Question

My friend Michelle is blind, but you'd never know it. She makes such good use of her other ____, including her "sixth Sense", that she rarely gives the impression she's ________ anything.

Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, ________ that she doesn't push too hard on them, ________ really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often ________ don't realize she's blind.

I ________ this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very ________ about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was ________ excited about her finger-painting project.

"Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles "I learned how to ________ colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle ________ with us."

To my great ________, my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

Then Kayla continued. "Michelle told me my ________ showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really ________ what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt ________ Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never ________ in conversation.

When I told her, she was ________ for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla _______. And I knew my child was ________ because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's ________ in her work,

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did 'see' my picture. She just used my ________."

Indeed, she uses a special type of "vision" that all mothers have.

1.A. ways B. means C. methods D. senses

2.A. enjoyed B. found C. missed D. seen

3.A. and B. except C. even D. but

4. A. who B. it C. she D. which

5.A. guests B. family C. children D. friends

6.A. realized B. witnessed C. recognized D. regretted

7.A. excited B. sad C. satisfied D. enjoyed

8.A. especially B. not so C. a little D. not at all

9.A. paint B. draw C. create D. mix

10.A. stayed B. painted C. talked D. watched

11.A. excitement B. encouragement C. delight D. surprise

12.A. attitude B. color C. picture D. paper

13.A. touched B. got C. saw D. understood

14.A. after B. since C. until D. when

15.A. referred to B. turned out C. come up D. thought about

16.A. curious B. quiet C. puzzled D. disappointed

17.A. cried B. insisted C. complained D. informed

18.A. right B. wrong C. worded D. uncertain

19.A. shortcomings B. difficulties C. pride D. description

20.A. paper B. pens C. hands D. eyes

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.A

7.A

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：我的朋友Michelle是一位盲人，但是她表現(xiàn)得就像常人無異。我的女兒去她家玩時(shí)，她陪著一起玩關(guān)于顏色的游戲，我的女兒甚至沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)她是盲人。

1.A. Ways方法B. Means手段C. Methods方法，途徑D. Senses感覺。我的朋友Michelle是一個(gè)盲人，但是她充分利用她其他的感官以及第六感，表現(xiàn)得就像平常人一樣。故選D。

2.A. Enjoyed享受B. Found發(fā)現(xiàn)C. Missed想念，錯(cuò)過D. Seen看到。她極少給別人留下錯(cuò)過一些事物的印象。故選C。

3.A. And并且B. Except除...之外C. Even甚至D. But但是。她就像對待我們一樣對待她的孩子們，除此之外，她也不會(huì)對她們太過苛刻。故選B。

4. 代詞辨析。我們從她放松的態(tài)度中受益良多。分析語境可知who really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude為非限制性定語從句，先行詞為us，先行詞為人，在定語從句中充當(dāng)主語，所以用who引導(dǎo)。故填A(yù)。

5.A. Guests客人B. Family家人C. Children孩子D. Friends朋友。她知道什么時(shí)候該打掃房間，她跑的那么快以至于客人們經(jīng)常意識不到她是盲人。分析語境可知 Family家人，Children孩子，和 Friends朋友都是熟悉她的人，肯定也知道她是盲人。故選A。

6.A. Realized意識到B. Witnessed目擊C. Recognized認(rèn)出D. Regretted后悔，懊悔。我第一次意識到這些是我六歲的女兒去她家玩耍的時(shí)候。故選A。

7.A. Excited興奮的B. Sad悲傷的C. Satisfied滿意的D. Enjoyed享受的。根據(jù)后文But she was __38__ excited about her finger-painting project.可知Kayla回家之后心情是非常興奮的。故選A。

8.A. Especially特別，尤其B. not so不然；不是那樣C. a little一點(diǎn)，一些D. not at all根本不。但是她對手指畫尤其感興趣。故選A。

9.A. paint畫B. draw拉；拖C. Create創(chuàng)造D. Mix混合。根據(jù)后文Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! 藍(lán)色和紅色混在一起就成了粉色，黃色和藍(lán)色混在一起就成了綠色�？芍�前文是“混合顏色”。故選D。

10.A. Stayed待著B. Painted畫C. Talked談話D. Watched觀察。Michelle和我們一起畫。故選B。

11.A. Excitement興奮B. Encouragement鼓勵(lì)C. Delight開心D. Surprise驚訝。讓我驚訝的是，我的孩子從一個(gè)盲人那里學(xué)到了色彩。故選D。

12.A. Attitude態(tài)度B. Color顏色C. picture圖片D. Paper紙張。Michelle告訴我，我的畫顯示出開心，驕傲和成就感。前文中提到她們是畫畫，故填C。

13.A. Touched觸摸B. Got得到C. Saw看見D. Understood理解。因?yàn)榍拔闹姓fMichelle told me my picture showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment（Michelle覺得我的畫顯示出開心，驕傲和成就感），所以Kayla認(rèn)為Michelle是真的理解了她畫的畫。故選D。

14.A. After在...之后B. Since自從，因?yàn)镃. Until直到D. When當(dāng)....時(shí)候。直到Michelle向她展示不看畫紙的作畫，她才感覺到手指畫的感覺是多么的棒。Not...until:直到....才...。故選C。

15.A. referred to參考，指代B. turned out結(jié)果證明C. come up出現(xiàn)D. thought about思考。我意識到Kayla不知道Michelle是盲人這個(gè)事情。因?yàn)樗�一直沒有出現(xiàn)在我們的談話中。故選C。

16.A. Curious好奇的B. Quiet安靜的C. Puzzled困惑的D. Disappointed失望的。當(dāng)我告訴她的時(shí)候，她沉默了一會(huì)兒。故選B。

17.A. Cried哭B. Insisted堅(jiān)持C. Complained抱怨D. Informed通知。剛開始，她不相信我說的話，堅(jiān)持說“但是Michelle確實(shí)知道我畫的畫啊”。故選B。

18.A. Right正確的B. Wrong錯(cuò)誤的C. Worded用言語表達(dá)的D. Uncertain不確定的。我知道她是對的，因?yàn)镸ichelle聽了她描述她的畫。故選A。

19.A. Shortcomings缺點(diǎn)B. Difficulties困難C. pride驕傲D. Description描述。Michelle 也聽到了她對自己的畫的驕傲之情。因?yàn)榍拔闹刑岬組ichelle told me my picture showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment（Michelle覺得我的畫顯示出開心，驕傲和成就感）。故選C。

20.A. Paper紙張B. Pens筆C. Hands手D. Eyes眼睛。最后Kayla說：Michelle確實(shí)看到了我的畫，是通過我的眼睛看到的。故選D。

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