Question

  In the park I sat down to read on the bench,disappointed by life with good reason to complain,for the world was (1)       letting me down.

Then a young boy came up to me and said with great excitement , " Look what I found！" In his hand was a flower,and he placed it to his nose. He said with overacted surprise, "It sure (2)       pretty and it's for you."

The flower before me had withered and wasn't pretty (3)       But I knew I must (4)       it,or he might never leave. So I        (5) the flower and replied, " Just what I need. " But (6)       placing the flower in my hand,he held it midair without reason. It was then that I noticed for the very first time that the boy was blind.

  With my voice trembling (颤抖) and tears (7)       in the sun I thanked him for picking me the "best" one. I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a selfpitying woman.

  Through the eyes of a blind child,I could see the problem was not with the (8)       ;the problem was me. I finally realized that all of those days,I myself had been (9)       I made up my mind to see the (10)       in life.

(   ) 1. A. once   B. hardly   C. always   D. seldom

(   ) 2. A. feels   B. smells   C. keeps   D. seems

(   ) 3. A. at all   B. once more   C. much   D. very much

(   ) 4. A. get   B. try   C. give   D. take

(   ) 5. A. reached at   B. get   C. reached for   D. reached

(   ) 6. A. as for   B. instead of   C. except for   D. because of

(   ) 7. A. shining   B. falling   C. running   D. drying

(   ) 8. A. world   B. flower   C. boy   D. life

(   ) 9. A. annoyed   B. silly   C. proud   D. blind

(   ) 10. A. future   B. problem   C. beauty   D. reason

Answer 1

1. C由disappointed by life with good reason to complain可知世界总是使"我"失望，故应选C.

2. B根据下文可知这是位盲童，他根据花香认定花很漂亮。

3. A强调否定句，表示"一点儿都不"要用at all。

4. D take表示"收下"，而get表示"得到"。

5. C这里表示reached out my hand for the flower"伸手去拿那朵花"。

6. B as for意为"至于"，instead of意为"代替，而不是"；except for意为"除了"；because of意为"因为"。盲童并没有把花放在作者手里，而是伸向半空中。

7. A从in the sun可知是眼泪在阳光下闪闪发亮。

8. A Through the eyes of a blind child ,作者认识到问题并不在于这个世界，而是在于自己。

9. D由上下文可知,作者是说那段时间是他自己没有看清楚问题的关键所在，像"瞎了"一样。

10. C我决定去看生活中美丽的一面。