The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long branches of an old willow tree.
31 at life, I have a good reason to frown, for the world was intent on
32 me down.
And if that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath
33 me, all tired from play. He stood
34 in front of me with his head tilted down and said with great excitement, "Look what I found!" In his hand was a 35 . What a pitiful sight, its petals were all worn - not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower away and go off to play, I
36 a small smile and then looked away. But i
nstead of
37 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and
38 loudly with certainty, "It sure smells pretty and it must be beautiful, too. That's why I picked it; here, it's for you." The weed before me was dying or dead, not vibrant of
39 , orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I
40 for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need." Again,
41 placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then
42 I noticed for the very first time that the boy could not see: he was
43 .
I heard my voice trembling. Tears shone like the sun as I thanked him for picking the very best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, not realizing the
44 he'd had on my day. I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a
45 woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he
46 my self-indulged plight(困境)? Perhaps he'd been
47 with true sight from his heart by God.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. For all of those times I myself had been blind. I decided to see beauty, and
48 every second that belongs to mine.
49 I held that dead flower up to my nose and breathed in the
50 of a beautiful rose , I smiled as that young boy. Another flower in his hand was about to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.
小題1:
| | A．Disappointed | | B．Delighted | | C．Excited | | D．embarassed |
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小題2:
| | A．slowing | B． making | | C．letting | | D．pressing |
|
小題3:
| | A．stopped | | B．supposed | | C．informed | | D．a(chǎn)pproached |
|
小題4:
| | A．a(chǎn)bsolutely | | B．definitely | | C．right | | D．rightly |
|
小題5:
| | A．leaf | | B．branch | | C．weed | | D．flower |
|
小題6:
| | A．exposed | | B．showed | | C．managed | | D．tried |
|
小題7:
| | A．leaving | | B．a(chǎn)nswering | | C．reacting | | D．responding |
|
小題8:
| | A．whispered | | B．shouted | | C．spoke | | D．declared |
|
小題9:
| | A．styles | | B．sizes | | C．colors | | D．shapes |
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小題10:
| | A．left | | B．handed | | C．reached | | D．held |
|
小題11:
| | A．in pace of | | B．in addition to | | C．instead of | | D．in return |
|
小題12:
| | A．where | | B．before | | C．when | | D．that |
|
小題13:
| | A．deaf | | B．blind | | C．cripple | | D．dumb |
|
小題14:
| | A．impression | | B．a(chǎn)ppearance | | C．power | | D．influence |
|
小題15:
| | A．self-satisfied s | | B．elf-respecting | | C．self-educated | | D．self-pitying |
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小題16:
| | A．a(chǎn)pprove of | | B．convince of | | C．inform of | | D．know of |
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小題17:
| | A．presented | | B．crowded | | C．blessed | | D．equipped |
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小題18:
| | A．a(chǎn)ppreciate | | B．treasure | | C．spend | | D．a(chǎn)dmire |
|
小題19:
| | A．As | | B．Though | | C．Unless | | D．Since |
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小題20:
| | A．sight | | B．shade | | C．fragrance | | D．flavor |
|
“Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move,” said David Belle, the founder of parkour(跑酷).
sworthy and his helpers roll their snowballs into place at mid-night?
y don’t reach them, they use QQ, e-mails, and text messaging to get the words out.
hen planning to get together with friends”, Julian said, “the easiest and fastest way I know is to send a text message to my contact group.”Jocelyn said. “If I want to go to see a movie with a few friends, I usually send text message to them. By telephone, you have to call every single friend one by one. But text messaging allows you to send the same message to as many as you’d like, which saves a lot of time. ”
rt “get the words out” means“ ”. 