完形填空。
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
It was a sunny winter day. I had gone down the tower when a blind man came toward me. He kept close to the wall, touching it lightly with his arm. I stood still and looked at him walking toward the tower.
"What does a blind man want to climb up the tower for?" I wondered (疑惑), Thinking of some terrible reasons, I thought I should ________ him.
He went up slowly and ________ from time to time. I followed him a few steps behind. When he got to the first corner of the bell tower, I came close to him. "Excuse me," I said as politely as I could, "but I wonder ________ you came up."
He smiled, "Perhaps climbing up the tower. You have noticed—and yet, not being blind, perhaps you won't—how the sun shines into the tower ________ the windows here and there, so that one can ________ the cool steps suddenly become quite warm, even in winter. But behind the wall there is shade(阴影). There is no place so good as this for feeling the difference between light and darkness. Though I'm blind, I also want to feel the ________ brought by the sunlight. In fact, it isn't my first time to be here." He said and seemed as ________ as a child.
I had never thought that even a blind man could have his way to ________ the beautiful life. But we often paid no attention to its value because we never ________ it.
We went down the ________ together and I left him. From then on, I began to treasure what life has given me.
1.A. stop B. follow C. watch D. protect
2.A. talked B. smiled C. stopped D. called
3.A. why B. how C. where D. when
4.A. by B. in C. through D. into
5.A. see B. feel C. know D. imagine
6.A. warmth B. peace C. happiness D. difference
7.A. pleased B. simple C. excited D. lovely
8.A. understand B. live C. enjoy D. have
9.A. noticed B. practiced C. had D. lost
10.A. street B. tower C. steps D. corner
—What _______ you _______ at this time yesterday afternoon?
—I was playing basketball with Daming.
A. did; do B. were; doing
C. do; do D. are; doing
—Daming, what do you think of listening?
—I think listening is just as _______ as speaking in English learning.
A. important B. more important
C. most important D. the most important
I was drawing a horse when Kate _______ into the classroom.
A. came B. comes C. is coming D. was coming
It was a long and tiring trip, _______ most of us enjoyed it.
A. and B. but C. so D. because
My mother often tells me _______ others when they are in need of help.
A. to help B. help C. helping D. helped