The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long branches of a

The park bench was deserted as I sat downto read beneath the long branches of an old willow tree.   31  at life, I have a good reason to frown, for the world was intent on   32  me down.

And if thatweren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath   33 me, all tired from play. He stood   34   infront of me with his head tilted down and said with great excitement,"Look what I found!" In his hand was a   35  .What a pitiful sight, its petals were all worn - not enough rain, or too littlelight. Wanting him to take his dead flower away and go off to play, I   36   asmall smile and then looked away.

But instead of   37  , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and   38  loudly with certainty, "It sure smells pretty and it must bebeautiful, too. That's why I picked it; here, it's for you." The weedbefore me was dying or dead, not vibrant of   39  ,orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I 40  for the flower, and replied, "Just what Ineed." Again,  41   placing the flower in my hand, heheld it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then  42  Inoticed for the very first time that the boy could not see: he was  43.

I heard my voicetrembling. Tears shone like the sun as I thanked him for picking the very bestone. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, notrealizing the  44  he'd had on my day. I sat there andwondered how he managed to see a  45   woman beneath anold willow tree. How did he 46  my self-indulged plight(困境)? Perhaps he'd been  47 with true sight from his heart by God.

Through the eyesof a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; theproblem was me. For all of those times I myself had been blind. I decided tosee beauty, and  48  every second that belongs to mine.  49 I held that dead flower up to my nose and breathed in the  50  ofa beautiful rose , I smiled as that young boy. Another flower in his hand was aboutto change the life of an unsuspecting old man.

试题答案

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.B

20.D

【解析】略