2020 年中考英语任务型阅读专项训练(名师精选历年真题+参考答案，建议下载练习)专项训练（一）阅读下面短文，按要求完成后面的任务。Louis Braille was born in the nineteenth century. When he was three years old,an accident at his father’s workshop left him blind. As a young boy, Louis washard-working and clever. His teachers suggested that he should go to the NationalInstitute for Blind Youths. ① At that time, this was the only school for the blind inFrance.At the institute, Louis was eager to learn to read and write. To his greatdisappointment, the few books he found at the institute used raised (凸起的) letters.This method of reading was difficult for the blind, because they had to feel slowlyeach letter. ② 到他们摸到句子末尾时，他们已经忘记开头是关于什么了。Louis wanted to develop an easier reading system for the blind. His idea of sucha system came from Charles Barbier, a French army officer. Barbier had invented asystem called “Night Writing”, which was made up of dots and dashes. Soldiers usedthis system to communicate with one another during the night. Louis adapted (改编)this system for his own use. He produced a simpler system based on dots. Forexample, “A” is represented by a single dot. Many blind students found this systemmuch easier to use.This came to be known as the “Braille” system. Today, millions of blind peopleare able to read, thanks to the work of a young blind man.任务一：将文中划线的句子①翻译成汉语。1.___________________________________________________________________________任务二：将文中划线的句子②翻译成英语。2.___________________________________________________________________________任务三：根据短文内容，回答问题。3. Why did Louis feel disappointed when he was at the institute?_____________________________________________...
