完形填空

　　When my wife, who is Spanish, spent her first winter in London a few years ago, she used to ask me time and again：“Where’s the fog?”Almost all foreigners 　　1　　 to find the city full of yellow – grey fog for most of the years．Dickens, who was 　　2　　 responsible for painting this 　　3　　 in people’s minds, certainly wasn’t joking in those days．In the nineteenth century people used to say 　　4　　 someone attempted to kill himself by 　　5　　 into the Thames, he would be choked by the fog and poisoned by the terrible 　　6　　 of the river before he had time to drown himself．In fact, the situation has 　　7　　 only in recent years．When I was a boy in London thirty years ago, I was often unable to see 　　8　　 of the road when I left home on winter mornings．

　　The key steps that have turned London into one of the 　　9　　 cities in the world were 　　10　　 at the end of the 1950s．But Londoners still find it 　　11　　 that fog hardly returns．Actually the 　　12　　 took place as a result of two main improvements．Factories were forced to fix equipment for air cleaning 　　13　　 close down, and local people were not allowed to 　　14　　 coal unless it was smoke – free．But the 　　15　　 incredible miracle in London occurred 　　16　　 1964 when the Thames Water Authority began to pump vast 　　17　　 of dissolved oxygen into the river．　　18　　, varieties of fish that had gradually disappeared from the Thames since 1800 have 　　19　　, and some are 　　20　　 caught by fishermen outside the House of Parliament(议会)．

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完型填空，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、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　I wandered in the park．The park bench was 　　1　　 as I sat down to read beneath the long, straggly(蔓延的)branches of an old willow tree．I was disappointed by life with 　　2　　 reason to frown, for the world was intent on dragging me down．

　　　　3　　 that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of 　　4　　 approached me, all tired from play．He stood right before me and said with great excitement, "Look what I found! "

　　In his hand was a flower, and what a 　　5　　 sight, with its petals(花瓣)all worn-not enough rain, or too little light．I faked a small 　　6　　 , wanting him to take his dead flower and leave, and then 　　7　　．

　　But instead of leaving he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with surprise, "It surely smells pretty and it's beautiful, too．That's why I picked it; here, it's for you．"

　　The weed before me was dying or dead．Not brilliant colors, orange, yellow or red．But I knew I must 　　8　　 it, or he might never leave．So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need．"

　　But 　　9　　 him placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without 　　10　　 or plan．It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that young boy could not see： he was blind．

　　My 　　11　　 trembled, and tears shone like the sun as I 　　12　　 him for picking the very best one．"You're welcome, " he smiled, and then ran off to play, not 　　13　　 of the impact he'd had on my day．

　　I sat there and wondered how he 　　14　　 to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree．How did he 　　15　　 my difficult situation? 　　16　　 from his heart, he'd been blessed with true 　　17　　．

　　At last I could see, 　　18　　 the eyes of a blind child, the problem was not with the 　　19　　 ; the problem was me．And for all of those times I myself had been 　　20　　 , I vowed(发誓)to see beauty, and appreciate every second that's mine．

　　I held that wilted(枯萎)flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose and smiled as that young boy．

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