Passage 16
Think of the ways you use your eyes every day. Imagine your life sight. Cover your ears, and imagine being deaf and blind for the rest of your life. Think about the songs, the voices and the music you will never hear again.
For the first 19 months of her life, Helen Keller was to see and hear, but then a sickness struck her. She became blind and deaf. For the rest of her life, she was never able to see or hear. She didn't have memories of sight or , and the illness struck her as a baby she could speak. But Helen Keller became a teacher and writer. She was in the hearts of millions of people.
How did this miracle(奇迹) happen? For the first seven years of her life, she was almost like a animal. Her mother and father did not know what to do with her. She screamed, kicked and cried. She wanted very much to have others understand her, but there was no way she could do. , her parents decided to find a home teacher to teach her. Some went away shortly after they spent a few days with her, until the one—Annie Sullivan came. During the rest of Helen's life, she stayed by her side and helped her deal with a lot of unthinkable .
Sullivan was a lovely young woman with great patience and imagination. She was a born teacher, of turning a deaf-blind creature into a human being. It was this teacher that got Helen out of the world. Through the teacher's hands and fingers, Helen "heard" the sounds that one can hear on a farm, the noises made by cows, horses, chickens and pigs.
Looking back on those years, Helen once said, she was greatly struck by her teacher's and she was very thankful to her teacher.
() 1.A. without
B. by
C. with
D. through
() 2.A. happy
B. able
C. good
D. glad
() 3.A. quickly
B. partly
C. mostly
D. completely
() 4.A. smell
B. feeling
C. taste
D. sound
() 5.A. before
B. after
C. unless
D. when
() 6.A. strong
B. clever
C. wild
D. silly
() 7.A. First
B. Finally
C. Slowly
D. Last
() 8.A. last
B. second
C. first
D. only
() 9.A. thoughts
B. moments
C. surprises
D. difficulties
()10.A. speaking
B. thinking
C. dreaming
D. complaining
()11.A. noisy
B. silent
C. poor
D. bright
()12.A. wisdom
B. honesty
C. generosity
D. humour

1.A 2.B 3.D 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.C 11.B 12.A

1. 考查介词辨析。结合语境“想象没有视力的生活”，without表示“没有”，符合文意。
2. 考查固定搭配。be able to为固定短语，意为“能够”，此处指海伦凯勒最初19个月能看能听。
3. 考查副词辨析。根据后文“she was never able to see or hear”可知她完全失明失聪，completely表示“完全地”，符合语境。
4. 考查名词辨析。前文提到视觉记忆，此处对应听觉记忆，sound表示“声音”，符合逻辑。
5. 考查连词辨析。根据语境，她在会说话之前就患病，before表示“在……之前”，符合文意。
6. 考查形容词辨析。根据“She screamed, kicked and cried”的描述，她像野兽一样，wild表示“野蛮的”，wild animal意为“野兽”，符合语境。
7. 考查副词辨析。前文说父母无措，此处指最终决定找家庭教师，Finally表示“最终”，符合逻辑。
8. 考查形容词辨析。根据前文“Some went away shortly”可知之前的老师都离开，直到最后一位Annie到来，last表示“最后的”，符合文意。
9. 考查名词辨析。海伦作为盲聋人，生活中有诸多困难，difficulties表示“困难”，符合语境。
10. 考查固定搭配。dream of为固定短语，意为“梦想”，此处指Annie梦想将海伦培养成正常人，符合文意。
11. 考查形容词辨析。海伦是聋人，她之前的世界是无声的，silent表示“无声的”，符合语境。
12. 考查名词辨析。结合语境，海伦被老师的智慧打动并感激她，wisdom表示“智慧”，符合文意。