My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other __ that guests rarely realize that she’s __ anything.
One day, my six-year-old daughter Kayla went to play at her home.. 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. “I learned how to __ colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle ____ with us. She said she liked the way the paint felt through her fingers,” said Kayla.
Something about my child’s excitement caught my __ , and I realized that I had never finger-painted with Kayla. As a result, my child had learned about __ from a blind friend.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never __ in conversation. When I told her, she didn’t __ me at first. “But Mommy, Michelle understood exactly what was in my __ !”Kayla insisted. “Michelle told me that my picture showed joy, __ and a sense of accomplishment. She really __ what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger-painting was __ Michelle taught her. I knew my child was __ --Michelle had listened to Kayla when she __ her artwork. Michelle had also __ Kayla express her pride in her work, and her excitement at her __ of the way colors mix.
We were __ for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my __ .”
Yes, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
A.ways B.methods C.talents D.senses
A.enjoyed B.succeeded C.missed D.found
A.satisfied B.moved C.excited D.enjoyed
A.hardly B.especially C.really D.mostly
A.mix B.draw C.find D.talk
A.cooked B.played C.stayed D.painted
A.sight B.attention C.interest D.observation
A.color B.art C.finger D.fun
A.come around B.come across C.come through D.come up
A.agree B.accept C.believe D.approve
A.attitude B.picture C.world D.life
A.regret B.sorrow C.pride D.achievement
A.heard B.saw C.touched D.felt
A.until B.after C.when D.since
A.right B.wrong C.confused D.clear
A.created B.described C.designed D.produced
A.heard B.seen C.made D.imagined
A.study B.research C.knowledge D.discovery
A.silent B.worried C.confused D.sad
A.hands B.eyes C.works D.feelings