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The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree．Not __21____with life, I was down．A young boy out of breath __22___me, all tired from play．He stood right before me with his head tilted（傾斜的）down, and__23__with great excitement, “Look what I found!”

In his hand was a flower, and what a __24__ sight, its petals（花瓣）were all worn－not enough rain, or too little light．__25__ him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I __26__ a small smile and then shifted away．But instead of __27_ he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with __28_, “It sure smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too．That’s why I _29__ it; here, it’s for you．”

The flower before me was dying or dead．But I knew I __30__ take it, or he might never leave．So I reached for the flower, and__31__, “Just what I need．” But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he__32__it mid－air without reason．It was then that I __33__ for the very first time the boy was _34__．

I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun __35__ I thanked him for picking the very best one．He smiled, and then ran off to play,__36__ of the effect he’d had on my day．

I sat there and _37_ how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree．How did he know of my self-indulged（放縱的）_38_? Perhaps from his heart, he'd been blessed with true__39_．

_40__ the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me．And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second that's mine．

21．A．excited B．inspired C．content D．disappointed

22． A．approached B．overlooked C．understood D．recognized

23．A．telling B．saying C．informing D．talking

24．A．unique B．rough C．bothering D．pitiful

25．A．Wanting B．Demanding C．Persuading D．Inviting

26．A．presented B．adjusted C．forced D．delivered

27．A．declining B．accepting C．panicking D．quitting

28．A．certainty B．embarrassment C．sympathy D．sorrow

29．A．took B．pulled C．attained D．picked

30．A．should B．can C．may D．must

31．A．announced B．replied C．declared D．whispered

32．A．grasped B．held C．caught D．seized