单选题 Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama to Captain Arthur and Kate Keller. Helen was healthy until the age of nineteen months when she developed a brain fever that may have been scarlet fever. The fever left her unable to hear, see or speak. Captain Keller was a newspaper editor and was determined to find help for his child. He contacted Dr. Alexander Graham Bell to assist him. Dr. Bell found Michael Anagnos, the director of the Perkins Institution for the blind in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Anagnos sent one of his best students, Annie Sullivan to help Helen.
The students at the Perkins Institution made a doll for Annie Sullivan to give Helen. Ms. Sullivan began using the doll to spell the word doll in Helen's hand. Helen learned quickly to make the letters. Helen learned many words and soon wanted to learn to speak. Miss Sarah Fuller of the Horace Mann School was her first speech teacher. Helen learned to use the raised print for reading and soon wanted to go on to college. Helen graduated from Radcliffe College with honors in 1904. Annie Sullivan spelled books and lectures in Helen's hand all through college.
Helen Keller spent the rest of her life trying to make it easier for disabled people to learn. She fought for women's rights, equality for minorities and worker's rights. She was a crusader for people who needed help. Helen Keller won many awards for her work for the blind. Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968, a few weeks short of her 88th birthday. She will be remembered by the world as a champion and hero of the blind and disabled people.

单选题 Which of the following is true?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在文章第一段的第二句话：Helen was healthy until the age of nineteen months when she developed a brain fever that may have been scarlet fever.海伦很健康，直到第 19个月的时候得了猩红热。
[解题秘籍] 注意until后的信息。

单选题 Keller's ability to overcome her disabilities and learn ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[名师精解] 题干说：Keller战胜残疾进行学习的能力……，选项A“为儿童教育开启了许多大门”、选项B“有助于她为需要帮助的病人说话”和选项C“使得这个世界成为残疾人生活的更好的地方”都与文章的原意不符。
[解题秘籍] “Where there is a will there is a way”是句成语，意思是“有志者事竟成”。

单选题 What was the cause of Keller's deafness?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[名师精解] 答案在第一段的第二、三句话：Helen was healthy until the age of nineteen months when she developed a brain fever that may have been scarlet fever. The fever left her unable to hear，see or speak.
[解题秘籍] leave sb. unable to hear，see or speak 使得某人无法听、看、说话。

单选题 Who came to help Helen from the Perkins Institution?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[名师精解] 这道题容易混淆，答案在第一段最后一句：Dr. Bell found Michel Anagnos, the director of the Perkins Institution for the blind in Boston，Massachusetts. Mr. Anagnos sent one of his best students，Annie Sullivan to help Helen. Bell 医生找到麻省波士顿Perkins盲人研究所的所长Michael Anagnos，然后所长Anagnos先生又派他最好的学生Annie Sullivan 去帮助海伦。
[解题秘籍] 解题时，考生可通过Perkins 这个词准确找到信息的出处。