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（氣喘吁吁）. 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 －h(huán)e 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.

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

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 (眼淚) 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(簡單的)   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

從下面方框中選擇適當?shù)倪x項填入文中，使短文通順、完整。選項中有兩項是多余選項。

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 put it to his nose. He said with overacted（過度的） surprise, “It sure     2    nice and it’s for you.”

     The flower before me was dead. ．But I knew I must     3    it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower and replied, “Just what I need.” But     4    putting the flower in my hand, he held it in the air without reason. It was then that I noticed for the very     65    time, that the boy was blind.

     I     6    my voice trembling（顫抖）,  tears shining in the sun, as I thanked him for picking the “best” one. I sat there and wondered     7    he saw a self-pitying（自憐的） woman.

   Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the     8   , the problem was with me. And for all of those times I myself had been     9   . I had made up my mind to see the     10    in life.