The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree. Not
36 with life, I was down. A young boy out of breath
37 me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted(傾斜的) down,
38 with great excitement,“Look what I found!”
In his hand was a flower, and what a
39 sight, with is petals(花瓣) all worn—not enough rain, or too little light.
40 him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I
41 a small smile and then shifted away. But instead of
42 he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with
43 ,“It surely smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too. That’s why I
44 it; here, it’s for you.”
The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I
must
45___it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and
46 , “Just what I need.”But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he
47 it mid-air without reason. It was then that I
48 for the very first time the boy was
49 .
I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun
50 I thanked him for picking the very best one. He smiled, and then ran off to play,
51 of the effect he’d had on my day.
I sat there and
52 how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged(放縱的)
53 ? Perhaps from his heart, he’d been blessed with true
54 .
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not connected with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see
__55___, and appreciate every second that’s mine.
| 小題1: | | A．excited | B．inspired | C．satisfied | D．disappointed |
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| 小題2: | | A．approached | B．overlooked | C．understood | D．talked |
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| 小題3: | | A．telling | B．saying | C．informing | D．talking |
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| 小題4: | | A．unique | B．rough | C．bothering | D．pitiful |
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| 小題5: | | A．Wanting | B．Demanding | C．Persuading | D．Inviting |
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| 小題6: | | A．played | B．adjusted | C．forced | D．delivered |
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| 小題7: | | A．declining | B．accepting | C．panicking | D．quitting |
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| 小題8: | | A．surprise | B．embarrassment | C．sympathy | D．sorrow |
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| 小題9: | | A．took | B．pulled | C．sold | D．picked |
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| 小題10: | | A．bring | B．fetch | C．take | D．smell |
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| 小題11: | | A．announced | B．replied | C．declared | D．whispered |
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| 小題12: | | A．grasped | B．held | C．caught | D．seized |
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| 小題13: | | A．convinced | B．confirmed | C．noticed | D．refused |
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| 小題14: | | A．strange | B．blind | C．deaf | D．unimaginable |
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| 小題16: | | A．unaware | B．unbelievable | C．regretful | D．regardless |
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| 小題17: | | A．doubted | B．felt | C．found | D．wondered |
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| 小題18: | | A．embarrassmet | B．depression | C．pleasure | D．effort |
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| 小題19: | | A．sense | B．hearing | C．sight | D．ability |
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| 小題20: | | A．beauty | B．disability | C．fantasy | D．wonder |
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