Question

Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880.            was all right when she was born.      when she was nineteen months old, and attack of fever     her blind and deaf for the rest of her life. She became blind so     that as she grew older, she did not     being able to see; and she became deaf         she had any idea of the importance of human speech. She     in darkness and silence.

As she grew older, she, too, wanted to express her ideas and     .But she understood that she was     from others.

Her     greatly worried. How could anyone get in touch with Helen’s mind, intelligence in darkness and silence without       ? Helen was     seven before a teacher was     .Her name was Sullivan.

    Miss Sullivan had a lot of           in teaching Helen Keller. As the child could neither see nor hear,she had to use manual alphabet(手语).But Helen’s energy, intelligence and strong spirit,          with Miss Sullivan’s skill and patience (耐心),    all the difficulties. As Helen grew up, she became an able student, passed examinations and finally took a university degree     English literature. She then     all herself to helping the blind and the deaf. Her personal     , together with the work she has done for others, made her one of the greatest women in modern times. She     many books and The Story of My Life is a remarkable(不寻常的) one.

1.A. Something   B.Nothing    C.Everything   D.Anything

2.A.And     B.But     C.Or     D.So

3.A.had     B.let     C.gave    D.left

4.A.young     B.sudden    C.early    D.quick

5.A.mind     B.remember    C.remind    D.seem

6.A.as     B.when     C.after    D.before

7.A.lived     B.stayed     C.remained   D.played

8.A.views     B.opinions    C.feelings   D.thoughts

9.A.cut out    B.cut off    C.given up   D.sent away

10.A.teachers        B.friends    C.parents    D.neighbours

11.A.help     B.knowledge    C.sound    D.speech

12.A.nearly       B.likely     C.totally    D.quietly

13.A.brought       B.appeared    C.came    D.found

14.A.difficulty       B.ways     C.work    D.stories

15.A.agreed          B.combined        C.dealt    D.corresponded

16.A.won     B.beat     C.overcame   D.overturned

17.A.at     B.in     C.on     D.with

18.A.devoted    B.took     C.set    D.enjoyed

19.A.ideas    B.experience    C.life    D.success

20.A.read     B.bought    C.wrote    D.borrowed

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍现代社会最伟大的女性——海伦凯勒。她克服了常人难以想象的困难，取得成功，并致力于帮助他人。

1.C考查代词。A.Something 某事B.Nothing无事C.Everything每件事物D.Anything任何事。由下句话可知，海伦出生时是健康的。选C。

2.B考查连词。 A.And和 B.But 但是C.Or或者 D.So 因此。情况在她十九个月的时候发生变化，表转折。选B。

3.D考查动词。A.had使；有 B.let让 C.gave 给D.left 离开；留下。使役动词的主语通常是人，所以A，B项错误。发烧使她又聋又哑。

4.A考查形容词。A.young 年轻的 B.sudden 突然的C.early早的D.quick 快的。与old相对，指年龄小，用young。

5.B考查动词。 A.mind 介意B.remember记得C.remind提醒 D.seem 似乎。remember doing sth 记得做过某事。这里指海伦都不记得曾经能看见光明。

6.D考查连词。A.as 因为；随着；虽然；当…时； B.when当…时；C.after在……之后D.before 在…以前；在她懂得声音的重要性之前就已经聋了。

7.A考查动词。A.lived住B.stayed 停留 C.remained保持 D.played 玩耍；播放。她住在一个黑暗，寂静的世界里。

8.C考查名词。 A.views见解； B.opinions意见； C.feelings 感觉；D.thoughts思想；A,B,D项意思与idea相近，所以选C。

9.B考查动词短语。 A.cut out切断；删去； B.cut off切断；阻隔C.given up放弃 D.sent away 发送；派遣。be cut off from 被。。。隔绝。

10.C 考查名词。A.teachers 老师B.friends 朋友C.parents父母 D.neighbours邻居。下文提到为海伦找老师，所以这里指她的父母亲。

11.D考查名词。 A.help帮助B.knowledge知识C.sound 声音D.speech 演讲，讲话。这里是说不通过对话交流怎样碰触到黑暗和寂静世界里的海伦的思想和智慧呢？

12.A考查副词。A.nearly差不多 B.likely很可能地 C.totally完全地D.quietly 安静地。当Sullivan来的时候，海伦差不多七岁。

13.D考查动词 A.brought带来B.appeared 出现C.came来 D.found 找见。这里指为海伦找来一位老师。用被动。

14.A考查名词。A.difficulty困难 B.ways方法C.work工作D.stories故事。又下一句话可知，Miss Sullivan教育海伦存在很多困难。选A。

15.B考查动词。 A.agreed同意 B.combined 合并C.dealt处理 D.corresponded 符合。海伦能克服困难，除了有自己的聪慧和毅力外，还联合了Miss Sullivan的耐心。

16.C考查动词。A.won赢得 B.beat 打败C.overcame克服D.overturned颠覆。overcome difficulties克服困难

17.B考查介词。A.at在（表示存在或出现的地点、场所、位置、空间）；B.in在…之内C.on向，朝……；关于； D.with 用；随着；degree + in + 。。。，指某一方面的学位。

18.A考查动词。A.devoted 献身于B.took 拿；取 C.set树立；点燃 D.enjoyed 喜欢。devote oneself to doing sth。致力于。。。

19.D考查名词。A.ideas想法B.experience经历C.life 生活D.success 成功。海伦成为当今最伟大的女性之一，有两个原因。一个是她自己的成功，一个是她对别人的帮助。

20.A.read 阅 B.bought买 C.wrote 写 D.borrowed 借。The Story of My Life是她的著作之一，所以知道她写过很多书。选C。