五. 短文填空 (共10小题，计10分)
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确(每个单词限用一次)。
letter learn school become by
die invite blind communicate interest
Braille (盲文) is the most well-known language system (系统) used by (41) people all around the world.
It is named after Louis Braille, who improved the way blind people read books (42) following raised (凸起的) letters.
Louis Braille was born on January 4, 1809, in France. He lost his eyesight by accident when he was 3. Louis Braille went to a special (43) for the blind in Paris in 1821. It was there that he (44) to read, using raised letters. However, because the raised (45) were made of paper pressed against copper wire, the students never learned to write.
Later the school (46) a soldier (战士) to give a talk to the students. The talk was about a system called “night writing” that allows soldiers to (47) silently, even in the dark.
Braille was (48) in the system. He realized it could be used among blind people, too. He set out to work on it and in 1824, he introduced the reading and writing system. In 1829, Braille wrote his first book explaining his system. However, it was only after his (49) that the reading and writing system caught attention and (50) the most popular way for the blind to read and write around the world.
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