“The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, came to me. It was the third of March, 1887, three months before I was seven years old." So wrote Helen Keller.

The morning after the arrival of her teacher, (31)   .After she had played with it for a while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelt the word d-o-l-l onto her hand. (32)     ,and tried to imitate her teacher. When she finally succeeded in forming the letters correctly, (33)   . Excitedly she found her way to her mother, held up her hand and wrote the letters “doll". And in the days that followed, (34)    .

Helen soon learned, however, that things and actions have names. One day, while she was playing with her new doll, Miss Sullivan placed the doll on her lap, made her touch again and wrote the letters d-o-l-l on the palm of her hand (35)      .until Helen associated the word with the object.

Once, as we were walking down the path to the well, (36)       . I asked, “What is that strange smell in the air?” Miss Sullivan led me to the well. She took my hand and placed it under the spout from which water flew out."(37)     , Miss Sullivan spelt the word "water on her other hand. Suddenly everything came back. She knew then that w-a-t-e-r meant the cool liquid with which she was playing now with both her hands. That living word gave her joy, light and hope. (38)    , every familiar object she touched seemed to have a new meaning for her. She was eager to know more. As her education progressed, (39)       ,Helen was living a new life full of excitement. She now had the key to a language and was keen to use it. We who have eyes to see and ears to hear can learn easily. But Helen could

not, (40)    . She made full use of all the other abilities she had, to such an advantage that she became the world"s famous teacher of the blind and the deaf.

(From Helen Keller)

[A] she was pleased and proud

[B] This was repeated several times

[C] Helen was led into a room and given a doll

[D] Miss Sullivan was an experienced and patient teacher

[E] As the cool stream washed Helen's hand

[F] though not without difficulty for both the teacher and the pupil

[G] At once Helen was interested in this finger play

[H] Helen Keller had her lessons in normal classrooms

[I] On reaching the house

[J] as she was both blind and deaf

[K] she learned to spell a great many words in this way

[L] I was attracted by some peculiar smell

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