Question

The world of Darkness(Adapted from ‘Story of my Life’ By Helen Keller)




.....I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being was stricken blind and deaf for a few days

at some time during his adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight, silence would

teach him the joy of sound. Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see.

Recently I asked a friend, who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, what she has observed.

"Nothing in particular," she replied.



....How was it possible I asked myself to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note.

I, who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of

leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch or the rough, shaggy bark of a pine. In

spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the first sign of awakening nature after her

winter's sleep. Occasionally if I am fortunate & place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy

quiver of a bird in full song.



....At times my heart cries out with longing to see all these things. If I can get so much pleasure from mere

touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight. And I have imagined what I should must like to

see if I were given the use of my eyes, say, just for three days.

I should divide the period into three parts. On the first day, I should want to see the people whose

kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. First I would like to gaze upon

the face of my dear teacher, Mr. Anne Sullivan Macy. She came to see me when I was a child. She opened

the other world for me.


(i) Which word is similar in meaning to the word ‘symmetry’(para 2)?

(a) stylish (b) imbalance (c) consonance (d) beauty


(ii) What according to Helen is the first sign of awakening of nature after its winter’s sleep?

(a) chirping of birds (b) Sunshine (c) melting of snow (d) finding a bud
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