中考英语--完形填空之连词复习

完形填空中连词的选择技巧 一 A person who is deaf when he is born, is usually dumb(哑的). This is because, as he is deaf, he cannot __36__ other people, and therefore has nothing to imitate(模仿). He may try to make sounds himself, but he cannot hear his own voice. However, even though he finds it __37__ to speak and cannot hear, he can see. He can therefore learn to read. Nowadays he can also be taught to speak __38__ we have modern methods and equipment(设备), but we did not have these when Helen Keller was born. Even with modern methods and equipment, however, it is not easy for deaf children to learn to speak, though most of them are __39__. When a child is deaf and blind as well, it becomes much more difficult, though even then it is possible. Helen Keller was a __40__ child at birth in 1880, but she became very ill at the age of nineteen months. Medical knowledge was not as great then as it is now. She did not __41__ but lost her sight and hearing. As a __42__ she became dumb as well. In spite of (