شرکت در آزمون آنلاین انگلیسی 3 - انگلیسی 3

Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Alabama. She learned to talk at an early age of 6 months. However, when she was 19 months old, after a high brain fever, her mother noticed that she could neither hear nor see. She was blind and deaf for the rest of her life.

When she was young, she and a playmate made up a sign language of about 60 signs so that they could “talk” to each other. During the early years, Helen was impatient and emotional. She could not hear or see and was depressed all the time. Helenʼs mother wanted to help her, so she took Helen to a doctor. He suggested that they go to see a teacher called Anne Sullivan and begin studying with her.

At first, Helen was not kind to her teacher and didnʼt seem to want or to be able to learn the letters she was trying to teach her. Ms. Sullivan would spell out letters in Helenʼs hand. She started with the word “doll.” She held the familiar objects to show Helen what she was spelling. Soon Helen Keller could appreciate nature as much as anyone else with her fingertips.

Helen spent the next years attending schools for the deaf in New York City. Although she never spoke fluently and clearly, she became very famous as she went around the world and talked to people with problems like hers and encouraged them not to give up. She felt so happy about her disability and showed that no matter what problem a person has, she can overcome it with lots of hard work.

In which of the following ways did Helen and her young friend learn to communicate?

They drew pictures in the sand with their fingertips.

They made up a sign language to use with their hands.

They felt for words by placing the hand on their face.

They started with the word “doll” and other familiar objects.