Question

An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his  1 all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥)them.  

One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be  2 he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was  3 . He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers.  4 are you busy taking care of them every day?”  

The old man smiled and said “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second,  5 I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them.   6 , I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”

“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.

“Yeah, it’s  7 that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody  8 . We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The blind man’s work opened our eyes and  9 our hearts, which also made his life  10 . It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t  11 his wonderful music, but his music has  12 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

1.                A．flowers         B．trees           C．vegetables D．grass

2.                A．after           B．as             C．before   D．if

3.                A．deaf           B．blind           C．smart D．strange

4.                A．What          B．Who           C．Why D．Which

5.                A．although        B．since           C．because  D．unless

6.                A．First           B．Second         C．Third D．Fourth

7.                A．true           B．hard           C．cool D．fair

8.                A．greets          B．knows          C．meets    D．doubts

9.                A．broke          B．hurt           C．pleased   D．treated

10.               A．emptier        B．busier          C．luckier    D．happier

11.               A．write          B．hear           C．play D．believe

12.               A．changed        B．directed        C．discovered D．encouraged

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇情感性记叙文，作者借助一个盲人精心护理花朵原因的叙述，揭示出残疾人通过自己的努力既可以让自己享受到工作的乐趣，又可以给周围的人带来快乐。

1.由第2空后面的the beautiful flowers可以推出该空应填flowers。 所以本题选A。

2.根据题干，该空表示"如果"，因此应填if。 本句的意思是“想象一下，如果他住在这么漂亮的地方，会多么高兴”所以本题选D。

3.根据“You can’t see these flowers可知，老人是一位盲人。所以本题选B。

4.根据You can't see these flowers.和后句的关系可以推出该空表示"为什么"，因此应填Why。所以本题选C。

5.根据前后句的关系可知该空表示"尽管"，因此应用although引导让步状语从句。 本句的意思是“尽管我看不到这些花，但是我能摸到它们。”。所以本题选A。

6.由上文的First, Second可以推出该空表示'第三"，因此应填Third。 所以本题选C。

7.由语境逻辑可知，老人不认识年轻人是一个事实，因此该空应填true。 所以本题选A。

8.根据常识可知花是天使是人人都知道的事实，因此该空应填knows。 太所以本题选B。

9.老人精心护理花的工作开阔了我们的眼界，愉悦了我们的心。 Please表示“使高兴”。所以本题选C。

10.根据文意，老人喜欢这项工作。老人的工作也使自己的生活更愉快。 故用happier。所以本题选D。

11.由第13空后面的deaf可以推出该空表示"听"，因此应填hear。 所以本题选B。

12.根据题干，本句的意思是“但是他的音乐已经鼓励了数百万人勇敢地面对困难”。“鼓励”是encourage。 所以本题选D。

考点：本题考查人生百味类文章