Question

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   36 , for my whole world was dark.

A young boy ran up to me, out of breath. He stood  37   before me with his head down and said   38 , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   39 . 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.

  40 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   41  and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   42  I picked it. Here, it’s for you. ” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   43  it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   44 . ” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   45  —he was blind.

Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I   46  him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome. ” he smiled, and then ran off to   47 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).

Through the eyes of a blind child,   48  I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   49 . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   50  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.

1.	A．hopeless B．colourful C．simple(简单的) D．wonderful

2.	A．just B．right C．straight D．along

3.	A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy

4.	A．sadly B．strictly C．angrily D．excitedly

5.	A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy

6.	A．So B．Or C．However D．And

7.	A．head B．nose C．ear D．neck

8.	A．how B．when C．where D．why

9.	A．buy B．sell C．accept D．break

10.	A．admire B．dislike C．want D．have

11.cry               B. speak                C. smile            D. see

12.	A．forgave B．thanked C．paid D．hated

13.	A．at most B．at times C．at first D．at last

14.	A．cheerful B．useful C．blind D．deaf

15.A. waste          B. enjoy                C. lose         D. forget

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.D

14.C

15.B

【解析】

1.根据后文的内容for my whole world was dark.可知答案为A

2.此处的right 表示正好的意思，符合题意，故选B

3.根据上下文内容可知答案为D

4.根据文章内容In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry可知答案为A

5.上文作者希望他走，这会儿，又he sat next to my side and，故上下文的关系为转折，故选C

6.根据文章内容It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too可知答案为B

7.根据文章内容大意，可知答案为D，表示why引导的特殊疑问句作宾语从句，故选D

8.根据上下文的意思可知答案为C，表示接受的意思

9.根据文章内容可知答案为C，是作者说了谎话。

10.根据后文的内容—he was blind.可知答案为D

11.thank sb for sth，意为为…而感谢某人，为固定词组搭配，故选B

12.根据文章内容大意可知答案为D，表示去玩。

13.at last 表示最后，终于….，故选D

14.根据后文内容I decided to see the beauty in life,可知答案为C

15.50.enjoy 为享受的意思，故选B