2. 考研
  3. A. it gets its name from the man who invented it B. he lost his sight at the age of three as the result of an accident C. anothe

A. it gets its name from the man who invented it B. he lost his sight at the age of three as the result of an accident C. anothe

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问题 A. it gets its name from the man who invented it
B. he lost his sight at the age of three as the result of an accident
C. another Frenchman had already come up with the idea of printing embossed letters
D. he invented his writing system at the age of only 15 in 1824
Chairman: Now, Dr. Graycar, what is Braille and where does it get its name from?
Dr. Graycar: Well, as you said, Braille is a system of writing used by and for people who cannot see. Er,【D7】______, the Frenchman Louis Braille who lived in the early 19th century.
Chairman: Was Louis Braille actually blind himself?
Dr. Graycar: Well...he wasn’t born blind, but【D8】______in his father’s workshop. Louis Braille then went to Paris to the National Institute for Blind Children and that’s where【D9】______while he was at the institute.
Chairman: But he wasn’t the first person to invent a system of touch reading for the blind, was he?
Dr. Graycar: No,【D10】______that stood out from the paper but this was very cumbersome and inefficient.
【D10】
选项 A、 
B、 
C、 
D、 
答案C
解析 空格前问Braille是否是第一个发明这套系统的人，所以空格处填实际上在Louis Braille之前就已经有另外一个法国人发明了压印浮凸字体(embossed letters)，使盲人可以触读(touch reading)。come up with…是常用短语，指“想出某种主意或提出某种计划”等，故选C。
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