I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   21 , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of   22 . He stood right before me with his head down and said   23 , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   24 . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes aways so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
  25 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   26  and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   27  I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   28  it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   29 .” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   30  —he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I   31  him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome.” he smiled, and then ran off to   32 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).
Through the eyes of a blind child,   33  I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   34 . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   35  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.

【小题1】
A.hopelessB.colourfulC.simpleD.wonderful
【小题2】
A.mindB.troubleC.breathD.work
【小题3】
A.sadlyB.strictlyC.angrilyD.excitedly
【小题4】
A.deadB.freshC.aliveD.heavy
【小题5】
A.SoB.OrC.HoweverD.And
【小题6】
A.headB.noseC.earD.neck
【小题7】
A.howB.whenC.whereD.why
【小题8】
A.buyB.sellC.acceptD.break
【小题9】
A.admireB.dislikeC.wantD.have
【小题10】
A.cryB.speakC.smileD.see
【小题11】
A.forgaveB.thankedC.paidD.hated
【小题12】
A.sleepB.studyC.danceD.play
【小题13】
A.at mostB.at timesC.at firstD.at last
【小题14】
A.cheerfulB.usefulC.blindD.deaf
【小题15】
A.wasteB.enjoyC.loseD.forget

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the brick factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“It’s terrible,” I replied.
“And marriage is even worse!” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
【小题1】The writer lived in       when she was a teenager.
A. Russia       B. Japan        C. China
【小题2】At first she thought life in the factory would be       than in school.
A. more careful     B. more colorful       C. more beautiful
【小题3】When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement       .
A. by doing nothing    B. in a special way     C. by saying nothing
【小题4】After they visited the factory, the girl       .
A. decided to work there     B. decided to get married    C. changed her mind
【小题5】The underlined work “horrible” means “    ” in Chinese.
A. 糟糕的       B. 紧张的       C. 浪漫的


When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I felt studying very boring, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. There were only two ways for me to do this—working in the toy factory in my town, or getting married. I chose the first one. I was nervous when I told my father that I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” Instead,  he took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the toy factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friendly working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we went inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory, looking at the buildings, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was terrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“It’s terrible,” I replied.
“And you have another choice, but I think getting married is even worse!” he said.
I went back to school the next day. From then on, I studied as hard as I could. Finally I got into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
【小题1】The writer lived in ________ when she was a teenager.

A.RussiaB.JapanC.ChinaD.England
【小题2】At first she thought life in the factory would be ________ than in school.
A.more terribleB.more colorfulC.busierD.more boring
【小题3】After they visited the factory, the writer ________.
A.decided to work thereB.changed her romantic idea
C.wanted to get marriedD.argued with her father
【小题4】Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.The writer studied languages after she went into the college.
B.The writer now works at the United Nations.
C.The writer’s father used a special way to let his daughter go back to school.
D.The writer’s father is proud because his daughter married a good man.

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