“Little Annie”Sullivan, as she was called when she was young, was no stranger to hardship. She was____sightless herself and was, as one time, ____as hopelessly“insane(精神病)”by the doctors. She was locked in the basement of a____institution outside of Boston. At times, Little Annie would violently____anyone who came near. Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in her____.
An elderly nurse believed there was hope, ____and she made up her mind to show love to the child. Every day she visited Little Annie. For the most____, the child did not acknowledge the nurse's presence, but she still____to visit. The kindly woman left cookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement. She believed Little Annie could____, if only she were shown love.
Eventually, doctors noticed a____in the girl. Where they once witnessed anger and hatred, they now noted an emerging gentleness and____. They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve. Then the day finally came____this seemingly“hopeless”child was set____.
Anne Sullivan ____into a young woman with a(n)____to help others as she, herself, was helped by the kindly nurse. It was she who____the great potential in Helen Keller. She loved her, disciplined her, and played with her. Anne Sullivan worked____in Helen's life; but it was a loving nurse who first____in Little Annie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a compassionate teacher.
The name of Helen Keller would have____unknown if it had not been for Anne Sullivan. ____would the name of Anne Sullivan if it had not been for a kind and devoted nurse. And so it goes. Just how far back does the chain of love extend? And how for forward will it lead?
A.almost B.hardly C.mostly D.seldom
A.thought B.seemed C.imagined D.diagnosed
A.physical B.chemical C.mental D.occasional
A.attract B.attack C.attend D.touch
A.absence B.performance C.judgment D.presence
A.therefore B.otherwise C.however D.besides
A.column B.part C.section D.content
A.continued B.lasted C.considered D.suggested
A.return B.recover C.remember D.reply
A.chance B.mistake C.change D.fault
A.love B.worry C.anxiety D.wish
A.where B.though C.until D.when
A.free B.busy C.spare D.loose
A.brought B.grew C.took D.knocked
A.order B.demand C.desire D.proposal
A.watched B.checked C.examined D.saw
A.doubts B.decisions C.plans D.wonders
A.depended B.believed C.introduced D.absorbed
A.remained B.reminded C.contained D.included
A.Either B.Nothing C.So D.Neither