My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 21 , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she’s 22 anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 23 that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 24 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house. She moves around so fast that often 25 don’t realize she’s blind.
I 26 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 27 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 28 excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to 29 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 30 with us.
To my great 31 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my 32 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really 33 what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt 34 Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never 35 in conversation.
When I told her, she was 36 for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla 37 . And I knew my child was 38 because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's 39 in her work. We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my 40 .”
Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
21．A. ways B. means C. methods D. senses
22．A. enjoyed B. found C. missed D. lost
23．A. and B. except C. even D. but
24．A. who B. it C. she D. which
25．A. guests B. family C. children D. friends
26．A. realized B. heard C. recognized D. witnessed
27．A. excited B. sad C. satisfied D. enjoyed
28．A. especially B. not so C. a little D. not at all
29．A. paint B. draw C. create D. mix
30．A. stayed B. painted C. talked D. played
31．A. excitement B. encouragement C. delight D. surprise
32．A. attitude B. color C. picture D. paper
33．A. touched B. distinguished C. saw D. understood
34．A. after B. before C. until D. when
35．A. referred to B. turned out C. come up D. talked about
36．A. curious B. quiet C. puzzled D. worried
37．A. cried B. insisted C. complained D. informed
38．A. right B. wrong C. worried D. uncertain
39．A. shortcomings B. difficulties C. pride D. description
40．A. paper B. pens C. hands D. eyes