Question

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

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

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

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

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

2.A. mind  B. troubleC. breathD. work

3.A. sadly  B. strictlyC. angrilyD. excitedly

4.A. deadB. freshC. aliveD. heavy

5.A. So  B. Or    C. HoweverD. And

6.A. headB. noseC. earD. neck

7.A. how  B. whenC. whereD. why

8.A. buy  B. sellC. acceptD. break

9.A. admire  B. dislikeC. wantD. have

10.A. cryB. speakC. smileD. see

11.A. forgaveB. thankedC. paidD. hated

12.A. sleep  B. studyC. danceD. play

13.A. at mostB. at timesC. at firstD. at last

14.A. cheerfulB. usefulC. blindD. deaf

15.A. waste  B. enjoyC. loseD. forget

Answer

1.A

2.C

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】

试题分析：本篇文章讲述了对生活悲观失望的我，是怎样看到生活中的希望的。一个盲人小男孩，给我拿了一朵枯萎掉的花，他说这朵花很香，很美。这点醒了悲观消极的我，我又重拾了生活的信心。

1.考查形容词及对语境的理解。句意：我觉得我的人生是无望的，因为我的整个世界都是灰暗的。A无望的，绝望的 B多彩的 C简单的D 绝妙的。根据文中, for my whole world was dark.因为我的整个世界都是灰暗的，所以作者觉得自己的人生没有色彩，故选A。

2.

3.“It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too.它闻起来很香，而且它很美。说明小男孩很喜欢这个花，所以见到花很兴奋，故选D。

4.The flower before me was dead.在我前面的花是死的，故选A。

5.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. ，我淡淡地向他笑了笑，便转移了我的视线，这样，他就会拿着花去一边玩了。但是小男孩就在我旁边坐下了，所以是出乎我的意料的，应该用表示转折的词，故选C。

6.“It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too.小男孩说，它闻起来很香，也很美。所以由此可知，是用鼻子闻的，故选B。

7.

8.So I accepted the flower所以我接收了那朵花。所以选C。

9.

10.he was blind 他是瞎的。我们可以知道男孩看不到，故选D。

11.

12.so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.然后他就能拿着他的花跑一边玩。故选D。

13.my whole world was dark.我的整个人生都是灰暗的，所以是现在才发觉，故选D。

14.I decided to see the beauty in life我决定去看生活中美好的一面，那么以前我没有看到生活中美好的一面，在对待生活上，我是瞎的，没有好好生活。所以选C。

15.

考点：故事类短文阅读。