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1.【答案】BDCDD

Helen Keller was born normal and healthy. But when she was one year old, she had serious illness with a very high fever. After that, Helen was never able to see and hear again.

As a child Helen was angry and lonely. But a happy thing happened when she was six years old. Her parents got a teacher for her. They brought a young woman Anne Sullivan to stay at their house and help Helen. After much hard work, Helen began to learn sign language. Anne taught Helen many important things, such as how to behave like other children. Because Helen was so smart, she learned things very quickly. She learned how to read Braile (布莱叶盲文). When she was eight, she became famous. People were amazed at what she could do.

When she was 20 years old, she went to college. Helen did so well in college that a magazine paid her to write the story of her life. After college, she decided to earn a living by writing and giving speeches. She traveled all around the world. She worked to get special schools and libraries for the blind and deaf. She wrote many books, including one about her teacher, Anne Sullivan.

1. Which of the following statements is true about Helen Keller?

A. Helen became deaf and dumb at the age of six.

B. Helen was born normal and healthy.

C. Helen was born deaf and dumb.

D. Helen was able to see and hear at the age of eight.

2. Anne Sullivan is Helen’s ______.

A. mother

B. doctor

C. aunt

D. teacher

3. Anne Sullivan was very important in Helen’s life because ______.

A. She made Helen famous

B. She let people feel amazed at Helen’s progress

C. She led Helen back to the life like normal children’s

D. She worked very hard

4. Braile is ______.

A. a system of reading and writing for blind people

B. a book written by Helen Keller

C. a book written by Anne Sullivan

D. a system of sight language for blind people.

5. In addition to writing and making speeches, Helen was also engaged in ______.

A. Traveling around the world with Anne Sullivan

B. Attending classes at college

C. Working for a magazine

D. Setting up special schools and libraries for the blind and deaf

2. 【答案】BBBBB

When Beethoven was 28, he began to notice a strange noise in his ears. As it grew worse, he went to see doctors, and was told that he was going deaf. This was too much for any composer to bear. Beethoven became hopeless; he was sure that he was going to die. He went to the countryside where he wrote a long good-bye letter to his brothers, describing how sad and lonely his deafness made him. He longed to die, and said to death, “Come when you will; I shall meet you bravely.”