I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   36 , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of breath. He stood  37   before me with his head down and said   38 , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   39 . 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.
  40 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   41  and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   42  I picked it. Here, it’s for you. ” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   43  it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   44 . ” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   45  —he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I   46  him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome. ” he smiled, and then ran off to   47 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).
Through the eyes of a blind child,   48  I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   49 . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   50  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.

小题1:	A．hopeless B．colourful C．simple(简单的) D．wonderful

小题2:	A．just B．right C．straight D．along

小题3:	A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy

小题4:	A．sadly B．strictly C．angrily D．excitedly

小题5:	A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy

小题6:	A．So B．Or C．However D．And

小题7:	A．head B．nose C．ear D．neck

小题8:	A．how B．when C．where D．why

小题9:	A．buy B．sell C．accept D．break

小题10:

A．admire B．dislike C．want D．have

小题11:cry               B. speak                C. smile            D. see

小题12:

A．forgave B．thanked C．paid D．hated

小题13:

A．at most B．at times C．at first D．at last

小题14:

A．cheerful B．useful C．blind D．deaf