Question

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Louis Braille, a Frenchman, couldn’t see anything when he was three years old. At the age of ten, he went to a special school for b1.children. The teacher there taught him a new w2.of reading by touching raised letters(字母) on the paper. H3., it was slow way to read, and it did not help the blind write. In 1819, a French soldier invented a special writing c4.“night writing”. Night writing used twelve dots(小圆点). In 1824, Braille knew about the night writing and b5.to change it for the blind to use. He didn’t use 12 dots but s 6. dots. Letters are made with one or more dots. In this way, Braille was a  7.to use the six dots for all twenty-six letters. Now people call this writing the “Braille Writing” and people first used it in 1829. F 8. then on, many blind people from all over the world used it. Before this writing a 9., the blind could not read or write. Many of them lived in hospitals and knew n 10.about the world outside. His work helped them see the world through their fingers.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.blind

2.way

3.However

4.called

5.began

6.six

7.able

8.from

9.appeared

10.nothing

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了盲文书写方法的产生历史。

1.联系上文，可知他去了一所给盲人儿童的学校，结合首字母可知填：blind瞎的，失明的，作定语。

2.联系下文，可知此处指的是一种新的读书方法，结合首字母可知填名词way，方法，路径。

3.联系上下文，可知前后是转折关系，结合首字母可知填连词However，然而，可是。

4.联系下文“night writing”可知此处指的是名叫“night writing”的一种特殊的写作方式，结合首字母可知填called名叫……的。

5.联系下文描述，可知他开始改变这种方式以适合盲人使用。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去发生的动作，故用一般过去时态。结合首字母可知填过去时态动词began，开始。

6.联系上文，可知他只用六个圆点，结合首字母可知填基数词six，六。

7.结合语境可知，这样他就能够使用六个圆点来代替26个英文字母。结合首字母可知填able，能，有能力的。

8.结合首字母可知考查短语from then on从那时起，故填：from

9.联系上文，可知此处指的是这种书写方法出现前，结合语境可知本句描述的是过去的动作，故用一般过去时态。结合首字母可知填过去式动词appeared，出现。

10.联系上下文，可知此处指的是他们对外面的世界一无所知。结合首字母可知填nothing，什么也没有。

考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力

点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。