”;develop“發(fā)展”;spread“傳播”。故A項(xiàng)正確。
答案：A
20.解析：但是首先是一位對(duì)小Anne充滿信心(confidence)的善良的護(hù)士把一個(gè)沉默寡言的孩子變成了一位善良的老師。curiosity“好奇心”，promise“諾言”，relief“解脫，寬慰”。故C項(xiàng)正確。
答案：C
