Question

In a nice house there lived an old man. Behind the house there was a big garden. He planted many plants there. He took care of his ____ all the time, watering and fertilizing（施肥）them.

One day a young man went by the ____. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be ____ he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was ____. He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see the flowers. ____ are you busy taking care of them every day?”

The old man smiled and said,“ I can tell you four ____. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, ____ I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. ____, I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s ____.”

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

“ Yeah, it’s ____ that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels that everybody ____. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

The blind man’s work opened our eyes and ____ our heart, which also made his life ____. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t ____ his wonderful music, but his music has ____ millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

1.A. flowers B. trees C. vegetables D. grass

2.A. balcony B. kitchen C. garden D. study

3.A. after B. as C. before D. if

4.A. blind B. famous C. smart D. friendly

5.A. What B. Who C. Why D. Which

6.A. stories B. reasons C. excuses D. conclusions

7.A. although B. since C. because D. unless

8.A. First B. Second C. Third D. Fourth

9.A. me B. you C. my mother D. my son

10.A. true B. hard C. cool D. fair

11.A. greets B. doubts C. meets D. knows

12.A. broke B. hurt C. pleased D. treated

13.A. emptier B. busier C. luckier D. happier

14.A. write B. hear C. play D. believe

15.A. changed B. affected C. discovered D. encouraged

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