The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree. Not
36 with life, I was down. A young boy out of breath
37 me, all tired from play. He stood right before me with his head tilted(倾斜的) down,
38 with great excitement,“Look what I found!”
In his hand was a flower, and what a
39 sight, with is petals(花瓣) all worn—not enough rain, or too little light.
40 him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I
41 a small smile and then shifted away. But instead of
42 he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with
43 ,“It surely smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too. That’s why I
44 it; here, it’s for you.”
The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I
must
45___it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and
46 , “Just what I need.”But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he
47 it mid-air without reason. It was then that I
48 for the very first time the boy was
49 .
I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun
50 I thanked him for picking the very best one. He smiled, and then ran off to play,
51 of the effect he’d had on my day.
I sat there and
52 how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he know of my self-indulged(放纵的)
53 ? Perhaps from his heart, he’d been blessed with true
54 .
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not connected with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see
__55___, and appreciate every second that’s mine.
| 小题1: | | A．excited | B．inspired | C．satisfied | D．disappointed |
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| 小题2: | | A．approached | B．overlooked | C．understood | D．talked |
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| 小题3: | | A．telling | B．saying | C．informing | D．talking |
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| 小题4: | | A．unique | B．rough | C．bothering | D．pitiful |
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| 小题5: | | A．Wanting | B．Demanding | C．Persuading | D．Inviting |
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| 小题6: | | A．played | B．adjusted | C．forced | D．delivered |
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| 小题7: | | A．declining | B．accepting | C．panicking | D．quitting |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprise | B．embarrassment | C．sympathy | D．sorrow |
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| 小题9: | | A．took | B．pulled | C．sold | D．picked |
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| 小题10: | | A．bring | B．fetch | C．take | D．smell |
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| 小题11: | | A．announced | B．replied | C．declared | D．whispered |
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| 小题12: | | A．grasped | B．held | C．caught | D．seized |
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| 小题13: | | A．convinced | B．confirmed | C．noticed | D．refused |
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| 小题14: | | A．strange | B．blind | C．deaf | D．unimaginable |
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| 小题16: | | A．unaware | B．unbelievable | C．regretful | D．regardless |
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| 小题17: | | A．doubted | B．felt | C．found | D．wondered |
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| 小题18: | | A．embarrassmet | B．depression | C．pleasure | D．effort |
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| 小题19: | | A．sense | B．hearing | C．sight | D．ability |
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| 小题20: | | A．beauty | B．disability | C．fantasy | D．wonder |
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