“What do you think of the extraordinary achievements of your life?” Victoria Queen of Britain asked Helen Keller, “You are      21      and deaf, but how can you make such great achievements?” Ms. Keller's answer was the      2 2      for her teacher, “If there is no Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller will not be known.”
    When she was little, Anne suffered a great      23      . A fever made her nearly lose her eyesight in her childhood, and she was diagnosed as a      24      “maniac” (疯子) by the doctor. She was locked in the basement of a mental hospital in Boston. Sometimes, little Anne       25        attacked anyone who approached her. She   26   everyone who appeared in front of her most of the time.
          27     , an old nurse believed that little Annie had hope and asked to      28      the task of looking after the girl. She went to see little Annie every day. The child ignored her most of the time, but the old nurse didn't stop seeing her every day in the      29      . The      30      lady left cookies to little Annie and spoke words full of love and encouragement to her. She believed that     3 1      she showed love, little Annie would be able to      32      .
Finally, the doctor      33      the change in little Anne. Anne, who was always full of anger and hostility (敌意) , showed      34      and goodwill she had never had before. They transferred her upstairs and her      35         continued improving. Then the last day came, and the child who seemed to be “hopeless”      36      the mental hospital.
After she grew up, Anne Sullivan hoped to help others, just as the kind old      37      helped her. She saw great potential in Helen Keller, who could see nothing. She cared for her,       3 8       her strictly, urged her, played with her and worked with her. Anne Sullivan      39      a miracle in the life of Helen Keller. But first it was a kind nurse who had full     40     in little Anne that turned a silent child into a kind teacher.
21. A. weak                        B. lame                      C. blind                       D. thin
22. A. praise                      B. criticism                 C. prize                       D. courage
23. A. storm                       B. harm                      C. accident                  D. disaster
24. A. careless                   B. cruel                       C. special                            D. hopeless
25. A. quietly                    B. slowly                     C. fiercely                    D. exactly
26. A. helped                    B. ignored                  C. changed                  D. welcomed
27. A. Thus                        B. Moreover               C. Besides                   D. However
28. A. look into                 B. take on                  C. give up                    D. turn down
29. A. clinic                        B. lab                         C. basemen                  D. library
30. A. hard-working          B. kind-hearted        C. talented                   D. experienced
31. A. as long as                B. as if                        C. as soon as                D. even if
32. A. write                        B. walk                        C. grow                       D. recover
33. A. respected                B. explained                C. proposed                 D. noticed
34. A. rudeness                 B. mildness                 C. sympathy                D. wisdom
35. A. experiment             B. sight                       C. work                       D. condition
36. A. repaired                  B. visited                            C. left                          D. built
37. A. doctor                     B. nurse                      C. teacher                    D. researcher
38. A. trained                    B. controlled                C. raised                      D. commanded
39. A. developed              B. found                      C. created                    D. broke
40. A. confidence             B. promise                   C. curiosity                  D. relief
 21-25 CADDC             26-30 BDBCB                    31-35 ADDBD                    36-40 CBACA