The design of the modern architecture concentrates on usefulness _____ decoration.

A. rather than B. more than

C. other than D. or rather

I don’t like to ask people for help as a rule but I wonder if you could ______ me a favour.

A．make B．do

C．find D．get

When parents came to visit our school last week, Tom _______ them into the classroom.

A．was conducting B．would conduct

C．conducted D．has conducted

Sarah looked at ______ picture she had taken in the park with _______ delight．

A．the; a B．/; a

C．the; / D．a; the

Wendy hurried to the airport, only ______ the pop singer had left.

A．told B．telling

C．to tell D．to be told

While shopping, people sometimes can’t help _______ into buying something they don’t really need.

A．to persuade B．persuading

C．being persuaded D．be persuaded

．_______ we can afford it, we wouldn’t go abroad for our vacation.

A. As long as B. Whenever

C. Even though D. In case

--- Is Bob still performing?

--- I’m afraid not. He is said _______ the stage already, as he has become an official.

A. to have left B. to leave

C. to have been left D. be leaving

We will be shown around the city: schools, museums, and some other places, _____ other visitors seldom go.

A. what B. which

C. when D. where

Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but for a glance.

One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden, in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he the old gardener was blind. , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you reasons. First I was a when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s .

“Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man .

“Yeah, it’s that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good . In the meantime, it also a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The old man’s astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and them as a link of minds so as to make enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？

I believe every flower has with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

1.A. loving B. watering C. tending D. planting

2.A. stop 　　B. stay C. live D. run

3.A. kept B. dropped C. fallen D. lost

4.A. realized B. noticed C. felt D. thought

5.A. Excited B. Frightened C. Shocked D. Satisfied

6.A. feel B. see C.hear D.eat

7.A. one B. two C. three D. four

8.A. gardener B. teacher C. farmer D. painter

9.A. taste B. plant C. touch D. appreciate

10.A. it B. me C. them D. you

11.A. with pleasure B. in surprise C. with hope D. in anger

12.A. true B. possible C. a pity D. a shame

13.A. put B. turn C. get D. knock

14.A. mind B. life C. future D. mood

15.A. introduces B. offers C. stands D. leaves

16.A. words B. behavior C. story D. attitudes

17.A. treats B. acts C. works D. serves

18.A. anybody B. somebody C. everybody D. nobody

19.A. ears B. soul C. eyes D. heart

20.A. refusing B. trying C. pretending D. Failing