Helen Keller, the well—known writer and educator, died yesterday at the age of 88．Helen Keller was a hero to blind and deaf people around the world．

     Helen was born in 1880 in the United States．When she was nineteen months old, Helen fell ill．She had a high fever．It made her blind and deaf．Before her illness, Helen had been a bright and happy girl．When she lost her sight and hearing, she became difficult and wild．

     Helen wanted to understand other people．Sometimes, she stood between her mother and her father．She put her hands on their mouths．She could feel them talk．She felt one mouth move, and then the other mouth move．What were they doing? Helen didn't know．She shouted and cried．

    In 1887, a young teacher, Anne Sullivan, began to help Helen．She spelled words on Helen' s hand with her fingers．At first, the words didn't mean anything to Helen．Then, one day, Helen was playing in some water．Anne Sullivan spelled W - A - T - E - R onto Helen' s hand．Suddenly, Helen understood. That day, she learned many more words：mother, father, sister—and teacher．                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

     As Helen grew older, she learned to read．She had special books with letters she could touch．She also learned to write and even speak．When Helen studied at university, Anne Sullivan sat beside her．She listened to the professors’ words, and then spelled their words onto Helen' s hand．

     After Helen finished university, she visited many countries．She spoke about her life．She was very famous for her courage and hard work．She did her best to help other people who were deaf or blind．

     She will be greatly missed．

1．When and where was Helen born?

     A．In 1880 in the United States                   B．In 1888 in the United States

     C．In 1888 in the United kingdom                 D．In 1887 in the United States

2．Did Helen become difficult when she lost her sight and hearing?

      A．Yes, she did．

B．No, she didn't．

      C．We don' t know．

D．She become more easy in seeing and hearing．

3．Who is Helen's important teacher?  

A．Her mother         B．Her father           C．Anne Sullivan        D．Nobody

4．Helen can do many things, such as_________________________．

      A．seeing, drawing, reading                        B．reading, writing, speaking

      C．hearing, seeing, writing                          D．reading, drawing, hearing

5．Helen was famous for her__________________

    A．courage and money                         B．money and beauty

    C．hard work and money                       D．courage and hard work

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Dear Frank，

You have been gone exactly two weeks today，but it seems m  1  like two years to me!

I am glad to h  2  that you will be back soon．Are you coming directly home，dear o  3  ，do you make some s  4  on the way? I hope you will be home in time for Pasty’s birthday next Sunday．

Pasty k  5  asking every day w  6  you will be back．She says you never finish that story you were t  7  her about the train that lost i  8  “toot”(嘟嘟声)．She w  9  be happy until she knows exactly what h   10  to the“toot”and why the little train got it back a 11 .

Everything at home is fine e  12   that we miss you very much! I have been busy w  13   spring cleaning. Yesterday I had Cora come in to wash the kitchen walls, and she did a very g  14  job of it. The kitchen looks as t  15  it has been repaired. Cora helped me make some yellow curtains(窗帘) and they look very b  16  .

I went to see your mother yesterday, her medicine is gone, and she l  17  very well. Your sister Jean looks wonderful. She has taken off about fifteen k 18   since she b  19  dieting.

But now she is complaining (抱怨) that none of her clothes f  20 .

                                                     Yours,

                                                          Lyn

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