Question

It is widely believed that inner beauty is the most impressive in the world.

On the outskirts of a town in England lies a nice cottage with a large garden where there lives an old and aged man. The old man is __________ pruning（修剪）, watering or fertilizing his flowers all the time. The garden __________ bees and butterflies dance and colorful flowers blossom all year around is so well-tended（被照顾地好）that every passer-by cannot but stop for a _____________ with admiration.

One day a young ___________ went by the old man’s garden. He stopped and gazed at the splendid garden and the special cottage, totally ___________ the admiration at the beauty of these sceneries, ____________ how happy he could be ___________ he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, all of a sudden he found the old gardener was _________.

Greatly shocked, the young painter ___________ that old man, asking “why are you busy ______________ these flowers every day which you can’t see?” The blind gardener gave a wide smile, explaining “First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I _________ like this job. Second, while I can’t see these flowers I can _______ them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. ___________ the last one, that’s you.”

“Me? But you don’t know me.” responded the young painter.

“Yeah. But I know flowers are angels which everyone knows and would never _________. I know a great many people who show ______________ for life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good ____. In the meantime, it also gives a _____________ to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The old man can’t see the beauty he’s created. ___________, every flower has eyes ____________ which they can see the beauty and kindness of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul.

The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Failing the sight of the beauty of blossoming, he surely can ______ the voice of it, I suppose.

1.A. left B. kept C. seen D. made

2.A. where B. which C. that D. what

3.A. chat B. return C. discussion D. glance

4.A. painter B. neighbor C. photographer D. traveler

5.A. faced with B. lost in C. devoted to D. moved by

6.A. thinking B. wondering C. picturing D. believing

7.A. when B. if C. even if D. since

8.A. particular B. special C. blind D. energetic

9.A. approached B. reached C. watched D. prevented

10.A. planting B. watering C. fertilizing D. tending

11.A. easily B. really C. accidentally D. eventually

12.A. get rid of B. give a touch to C. come up with D. have fun with

13.A. Without B. In spite of C. And for D. Even so

14.A. pick them up B. turn them down C. let them down D. give them up

15.A. enthusiasm B. calmness C. kindness D. caution

16.A. mood B. condition C. place D. life

17.A. way B. time C. chance D. hand

18.A. Therefore B. Anyway C. However D. Besides

19.A. for B. in C. from D. with

20.A. change B. hear C. remind D. accept

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