My neighbor Jennifer is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 16 , including her "sixth sense", that she hardly gives the impression that she has 17 anything. Jennifer looks after her children much like the rest of us, 18 that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 19 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that 20 often don't realize she's blind.
I 21 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 22 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 23 excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to 24 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Jennifer 25 with us”. To my great 26 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Jennifer told me my 27 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment（成就感）. She really _28 what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt 29 Jennifer showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn't know that Jennifer was blind. It had just never 30 in conversation. When I told my daughter that Jennifer was blind, she was 31 for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. “But Mommy, Jennifer knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla 32 . And I knew my child was 33 because Jennifer had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Jennifer had also heard Kayla's 34 in her work.
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Jennifer really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my 35 .”
Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
16．A．senses B．means C．methods D．ways
17．A．enjoyed B．found C．missed D．got
18．A．instead B．except C．since D．but
19．A．which B．it C．she D．who
20．A．children B．family C．guests D．friends
21．A．witnessed B．heard C．recognized D．realized
22．A．sad B．satisfied C．excited D．sorry
23．A．not at all B．not so C．a little D．especially
24．A．mix B．draw C．write D．paint
25．A．stayed B．painted C．talked D．studied
26．A．surprise B．encouragement C．delight D．excitement
27．A．attitude B．picture C．homework D．paper
28．A．understood B．found C．saw D．touched
29．A．after B．unless C．until D．when
30．A．talked about B．turned out C．referred to D．come up
31．A．curious B．quiet C．puzzled D．worried
32．A．cried B．insisted C．required D．informed
33．A．uncertain B．wrong C．worried D．right
34．A．shortcomings B．difficulties C．pride D．description
35．A．eyes B．pens C．hands D．paper