When she first arrived, anne was very warm and friendly toward helen, but she was also very strict. She saw it as her job to civilize (教化)this child and teach her to truly master her world anne spelled simple words into helen.s hand she gave helen a doll and then spelled the word d-o-l-l into her hand but for several weeks helen did not truly understand she confused similar ideas such as milk and mug ?the liquid and its container.
Then one day, when helen was feeling especially frustrated (沮丧) and angry, anne stopped their lesson and took the little girl outside to the well and began to pump water from it. As water was flowing out, the teacher spelled w-a-t-e-r into helen.s hand and suddenly, like a light in the darkness, helen understood that her new friend was giving a name to the cool liquid that flowed into her hand instantly she needed to know the name of everything, and before the day was over she had learned hundreds of names including her own, her teacher.s, her mother.s, her father.s and her sister.s. Even more importantly, she had learned that everything has a name.
Years later she referred to this incident as the moment when she was reborn.
1. Anne was very strict with helen, because she wanted to teach the child ______.
A. how to spell simple words and master the world
B. how to master the world and behave properly
C. how to behave properly and understand things around her
D. how to understand everything and behave properly
2. For the first few weeks, helen hardly learnt anything, be cause ______.
A. anne spelled only simple words into helen.s hands
B. helen confused milk and mug
C. anne gave helen a doll and spelled the word d-o-l-l
D. helen did not really see her teacher’s point
3. One day, anne stopped her lesson and took helen to the well ______.
A. probably to pump some water
B. probably to let helen have a rest
C. probably to change her teaching method
D. probably to let water flow into helen.s hands
4. The significance（意义) of the incident that day was that ______.
A. helen came to know every one of her family
B. helen came to know the name of everything
C. helen learnt hundreds of words
D. helen learnt that everything has a name
5. Years later helen referred to this incident as the moment when she was reborn, because ______ from then on.
A. she began a life completely new
B. she was given a life again
C. she began to live like a human being
D. she was given a light in the darkness
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