_art_in_his_life,_some_of_which_are_still_shown_in_galleries._We_are_looking_forward_to_having_a_chance_to_appreciate_his_works.

　　二、勤练高考题型，多练自能生巧

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　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