How important can a fifteen-year-old boy’s work be? Well, Louis Braille’s work changed the world. Born in a small town near Paris in 1809, shortly after his third birthday Louis blinded himself in one eye while playing with a sharp pointed tool in his father’s workshop. He soon lost the sight in his other eye when the infection (感染) spread.

He wanted to go to school, but in his small town there was no school for him. At that time, blind people did not get any school education. Braille went to Paris to study, but there were few books for the blind.

Louis knew that books were the key to learning. He struggled with ideas for three years. Finally, at fifteen, he invented an alphabet made with raised dots (点). Blind people could “read” by feeling the patterns of the dots.

Being able to read Braille allows blind children to learn together with the sighted at school, and go on to get jobs. It allows people who lose their on in life the chance to continue to read, learn and get information.

【小题1】Braille got blind as a result of _________.

A．an illness

B．an accident

C．a party

D．a fired

【小题2】From the passage we know in Braille’s day, _________

A．there were no schools in the town	B．none of blind could go to school
C．there were few books for the blind	D．blind children could read by talking

【小题3】It took Braille _______ to invent the alphabet.

A．three years

B．six years

C．fifteen

D．many years.

【小题4】The Braille alphabet _________.

A．was of no use for the blind people

B．helped Louis make much money

C．allowed people to get information directly

D．made the blind read and learn more easily?

【小题5】Which could be the best title for the passage?

A．Louis Braille changed the world	B．Louis Braille struggled in his life
C．Louis Braille saved sighted children	D．Louis Braille set up a blind school