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　　二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　When Helen Keller was 19 months old, an illness left her deaf, dump (哑巴) and blind. At the age of five, she began to realize that she was different from other people. Her family members could    16    with their mouths, but she couldn't talk with her mouth. Sometimes she stood between her parents and touched their    17   . She could not understand their words, and she could not make any meaningful sounds    18   . She wanted to talk, but no matter how she tried, her family members could not understand her. This made her very angry. Finally, her parents decided to ask Dr Bell for    19   .

　　So just before Helen's seventh birthday, with the help of Dr Bell, her parents hired a private    20    — Miss Sullivan for her. Miss Sullivan was careful to teach Helen, especially she taught Helen those subjects that she was    21    in.

　　One morning, Miss Sullivan carried a cup in her hand and she took Helen to the pump house (水泵房).    22    was pumping water (用泵打水) there. Miss Sullivan led Helen to the pump, put the cup in her hand, and let Helen    23    it under the spout (水泵嘴). Helen's first impulse (冲动) was to throw the cup away. But she liked the feeling when the cool water flowed down over her hand into the    24   . So she held it there, smiling a little.

　　Then Miss Sullivan held Helen's other hand and began to    25    the word W-A-T-E-R on it. Over and over again.    26    at first, then faster. Suddenly Helen dropped the cup. She stood there quietly, hardly    27   . Inside her mind, a new idea began to spin round and round.

　　"W-A-T-E-R! W-A-T-E-R! This lovely, cool thing. W-A-T-E-R?" She wildly groped (忙乱地摸索) for Miss Sullivan's hand. Her trembling (颤抖的)    28    began to spell the word on Miss Sullivan's hand, W-A-T-? she didn't finish spelling the word W-A-T-E-R, then she felt that Miss Sullivan agreed with her by patting (轻拍) her on the shoulder. Helen was    29   ! That was "water"! For the first time in Helen's life, she "talked" with another person in this    30    way! Miss Sullivan's eyes were wet as she cried, "Helen, you're right! You've got it!"

　　16. A. drink          B. talk             C. eat                D. bite

　　17. A. mouths       B. eyes            C. noses            D. cars

　　18. A. himself       B. yourself        C. myself           D. herself

　　19. A. food           B. wealth          C. help               D. trouble

　　20. A. teacher       B. worker          C. driver            D. writer

　　21. A. rich             B. interested     C. successful     D. strict

　　22. A. Someone     B. Everybody    C. Anyone          D. Nobody

　　23. A. find             B. hold             C. break             D. collect

　　24. A. bottle          B. plate            C. bowl               D. cup

　　25. A. spell           B. read             C. say                 D. explain

　　26. A. Easily         B. Carefully      C. Slowly             D. Heavily

　　27. A. breathing     B. dancing       C. laughing         D. singing

　　28. A. arms           B. fingers         C. legs               D. knees

　　29. A. polite          B. friendly        C. honest            D. right

　　30. A. special        B. modest        C. tidy                D. common