2. Questions: 1. What was the writer’s problem? 2. What did the writer learn during this period of her life?

3. Choose the best answer: 1. Some people thought the writer was simple-minded because______. A.she was young and stupid B.she couldn’t learn to speak C.she was deaf and blind D. she couldn’t read and write 2. The writer had great difficulty in______. A. spelling the word water B. telling what water really was C.understanding why her teacher spelled water into her hand D. both B and C C D

4. 3.As the writer learned more and more,_______. A. she could speak B. she enjoyed learning C.she could “hear” sounds. D. she became a teacher,too 4.The teacher put the writer’s hand on her face and spelled laugh so that______. A. the girl could put the meaning of the word and the action together B.the girl could learn how to laugh C.the girl could do as her teacher did D. the girl could know what her teacher was like B A

5. 5.The ______ of the teacher left a deep impression on the girl. A. patience B. imagination C. cleverness D. energy 6.The sentence“She reached my understanding” in paragraph 3 means______. A. the writer understood what the teacher was doing B. the writer understood herself C. Annie Sullivan understood the girl D. Annie Sullivan made the girl understood C A

6. 7.“a born teacher” in paragraph 2 means____. A. a person who has a natural ability as a teacher B. a person who would like to be a teacher C. a clever teacher D. a person with patience and imagination 8. Helen Keller wrote this story mainly to______. A.do honour to a woman who was both her teacher and friend B. tell about some of the events in her life C. try to persuade us to be kind to deaf-blind children D.thank her teacher for a gift she had given her A A

7. Fill in the missing words: Human beings have five senses for experiencing the world around them. 1.I reached out my hand and______ the dress with the tips of my______.The dress was made of silk and ________very soft. 2.I took a spoon and______the soup.It______delicious, but it was so hot that I burnt my______. touched fingers felt tasted tongue

8. 3.I don’t have very good______and have to wear glasses. My left______is better than my right one.However,I can______ the sky ； it______like it’s going to rain. 4.My uncle has a big______,but no sense of______.So he cooks with electricity and not with gas,because he would not be able to______it if the gas flame went out. He’s just made so bread.It______very good. 5.My grandmother can’t______very well so she has to turn the TV up when she______ it. She doesn’t like my music,though. She says it ______ like two cats fighting. sight eye seelooks nosesmell smells hear watches sounds

9. DISCUSSION: What kind of teacher do you like best?

10. Correct the following mistakes if necessary: 1. ---Where is Mr.Wang? ---Oh,I think he must go to Chengdu. 2. When she looked back on her bitter life, she burst into tears. 3. It was the best film that I have seen.

11. Choose the best answer: 1.---There were already 5 people in the car, but they managed to take me as well. ---It ______a comfortable journey. A.can’t be B. shouldn’t be C. mustn’t have been D. couldn’t have been 2.---Have you seen our English teacher? ---No,but where ______he______? A.can,have gone B. must,have gone C. may,have gone D. could, have been D A

12. 3. Peter______come with us tonight, but he isn’t very sure yet. A. must B. may C. can D. will 4. Johnny, you______play with the knife, you ______hurt yourself. A. won’t, can’t B. mustn’t, may C. shouldn’t, must D. can’t,shouldn’t 5. I didn’t hear the phone. I______asleep. A. must be B. must have been C. should be D. should have been B B B

13. 情态动词表推测： 过去情况 现在情况 must have done must be 陈述肯定句 may/might have done may/might be could have done could be can’t/couldn’thave done can’t/couldn’t be 陈述否定句 may not have done may not be might not have done might not be 疑问句 can/could have done can/could be

14. Exercise:Fill in the blanks with the following. (look out /look down upon/look back upon/look forward to/look though/look sb. up and down /look over/look up) 1. ______this book and tell me what you think of it. 2. The salesboy_____me and said“Do you have money?” 3. ______! There is a bus coming. 4. ______ those years,we couldn’t help feeling sorry for our parents,who never had a rest all the year round. 5. He wrote a letter to me,saying he______hearing from me. 6. Would you like to help me______the numbers in the telephone book?

15. Correct the mistakes in the article if necessary: Helen Keller was born a healthy normal child in 1880. However,an illness strikes her when was only 19 months, 1.___ thus leaving her deaf, blind and unable to speak. For little 2.___ Helen, the world suddenly became a dark, frightened place. 3.___ Several years late, Annie Sullivan,a strong-minded and loving 4.___ people, became Helen’s teacher.Miss Sullivan’s teaching 5.___ changed a wild child into useful human being. 6.___ By her help, Helen Keller learned to talk with those 7.___ around her.As she was grew older, she became a writer. 8.___ People benefited her works and her courage.Helen 9.___ Keller died in 1968,and her spirit lives on. 10.___