I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was  1  , for my whole

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was  1  , for my whole world was dark.

A young boy ran up to me, out of  2  . He stood right before me with his head down and said excitedly, “Look what I found! ” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and  3  . 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.

However, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his  4  and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s why I picked it. Here, it’s for you. ” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must  5  it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I  6  . ” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not  7  －he was blind.

Tears(眼泪) came down my face as I thanked him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome, ” he smiled, and then ran off to  8  . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain(痛苦).

Through the eyes of a blind child,  9  I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been blind. I decided to see the beauty in life, and  10  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

2. A. mind                  B. trouble                  C. breath

3. A. dead                  B. fresh                    C. alive

4. A. head                  B. nose                 C. ear

5. A. buy                   B. sell                     C. accept

6. A. admire                B. dislike                  C. want

7. A. see                   B. speak                    C. smile

8. A. sleep                 B. study                    C. play

9. A. at most               B. at last                  C. at first

10. A. waste                B. enjoy                    C. lose

1. A。由下文“for my whole world was dark(因为我的整个世界是黑暗的)”可知“我感到生活很绝望”。

2. C。out of breath 气喘吁吁地。

3. A。由前面的dry(干枯的)可知此处填dead(凋谢的)。

4. B。由下文的“smells sweet”可知。

5. C。由下文的accepted(接受)可知。

6. C。句意为“这正是我想要的”。

7. A。由下文的“blind”可知。

8. C。此处填play与第二段最后一句相呼应。

9. B。句意为“通过这位盲童的眼睛, 我终于明白了问题不在于世界, 而在于我自身”。

10. B。句意为“……享受人生的每一秒钟”。