Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Helen Adams Keller was an American author, (31) _______ and lecturer. She was the first deaf/ blind person to graduate (32) _______ college. She was not born blind and deaf; it was not until nineteen months of age that she came (33) _______ an illness described by doctors as “an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain”, (34) ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Helen Adams Keller was an American author, (31) _______ and lecturer. She was the first deaf/ blind person to graduate (32) _______ college. She was not born blind and deaf; it was not until nineteen months of age that she came (33) _______ an illness described by doctors as “an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain”, (34) _______ could have possibly been scarlet fever or meningitis. The illness did not last for a particularly long time, (35) _______ it left her deaf and blind. Keller went on to become a world-famous speaker and author. She is remembered as an advocate for people with disabilities amid numerous other causes.