阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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.

36. A. hopeless     B. colourful            C. simple(简单的)   D. wonderful

37. A. just         B. right                C. straight     D. along

38. A. sadly            B. strictly             C. angrily          D. excitedly

39. A. dead         B. fresh                C. alive            D. heavy

40. A. So               B. Or               C. However      D. And

41. A. head         B. nose             C. ear          D. neck

42. A. how          B. when             C. where            D. why

43. A. buy          B. sell             C. accept           D. break

44. A. admire           B. dislike              C. want         D. have

45. A. cry              B. speak                C. smile            D. see

46. A. forgave          B. thanked          C. paid         D. hated

47. A. sleep            B. study                C. dance            D. play

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

49. A. cheerful         B. useful               C. blind            D. deaf

50. A. waste            B. enjoy                C. lose         D. forget

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   36  , because my whole world was dark.

A young   37   ran up to me, out of breath（气喘吁吁）. He stood right 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(接受) 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 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.

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.

1.	A．hopeless B．colorful C．simple D．wonderful

 

2.	A．lady B．man C．boy D．girl

 

3.	A．sadly B．strictly C．angrily D．excitedly

 

4.	A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy

 

5.	A．So B．Or C．However D．And

 

6.	A．head B．nose C．ear D．neck

 

7.	A．how B．when C．where D．why

 

8.	A．buy B．sell C．accept D．break

 

9.	A．admire B．dislike C．want D．have

 

10.	A．cry B．speak C．smile D．see

 

11.	A．forgave B．thanked C．paid D．hated

 

12.	A．sleep B．study C．dance D．play

 

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

 

14.	A．cheerful B．useful C．blind D．deaf

 

15.	A．waste B．enjoy C．lose D．forget

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出最佳选项。

It was Monday morning. Cathy left home early that day because she was going to     1     a new job in Manhattan. She was only 18 and this was her first     2      . When she got to the bus stop, she saw so many people waiting there that she almost     3     a passing taxi. Later she was     4     that she had waited for the bus because the traffic was so heavy that even a taxi would not have      5     much earlier. As it was, she was only few minutes late!          She took the elevator (电梯) to the eighth     6     and went to the office where she had been interview (会见) by Mr Samson two weeks     7     . This was the man she was going to work for. She knocked on the door lightly and waited, but there was no     8      ! Just then she heard the sound of a     9     voice coming from the next office. She opened the door and looked   10     . There was Mr Samson, speaking    11      to all the other people in the office. He suddenly     12      around and left the room.          Later in the day, Cathy found out    13      had happened. Because Mr Samson lived forty miles away in Westchester, he had to take the train to work and would usually arrive at the office     14      nine thirty. This morning, however, he happened to catch an earlier train, and when he arrived at     15     , not a single person was working

(     )1. A. hunt        (     )2. A. job        (     )3. A. asked      (     )4. A. glad        (     )5. A. returned    (     )6. A. ground      (     )7. A. ago        (     )8. A. sound      (     )9. A. boy's      (     )10. A. in        (     )11. A. warmly    (     )12. A. got        (     )13. A. what      (     )14. A. in        (     )15. A. the station

B. start     B. chance     B. missed   B. sorry       B. left     B. storey   B. before   B. help     B. girl's   B. out       B. excitedly  B. looked   B. that     B. around   B. the office

C. finish      C. try        C. got      C. surprised  C. stopped    C. floor      C. later    C. answer    C. woman's    C. back        C. angrily    C. turned      C. which      C. until    C. Westchester

D. find         D. victory      D. called       D. disappointed D. arrived      D. office       D. earlier      D. noise          D. man's     D. up           D. sadly        D. walked       D. it             D. for           D. Manhattan