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美文阅读 5
(一)
An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He 1 (take) good care of his flowers and his garden was always 2 (colour).
One day a boy went by the garden. When he saw these beautiful flowers, he couldn’t believe 3 (he) eyes. How happy he would be if he could live in this beautiful place! Then, the boy was 4 (surprise) to find the old gardener was blind . He felt very sorry for the old man. Then he asked him, “You are 5 (able) to see these flowers. Why do you still keep a garden?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you the 6 (reason). First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. 7 (two), although I can’t see these flowers, I can smell the sweetness of them. The last one, that’s because of you.”
“Me? But you 8 (not know) me,” said the boy.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know others 9 (feel) happy if they see the garden and that is (A)________ I want to share with them.”
To give is much 10. ________ (good) than to get. You will feel much happier (B) _____you can share your happiness with others.
(1) 1-10小题用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
(2) A、B两处处填入合适的单词或短语:__________ _________
(二)
The lady has three little kids. She’s watching two, but the third is making a (A)______. He’s taking all the 1 (biscuit) out of a basket of snacks and throwing them on the ground.
The lady steps up to order, then calls her children and walks away from the mess without looking back. The man in front of us bends over and picks up the biscuits and puts them back 2 (with) a word.
When he is done, my mum touches his shoulder and says, “Thank you. That’s very kind of you 3 (do) that.” The man’s shoulders 4 (immediate) sag (vt.下垂) and he turns to face Mum. “Thank you,” he says. “I really need some human contact (接触). Seriously, you don’t know how much this 5 (mean) to me.”
His eyes are wet. He gives Mum a huge smile and another warm smile before 6 (move) to or