My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 21 , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she’s 22 anything. Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 23 that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 24 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house. She moves around so fast that often 25 don’t realize she’s blind. I 26 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 27 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 28 excited about her finger-painting project. “Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to 29 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 30 with us. To my great 31 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my 32 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really 33 what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt 34 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 35 in conversation. When I told her, she was 36 for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla 37 . And I knew my child was 38 because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's 39 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 40 .” Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have. 21.A. ways B. means C. methods D. senses 22.A. enjoyed B. found C. missed D. lost 23.A. and B. except C. even D. but 24.A. who B. it C. she D. which 25.A. guests B. family C. children D. friends 26.A. realized B. heard C. recognized D. witnessed 27.A. excited B. sad C. satisfied D. enjoyed 28.A. especially B. not so C. a little D. not at all 29.A. paint B. draw C. create D. mix 30.A. stayed B. painted C. talked D. played 31.A. excitement B. encouragement C. delight D. surprise 32.A. attitude B. color C. picture D. paper 33.A. touched B. distinguished C. saw D. understood 34.A. after B. before C. until D. when 35.A. referred to B. turned out C. come up D. talked about 36.A. curious B. quiet C. puzzled D. worried 37.A. cried B. insisted C. complained D. informed 38.A. right B. wrong C. worried D. uncertain 39.A. shortcomings B. difficulties C. pride D. description 40.A. paper B. pens C. hands D. eyes
答案: 21—25 DCBAA 26—30 AAADB 31—35 DCDCC 36—40 BBACD