I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was 21 , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of 22 . He stood right before me with his head down and said 23 , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and 24 . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
25 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his 26 and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s 27 I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must 28 it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I 29 .” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not 30 —he was blind.
Tears (眼淚) came down my face as I 31 him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome.” he smiled, and then ran off to 32 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).
Through the eyes of a blind child, 33 I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been 34 . I decided to see the beauty in life, and 35 every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.
21. A. hopeless B. colourful C. simple D. wonderful
22. A. mind B. trouble C. breath D. work
23. A. sadly B. strictly C. angrily D. excitedly
24. A. dead B. fresh C. alive D. heavy
25. A. So B. Or C. However D. And
26. A. head B. nose C. ear D. neck
27. A. how B. when C. where D. why
28. A. buy B. sell C. accept D. break
29. A. admire B. dislike C. want D. have
30. A. cry B. speak C. smile D. see
31. A. forgave B. thanked C. paid D. hated
32. A. sleep B. study C. dance D. play
33. A. at most B. at times C. at first D. at last
34. A. cheerful B. useful C. blind D. deaf
35. A. waste B. enjoy C. lose D. forget
【主旨大意】本文講述了當我感覺生活世界是黑暗，感覺絕望時，通過一個盲人送給我一朵干了花，及與其的對話，使我明白要珍惜現在美好生活，要享受生活中每一秒鐘。
21. A解析：由后句“for my whole world was dark.”可我此時的心情覺是絕望的。故選A。
22. C解析：由語境可知“一個年青男孩跑到我面前時，累的上氣不接下氣”out of breath意為“上氣不接下氣”，故選C。
23. D解析：由下句“Look what I found!”可知這個年輕人有了一個新發現，故表情表現為很興奮，故選D。
24. A解析：由上句“The flower was dry ”可知這朵花已經死了。故選A。
25. C解析：在四個項中，只有however不能直接連接兩個分句，必須另起新句，并用逗號隔開。故選C。
26. B解析：由下文“It smells sweet…”smell意為“聞起來”，聞時用鼻子，故選B。
27. D解析：that’s way意為“那就是……的原因”。故選D、
28. C解析：句意為“我知道我必須接受它，否則它可能永遠都不會離開”可知應選D。
29. C解析：由語境可知此句意“這正是我所想要的”，想要的，用want表示，故選C。
30. D解析：由下文“he was blind.”可知，他看不見。故選D。
31. B解析：thank for doing sth.意為“感謝某人做某事”故選B。
32. D解析：聯系上下可知，他跑去玩了，故選D。
33. D解析：at most意為“至多”；at times意為“有時”；at first意為“首先”；at last意為“最后”。聯系上下可知，我最后找到了我的問題，故選D。
34. C解析：由上句可知我這些年看不到外面精彩的世界，寓意為“自己的眼已瞎了”，故選C。
35. B解析：根據上文可知，我這時決定看美麗的世界，享受我生命的每一秒。故選B.
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1．________ 2．________ 3．________ 4．________ 5．________
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10. A．any B．all C．some D．none
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B. the woman’s window was clean
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