The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree．Not ______with life, I was down．A young boy out of breath _____me, all tired from play．He stood right before me with his head tilted（倾斜的）down, and____with great excitement, “Look what I found!”
In his hand was a flower, and what a ____ sight, its petals（花瓣）were all worn－not enough rain, or too little light．____ him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I ____ a small smile and then shifted away．But instead of ___ he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with ___, “It sure smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too．That’s why I ___ it; here, it’s for you．”
The flower before me was dying or dead．But I knew I ____ take it, or he might never leave．So I reached for the flower, and____, “Just what I need．” But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he____it mid－air without reason．It was then that I ____ for the very first time the boy was ___．
I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun ____ I thanked him for picking the very best one．He smiled, and then ran off to play,__ __ of the effect he’d had on my day．
I sat there and __ 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）__? Perhaps from his heart, he'd been blessed with true___．
___ the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me．And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second that's mine．
| 小题1: | | A．excited | B．inspired | C．content | D．disappointed |
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| 小题2: | | A．approached | B．overlooked | C．understood | D．recognized |
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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．presented | 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．certainty | B．embarrassment | C．sympathy | D．sorrow |
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| 小题9: | | A．took | B．pulled | C．attained | D．picked |
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| 小题10: | | A．should | B．can | C．may | D．must |
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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．observed | B．confirmed | C．noticed | D．concluded |
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| 小题14: | | A．strange | B．blind | C．deaf | D．unimaginable |
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| 小题15: | | A．once | B．after | C．as | D．since |
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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．embarrassment | B．depression | C．hopelessness | 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．In | B．From | C．Before | D．Through |
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