Bramblitt is an artist whose work is defined by brave and expressive palette (主色调). It is hard to __1__ that the man behind the colorful paintings is a man who has been living in the __2__ for over 13 years. If you ask John Bramblitt what the world is like, __3__ are he'll tell you it's full of __4__. At 30，he suffered from a serious disease that __5__him blind.

　　"When I first lost my sight, I was so __6__ that I broke everything I could find into pieces. It seems like __7__ that was important in my life was __8__ from me." he said.

　　Losing his vision was a __9__ point in Bramblitt's life. He calls it "the deepest, darkest __10__". But he eventually climbed out of that hole by picking up the paint brush. Blind __11__ he might be, the painter's vision is as __12__ as his art.

　　"If I hadn't lost my sight, I wouldn't start painting." Over the course of painting, he __13__ that every shade of colors has its own __14__ textures (质地). He figured out how to mix colors by __15__ the differences between textures in the oils. He also learned how to __16__ the paint by outlining an image and using his fingers to guide the brush. Through just his __17__， he can see his subjects.

　　He has never seen his own wife or his young son, but it is clear he knows __18__ what they look like. His portraits are __19__ that his fingertips are every bit as perceptive (理解力强的) as his eyes once were. Bramblitt's art is gaining __20__ in galleries around the world.

　　语篇解读：本文向我们描绘了盲人艺术家Bramblitt如何通过触觉来绘画出一个彩色的世界。

　　1．A.decide B．report

　　C．expect D．imagine

　　解析：选D　很难想象画出这些彩色绘画作品的竟是一个生活在黑暗中超过13年的盲人画家。

　　2．A.dark B．disaster

　　C．dilemma D．trouble

　　解析：选A　参见上题解析。

　　3．A.messages B．words

　　C．chances D．facts

　　解析：选C　有可能他会告诉你世界充满色彩。chances are ... 是固定句式，意思是"可能......"。

　　4．A.difficulties B．colors

　　C．anxieties D．sorrows

　　解析：选B　参见上题解析。根据上文的"behind the colorful paintings"的提示也可知答案。

5．A.left B．lay