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】

试题分析：本文主要讲了我的朋友Michelle虽然是盲人，她是她通过其它感觉更好的认识和感知了世界。

1.】考查名词。 ways 方法；means 方法、手段；methods具体方法；senses感觉。根据including her “sixth sense”，故选D。

2. missed 错过、想念；seen看见。根据including her "sixth Sense", that she rarely gives the impression she's _____ anything.可知这里想说“她很少给出她错过一些事情的印象”，missed错过，故选C。

3. 和；except除---之外；even 甚至、更；but但是。这里想说Michelle照顾她的孩子们几乎像我们一样，根据except that she isn’t too hard on them．可知这里想说她的孩子们从她轻松的态度收益很多，，故选B。

4. that she isn’t too hard on them．________ really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude.可知这里想说她的孩子们从她轻松的态度收益很多，relaxed放松的，故选A。

5. don’t realize she’s blind,可知这里想说她的客人经常意识不到她是盲人，故选A，guests客人。

6. 意识到；witnessed 目睹；recognized认出；regretted遗憾、后悔，.这里想说在我女儿去她家玩之后，我第一次意识到这些，realized意识到，故选A。

7. 兴奋的；sad伤心的；satisfied满意的；enjoyed喜爱、欣赏。..根据But she was especially excited about her finger-painting project. 可知这里想说她那天很兴奋，excited兴奋的，故选A。

8.】这里想说她尤其是对她的手指画心奋不已，故选A，especially尤其地。

9.】考查动词。paint粉刷；draw 绘画；create 创造；mix混合。根据Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green!故选D，mix。

10.】考查动词。stayed停留；painted粉刷、画； talked 谈话；watched观看。根据my ch ild hadlearnt about color from a blind friend!可知这里想说Michelle和我们一起画，故选B，painted画。

11.】考查名词。excitement兴奋；encouragement鼓励； delight高兴；surprise惊讶。根据my child had learnt about color from a blind friend，故选D，surprise惊奇。

12.】考查名词。attitude 态度；color颜色；picture图画；paper纸。根据“Michelle told me my ________ showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment.” Michelle告诉我我的绘画展示出高兴、自豪和一种成就感，所以C项正确。

13. 触。摸。碰；got 得到；saw看见； understood明白。..这里想说她真的明白我在做什么，understood懂，故选D。

14. After在---之后；since自从---以来；until直到---为止；when当---时候。这里想说直到Michelle向她展示不看纸怎样去画画，until直到……才，故选C。

15. referred to提到‘谈到；turned out 结果是； come up 被提出；thought about想出。.这里想说它从来没有在谈话中被提及，come up被提及，故选C。

16.】考查形容词。curious 好奇的；quiet 安静的；puzzled 疑惑的；disappointed失望的。这里想说她沉默了片刻，故选B，quiet沉默的。

17. Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!”故选B，insisted坚决认为。

18. Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work.可知这里想说我知道我的孩子是正确的，故选A。

19. Shortcomings缺点；difficulties困难；pride 骄傲、自豪；description描述。根据“Michelle told me my picture showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment (成就)”， Michelle告诉我我的绘画展示出高兴、自豪和一种成就感，所以选C，pride骄傲。

20. she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have，可知这里想说她用我的眼睛在看，故选D。

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