问题详情：
Once upon a time, on the outskirts (郊外) of a town in England lies a nice cottage with a large garden where there lives an old man. The old man is 21_ pruning (修剪), watering or fertilizing his flowers all the time. The 22_ where bees and Butterflies dance and colorful flowers blossom all year round is so well-tended that every passer-by cannot but stop for a 23 .
One day a young painter 24 the old man’s garden. He stopped and 25 the splendid garden and the special cottage totally lost in the 26 at the beauty of these sceneries, 27 how happy he could be 28 he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 29 .
Greatly shocked, the young painter 30 that old man, asking “why are you busy tending these flowers every day 31 you can not see?” The blind gardener smiled, “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I’m really 32 this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, I can 33 them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. And for the last one, that’s you.”
“Me? 34 you don’t know me.” responded the painter.
“Yeah. But I know flowers are angels which everyone knows and would never turn them down. I know many people who are 35 in life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good 36 . In the meantime, it also gives a 37 to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the 38 these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man grows flowers in his heart. He can’t see the beauty he’s created. 39 , every flower has eyes 40 which they can see the kindness of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul.
21. A. left | B. kept | C. seen | D. found | |
22. A. garden | B. cottage | C. room | D. road | |
23. A. glance | B. drink | C. discussion | D. chat | |
24. A. broke into | B. arrived at | C. went by | D. looked for | |
25. A. faced with | B. gazed at | C. walked around | D. cared for | |
26. A. sadness | B. imagination | C. admiration | D. memory | |
27. A. hoping | B. pretending | C. believing | D. picturing | |
28. A. if | B. when | C. although | D. since | |
29. A. deaf | B. special | C. blind | D. strange | |
30. A. threatened | B. approached | C. watched | D. caught | |
31. A. what | B. why | C. which | D. unless | |
32. A. tired of | B. fond of | C. familiar with | D. limited to | |
33. A. touch | B. follow | C. sell | D. taste | |
34. A. For | B. So | C. And | D. But | |
35. A. enthusiastic | B. calm | C. sad | D. nervous | |
36. A. condition | B. mood | C. place | D. life | |
37. A. way | B. time | C. chance | D. hand | |
38. A. peace | B. strength | C. success | D. happiness | |
39. A. Actually | B. However | C. Anyway | D. Therefore | |
40. A. under | B. for | C. with | D. in | |
【回答】
21---30 CAACB CDACB 31---40 CBADA BCDBC
知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类
题型：完型填空
