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

A young boy ran up to me, out of     . He stood right before me with his head down and said     , "Look what I found!" In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and     . 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.

  , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his      and said in surprise, "It smells sweet and it's beautiful, too. That's      I picked it. Here, it's for you." The flower before me was dead. But I knew must      it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, "This is just what I     ." Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not      ---he was blind.

Tears came down my face as I       him for picking the best one. "You're welcome." he smiled, and then ran off to   . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain .

Through the eyes of a blind child,      I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been     . I decided to see the beauty in life, and      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. mind B. trouble C. breath D. work

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

 

We went into a secondhand shop to get out of the rain. I took my 6-year-old daughter’s hand and we started to walk around. Suddenly she reached out her hand to touch a pair of shiny black shoes.

“Buy for me?” she asked.

“Oh, Sweetie, they are tap dancing (踢踏舞) shoes. You aren’t taking tap dance.”

“Buy for me?” she repeated.

“Well, let’s try them on.”

She sat on the floor and took off her bright pink rain boots. When she stood up we heard “click”. She took a step, “click, click, click.”

The sun came out and we went on our way. Our next stop was the grocery store. “Click, click, click…” people turned to look as we entered the store. People would never allow their daughter to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store.?

“Excuse me, dear. Why would you allow(允许) your daughter to wear tap dancing shoes here? They make such a noise.”

“Isn’t it wonderful?”

“Wonderful? My dear, this is not the place to wear those shoes.”

“You don’t understand. When she was a baby, doctors told us that she would never walk or talk. It has taken a lot of hard work and patience, but she asked for the shoes and the ‘click, click, click’ says that she can walk,” I said.

My daughter is 18 now and will graduate from grade 12 in June. It has not always been easy, but it has all been worthwhile (值得的). She has taught me that it doesn’t matter what others think. They don’t walk in your shoes.

1.Why did the mother and daughter go to the secondhand shop?
A. Because the daughter loved the place.

B. Because they liked walking there so much.

C. Because they tried to keep themselves from the rain.

D. Because the mother wanted to buy cheap shoes for her daughter.

2.People would never allow their daughter to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store because _________.

A. they are noisyB. they are expensive

C. they are dirtyD. it is not allowed

3.What does the sentence “They don’t walk in your shoes” mean?

A. They don’t know how you feel.

B. They don’t walk the same way as you.

C. They don’t know the size of your shoes.

D. They don’t have the same shoes as yours.

4.The story tells us ______.

A. the love between mother and daughter is strong

B. you should wear the wrong shoes for your feet

C. wearing your own shoes helps you walk faster

D. sometimes you shouldn’t care about what others say

 

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